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Cybersecurity Outlook 2022: Third-party, Ransomware and AI Attacks Will Get Worse

eSecurity Planet

.” SecurityScorecard CISO Mike Wilkes also noted the potential for malware and ransomware attacks to become much worse. “A near-future event could cause a massive depopulation of internet-connected devices. Cryptocurrency is the Wild West of the digital world today.

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NEW TECH: CyberGRX seeks to streamline morass of third-party cyber risk assessments

The Last Watchdog

In 2016, Jay Leek – then CISO at the Blackstone investment firm, and now a CyberGRX board member — was collaborating with CSOs at several firms Blackstone had invested in when a common theme came up. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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How to prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

For example, data collected by an entity may not be associated with an individual but could identify a household. The CCPA applies to for-profit entities that both collect and process the PI Information of California residents and do business in the State of California, without a physical presence in California being a requirement.

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IoT Devices a Huge Risk to Enterprises

eSecurity Planet

When millions of people around the world were sent home to work at the onset of the global COVD-19 pandemic, they left behind not only empty offices but also a host of Internet of Things (IoT) devices – from smartwatches to networked printers – that were still connected to corporate networks and cranking away.

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., ” “It would be possible, on detailed examination of video, to compromise elements of operational security,” agreed Mike Hamilton, co-founder and chief information security officer of CI Security and former Seattle CISO.

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Survey Says…Cybersecurity Remains A Critical Challenge For Business

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

23% of respondents say they do not currently have a CISO or security leader. In its Global Risk Report 2017 , the World Economic Forum found that “large-scale cyber-attacks or malware causing large economic damages” or “widspread loss of trust in the internet” remain the primary business risks in North America.

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Top 18 Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Morgan Asset Management, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Formation 8, BlackRock Funds, Accel Partners, and Data Collective, as well as individual investors such as Microsoft Chairman John W. What’s impressive about this startup is SpiderSilk’s proprietary internet scanner. It has raised $332.5 SECURITI.ai.