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Why Overthinking Risk Will Turn You into Stone

Security Boulevard

Why Overthinking Risk Will Turn You into Stone Risk is an enabler of Analysis Paralysis. Organizations invest vast amounts of money, time, and human capital in identifying, analyzing, and reporting potential risks within their domain. Risk exists no matter what an organization is involved in.

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

The Last Watchdog

So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. Kneip also painted the wider context about why effective third-party cyber risk management is an essential ingredient to baking-in security at a foundational level. We take that away.

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

eSecurity Planet

Third-party Risks Take Center Stage. Third-party risks are at the forefront of security concerns, with identity risk management provider SecZetta predicting that “supply chain paranoia” will take over the cybersecurity world this year. Also read: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools for 2022.

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Fashion brand Guess hacked, DarkSide ransomware group the likely culprit

SC Magazine

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for retailers and further shifted consumer buying habits online, which has expanded their attack surface and heightened the number of vulnerabilities and risks of a breach, said Casey Ellis, founder and CTO at Bugcrowd.

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Europe Makes First Move Toward Regulating AI with EU AI Act

SecureWorld News

The landmark ruling by European Parliament comes as global regulators are racing to get a handle on AI technology and limit some of the risks to society, including job security and political integrity. "I Government entities should take a risk-based approach to AI," said Michael Gregg, CISO for the State of North Dakota.

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GUEST ESSAY: How SIEMS, UEBAs fall short in today’s turbulent threat landscape

The Last Watchdog

This has left many CISOs questioning if today’s incumbent cybersecurity solutions are enough. This has left many CISOs to questions whether or not today’s cybersecurity categories are still relevant. CISO need to change the conversation. Categorizing solutions. They are not on the front lines fighting the cybersecurity battle.

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16 Reasons why International Women’s Day Isn’t Worth Celebrating in Cybersecurity

Jane Frankland

This said women comprised only 17% of Fortune 500 CISOs positions in 2021, and that 57% of men were more likely to be asked to fill the CISO position in their current company compared to 40% of women. They include asking women to become more like men, to speak up more, to be more assertive, self-confident, or to take more risks.