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US urges mayors to confer with states on cyber posture, but can more be done?

SC Magazine

Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger speaks at a White House press briefing last February. “The federal government has always been ready as a responder, and as a no-cost provider of risk assessment – no changes there.” Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

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Form risk operations centers to manage cyber as a business function

SC Magazine

Unlike the SOC, which takes a more reactive approach to cybersecurity, the ROC encompasses cyber and IT with a focus purely on proactive risk management, working with the SOC to analyze risks of the past and improve mitigation. Still, to establish a ROC, groups from the CISO to the internal innovation teams need to engage.

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SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

McAfee

Forrester also predicts that the number of women CISOs at Fortune 500 companies will rise to 20 percent in 2019 , compared with 13 percent in 2017. This is based on in-depth discussions with numerous industry experts in cybersecurity and analyzing and synthesizing third-party reports, surveys, and media sources. government clients.

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How to build a cyber capable board

Security Boulevard

In just a few years, cyber has transformed from the nerd in the corner into the Kim Kardashian of risk. businesses can be built on, and destroyed by, cyber risk. Ask your cyber exec to explain the threats facing the organisation. 2 Talk to your CISO. 7 Practise dealing with the media.

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Research details how cybersecurity’s reputation rose in the pandemic’s first months

SC Magazine

The overall implication will be that cybersecurity is valued at a higher level and has a better voice within the overall organization,” said one CISO. Despite the elevated profile cybersecurity has attained, the pandemic did not manage to bridge the traditional gap between business and technology leaders. “It

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Why taking the cybersecurity initiative can win you business

IT Security Guru

Despite this, however, younger people also demonstrate relatively advanced cybersecurity hygiene, such as having alias accounts for email and social media. Cyber risks paralyse consumers into inaction. The bottom line is, consumers are going to keep on behaving in ways that make them susceptible to cyber crime.

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Security Outlook 2023: Cyber Warfare Expands Threats

eSecurity Planet

As cybercrime converges with advanced persistent threat methods ( APTs ), cyber criminals are finding ways to weaponize new technologies at scale to enable more disruption and destruction,” said Manky. “All of this means cyber risk continues to escalate and that CISOs need to be just as nimble and methodical as the adversary.”.