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Wells Notice Against SolarWinds CISO Could Be First of Its Kind

SecureWorld News

In a LinkedIn post today, June 26th, Jamil Farshchi, EVP and CISO at Equifax, had this to say about the news: "This is a really big deal. It's unprecedented: this is likely the first time a CISO has ever received one of these. So it seems odd for a CISO to get one of these," he wrote. federal securities laws."

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Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk

Security Boulevard

The post Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. A hard-coded credential catastrophe: The analytics firm kept big companies’ secrets in an insecure AWS bucket. Government says victims include the “critical infrastructure sector.”

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Words of advice for President Biden’s new CISO

SC Magazine

Today’s columnist, Steve Durbin of the Information Security Forum, offers advice to Chris DeRusha the new federal CISO. Durbin says the Biden administration has a great opportunity to work with the broader security community towards fostering security awareness and the need to protect data privacy.

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Why the modern CISO should plan for greater Cybersecurity Regulations in the Biden Era

SC Magazine

We are unsure what the rest of 2021 has in store, but the most successful CISOs will be the ones ensuring security teams have access to the latest intel and tools to be prepared for emerging threats. Achieve Compliance and Data Privacy Regulation Standardization at the Federal Level. In March 2021, President Biden signed the $1.9

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‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc Group

Security Boulevard

The post ‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc Hackers Play in Sony’s World: If true, Sony might have to push the RESET button (again). Group appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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LinkedIn Hack is Scraped Data, Company Claims

eSecurity Planet

A hacker who recently offered 700 million LinkedIn records for sale alarmed LinkedIn users and security specialists, but the company insists the data is linked to previously reported scraped data and wasn’t hacked. ” The post LinkedIn Hack is Scraped Data, Company Claims appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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Uber Guilty Verdict Raises Security Stakes for CSOs

eSecurity Planet

Sullivan was hired as Uber’s chief security officer in April 2015, soon after the company disclosed to the FTC that it had been hacked the previous year. Attorney and was a founding member of the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property unit of the U.S. Also read: New SEC Cybersecurity Rules Could Affect Private Companies Too.