SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it has fined four companies $7 million for misleading statements about their cybersecurity incidents, particularly concerning the high-profile 2019 SolarWinds hack. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Unisys Corp.,

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The details of the Krispy Kreme hack are still emerging, but the companys Form 8-K filing brought the incident to light, offering a rare glimpse into the challenges businesses face when their systems are compromised. The Krispy Kreme hack is a sobering reminder that no industry is immune to cyber threats.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Insights from our new Advisory CISO, Helen Patton. If there’s anyone who’s been put through their paces in the security industry, it’s Helen Patton , our new Advisory Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Helen has come to Cisco from The Ohio State University, where she served as CISO for approximately eight years.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 20, 2024

As defenders of digital assets, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and cybersecurity professionals face immense pressure, often leading to burnout. It also cites the emergence of recent technologies, and the proliferation of criminal groups, as issues increasing pressure on staff.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It is a common feeling in the cybersecurity community that CISOs do not sleep well at night. CISOs worry about the latest incident, end of life technology in their environment, breaches in the news, insecure users and vendors, penetration testing results, budget and resources, and the latest vulnerability report (to name a few).

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

But as a CISO or cyber risk owner, it’s not just about locking down sensitive informationits about doing it without slowing down your people. Amid a backdrop of increasingly sophisticated and frequent cyberattacks, APTs are a growing concern for CISOs and cyber risk owners.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 26, 2023

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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Security Boulevard

JUNE 17, 2021

Ira Winkler, CISO at Skyline Technology Solutions, recounts his amazing journey from wannabe astronaut to NSA intelligence analyst, social engineer, systems hacker and author, and some of the crazy things that happened along the way - check it out. The post CISO Stories Podcast: So You Want to be a Cyber Spy?

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As CISOs embark on their transformational journeys, identifying these areas of weakness should be the top priority. This has led to CISOs shifting how they approach protecting the corporate perimeter with additional controls and monitoring tools being used to scan any access to the network. Cloud dominance .

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison joins me to talk about how companies can operationalize MDR within their environment. The post Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Dustin Hutchison is CISO at Pondurance. Click the icon below to listen.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

it's WAY easier to hack minds than networks. What if we thought like a psychologist, not just a CISO? Especially upon the emergence of exponential technologies of the Metaverse and Neuro-technologies (like Neuralink) that is transcending the very nature of cyber and cognitive attacks. The solution?

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CSO Magazine

MAY 19, 2022

Truth, transparency and trust are the three T’s that all CISOs and CSOs should embrace as they march through their daily grind of keeping their enterprise and the data safe and secure. Failure to adhere to the three T’s can have serious consequences.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison joins me to talk about how companies can operationalize MDR within their environment. The post Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchinson appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Dustin Hutchinson is CISO at Pondurance. Click the icon below to listen.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2024

For all the discussion around the sophisticated technology, strategies, and tactics hackers use to infiltrate networks, sometimes the simplest attack method can do the most damage. The recent Unitronics hack , in which attackers took control over a Pennsylvania water authority and other entities, is a good example.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

CISOs report a growing focus on managing AI-generated vulnerabilities and addressing insider threats amplified by the misuse of advanced AI tools. Workforce challenges persist, with states finding it difficult to hire and retain professionals who understand AI technologies and their security implications.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I had the opportunity to sit down with DigiCert’s Jason Sabin , Chief Technology Officer and Avesta Hojjati , Vice President of Engineering to chew this over. And PKI is the best technology we’ve got to get us there. We met at DigiCert Trust Summit 2023. Threat actors are pursuing a “harvest now, decrypt later” strategy, Savin told me.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

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. The SolarWinds hack brought the need for federal mandates on third-party vendors and suppliers to light in an unprecedented way.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Tyler Technologies, the U.S.’s ’s largest provider of software and services to the public sector said on Wednesday that it was hacked by unknown assailants, who gained “unauthorized access” to the company’s IT and phone systems. Read the whole entry. » Read the whole entry. »

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The new normal CISOs face today is something of a nightmare. Criminal hacking collectives are thriving, more than ever. We can plug in parts or all of a complete stack of cutting-edge security technologies, and provide the expertise an organization requires to operate securely in today’s environment.”.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

We’ve been trying to do that for years and as new technologies come into play, that modernization and optimization is critically important. We’ve seen the speed and cadence of hacking groups increase substantially over the past two years. We’ve seen the speed and cadence of hacking groups increase substantially over the past two years.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2025

Moreover, adding new technologies and tools to a SOC without proper integration can create siloed systems. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, SOC) Most modern SOCs already receive thousands of alerts, stretching analysts to capacity.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 7, 2021

For years, in articles, lectures, and books I have discussed how the spread of IoT and AI technologies – both individually and together – are dramatically increasing the danger to human life posed by cyberattacks on healthcare facilities. The firm has also expanded into cybersecurity systems for aircraft. Axis Security.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Daines co-sponsored a bill for DHS to research using hacking as a response to an incident. A bipartisan bill introduced last week would have the Department of Homeland Security research what most in cybersecurity refer to as “hacking back”: the use of offensive hacking as part of network defense or incident response.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2022

Related: Business logic hacks plague websites. Here are three things automated cybersecurity technology does exceptionally well: •Tackle mundane tasks. Automated cybersecurity technology and tools are now doing much of the heavy lifting to keep organizations secure. The larger question: Can cybersecurity be truly automated?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

We find many CISOs spend their time explaining what threats matter and why, as opposed to why cybersecurity matters in the first place,” he says. Tried-and-true hacking techniques continue to be highly effective at flushing out soft spots in legacy network defenses, even highly layered security systems. 19 on a hacking forum.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Citrix CISO, Fermin J. Johannes Ullrich, the head of research at the SANS Technology Institute, confirmed that one of its honeypots set up to capture attacks attempting to exploit the recently disclosed flaw in the F5 Networks’ BIG-IP systems was targeted by hackers attempting to exploit two of the recent Citrix vulnerabilities.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Tom Badders, senior product manager for secure mobility products and services at Telos Corporation, added that CIOs and CISOs need to prioritize technology and information assets and segment them by criticality and/or special use case.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

When Steve Katz was named chief information security officer of Citibank in 1995, he was given two directives: build the best information security department in the world and limit the damage from the 1994 hack of the bank’s funds transfer system. Listen to episode 6 of CISO Stories, Your Job is to Make CyberSecurity Simple!

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Notice Bored

AUGUST 5, 2022

Zero-trust - whatever that means to the presenter and audience; Cloud - meaning Azure, specifically; DevOps and DevSecOps - whatever those terms mean ; MS threat intelligence including artificial intelligence/machine learning rapid responses to novel malware (a cool idea, provided it works reliably).

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Meanwhile, security teams are also concerned about recent cybersecurity issues including MS Exchange vulnerabilities and the SolarWinds hack. There’s a growing need to secure the perimeter while simplifying the technologies that do so. Mature technologies are combined with cutting-edge innovation to meet newer and desirable outcomes.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In fact, according to a recent report by Skybox Security, 73% of CIOs and CISOs are “highly confident” they will not suffer an operational technology breach in the next 12 months. The post Here’s Why Critical Infrastructure Keeps Getting Hacked appeared first on SecureLink. But, in just the past year, 83% […].

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The role of the Chief Information Officer has undergone significant transformations over the past few decades, driven by the rapid advancements in technology. Chief should mean something," said Patrick Benoit , Global CISO for Brinks and member of the SecureWorld Houston Advisory Council. "I That is a huge conflict of interest.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The IT Security Guru caught up with Tarnveer Singh a CISO and finalist in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2023 for his thoughts on how to get more professionals involved in the cybersecurity industry: There are many ways we can inspire new cybersecurity professionals to join our industry. We must reduce barriers to entry.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice was hit by a ransomware attack on Tuesday during judgment sessions, the attack forced a temporary shut down of the court’s information technology network. ” reads the CISO Advisor. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2025

Cyber risk remains top of mind for business leaders A regular January fixture, the World Economic Forums Global Risk Report 2025 features two technology-related threats among the top five risks for the year ahead and beyond. MORE eBays CISO shares his thoughts on planning and security ROI.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2025

Scattered Spider is a well-known, sophisticated cybercriminal group mostly known for hacking the casino operators MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment. To defend against this group, secure privileged accounts, implement phishing-resistant MFA, and verify every help desk identity request," said Chad Cragle , CISO at Deepwatch.

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McAfee

JULY 24, 2020

Session Title: Balancing The Tug of War: How CIOs and CISOs Can Partner for Better IT. Speakers: McAfee CIO Scott Howitt, and CISO Arve Kjoelen. The rapid evolution of the digital world has driven great technology innovation and spawned growth in cyberthreats that range from the annoying to the catastrophic.

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