SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

Distractions and diversions are all too frequently stealing time away from security awareness professionals, forcing them to tend to non-critical tasks while setting aside their core responsibilities of developing a strong internal infosec culture. Brian Johnson, chief security officer at Armorblox, and former CISO at LendingClub.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

But infosec thought leaders say that blaming an intern ignores the true roots of the problem, including insufficient credentials policies and access management practices – as evidenced in part by the simplicity of the password itself: “solarwinds123”. Infosec experts similarly chided the company for a lack of strong credentials.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

If or when more attacks are uncovered, end-user organizations will need to apply the lessons learned from SolarWinds and prepare to take swift and decisive action, infosec experts agreed in a series of interviews with SC Media. SC Media reached out to SonicWall, which continues to decline comment at this time.

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The Falcon's View

JANUARY 3, 2019

or communication (social media!) Consider, if you will, that fundamentally we in infosec want people to make better decisions. That's right, it's infosec. 3) InfoSec Bifurcation: Functional vs. Strategic. Going forward, it's essential to bifurcate infosec between functional and strategic roles.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2025

I have a CISO peer who calls himself a 'compulsive interviewer' where he finds himself talking to wait staff, bartenders, retail workers, hospitality workers, those who show unique problem solving skillsworking under pressure or applying pattern matching to anticipate a problem and fixing it before it appears.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 7, 2025

Our future advantage lies in how well we integrate human judgment with machine speed," said Sanjay Sharma , CISO, Zafin. Media, Content, and Design Timing: Now to 3 years Tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Adobe Firefly are enabling content generation with minimal human input. AI isn't replacing cybersecurity talent.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Similarly, a quarter of CISOs said that their job has affected their mental and/or physical health, as noted by Cyberscoop. We recently asked our social media followers what they do to prevent extreme stress and burnout. Helen Patton | Advisory CISO at Cisco.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

It starts with a strong foundation: a unified mission that breaks down the traditional silos between “security” (personnel-focused) and “InfoSec” (network-focused IT). Cross-Channel visibility: Establish a unified view of how users interact with data on endpoints, cloud apps, social media, file-sharing services, and email.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

We love our social media. The potential impacts and implications for an executive or company that had their social media channels targeted by threat actors are endless. When threat actors weaponize social media, they use techniques and tactics you see in the legitimate world. Prediction: Lazarus Wants to Add You as a Friend.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

Too many other vendors and enterprise infosec organizations take an unacceptable ‘head in the sand’ approach, just hoping vulnerabilities will go away,” said Yaniv Bar-Dayan, co-founder and CEO of Vulcan Cyber. The post Google won’t reveal technical details on patches for 30 days if vendors hit deadlines appeared first on SC Media.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But Craig Froelich, chief information security at Bank of America, is concerned that one group may be getting overlooked: “I don’t know that they’ve necessarily thought about neurodiversity,” said Froelich, who leads a global team of infosec professionals tasked with defending the $91.2 Craig Froelich, CISO at Bank of America.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

“CISOs that are unaware of the existence of Emotet on their networks will likely not notice its removal,” said Austin Merritt, cyber threat intelligence analyst at Digital Shadows. The FBI web-shell takedown was immediately well-received by the infosec community as a whole.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than 5 million in the sales pipeline. Global Infosec Awards At the 2024 RSA Conference, Imperva nabbed an astounding eleven Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2021

As I was waking up in Boston on the morning of June 27, 2017, reports were being shared on social media that an electric power supplier in Ukraine was hit by a cyber attack. Within about an hour, a Danish power supplier was also knocked offline and Maersk shipping announced that it was affected as well.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Yes, insurance companies may with certain policies they offer demand a bare minimum in cybersecurity/infosec mitigation tools and solutions,” he said. “It appeared first on SC Media. But when it comes to cybersecurity coverage, the relationship between enterprises and insurers has been rocky and uncertain.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Prior to joining Delta Dental, Almeida was the CISO at Covanta Holding Corporation, a leader in energy-from-waste management services. In his role as CISO of Lumin Digital, he is responsible for cybersecurity, risk management and compliance programs to scale the next generation of cloud-based digital banking.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 29, 2022

Defining “storytelling” in an InfoSec context Inspiration - We the People: Democratizing Security “Storytelling” is a word that you will hear frequently within Duo’s creative team — now part of a Brand & Strategy unit for Cisco’s rebranded security organization Cisco Secure. But where to begin?

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than 5 million in the sales pipeline. Global Infosec Awards At the 2024 RSA Conference, Imperva nabbed an astounding eleven Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2021

In the words of Duo Security’s Head of Advisory CISOs Wendy Nather, “This is not a marketing report to toss in your swag bag and ignore …this report will change how we think about running infosec programs.” The year ahead may also tell us more about how regulators will oversee privacy practices at the social media giants.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

SC Media spoke to both women recently about their own experiences, the evolution of diversity in the information security market, and the power of pink. So as you both look around and see the experiences of other women in infosec today, do you feel like the opportunities have improved? It’s not perfect – but it’s progress.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

We constantly see new threats, and threat vectors, come and go; which puts a tremendous strain on the InfoSec teams that have to protect organizations and businesses from these threats. Cyber Observer’s partnership with Cisco enables CISOs to manage and monitor their cybersecurity eco-system posture.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs. Social media will become even more of a cesspool of AI and human-created garbage.” This will include synthetic written, spoken, and potentially even image or video content.

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

This nonstop barrage of security crises has made certain infosec leaders and practitioners more aware than ever of the job’s impact on mental healthy, and the importance to protect against stress, exhaustion and burnout. Corll said he closely interacts with about 20 other CISOs through the U.S.-based But how have they been managing?

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We find ourselves in a situation where privilege, affluence, corruption, and leadership duplicity in the discourse – supported by mainstream media and social media – are masquerading as the truth. We need to focus on saving the “Barrier reef of belief” which is increasingly being bleached by the toxic social media environment.

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