Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This affected all levels of the cybersecurity landscape, and it has had a particularly broad impact for those in the C-Suite, specifically, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). So, what is an already over-stressed CISO to do? For example, the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow to include the entire agricultural industry.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

To consumers, the Internet of Things might bring to mind a smart fridge that lets you know when to buy more eggs, or the ability to control your home’s lighting and temperature remotely through your phone. But for cybersecurity professionals, internet-connected medical devices are more likely to be top-of-mind.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2020

I had the chance to discuss this with Salah Nassar, vice president of marketing at CipherCloud , a leading San Jose, CA-based CASB vendor. Some CISOs, at first, were reserved and said, ‘We’re not moving to the cloud.’ So if you’re a Microsoft shop, you’re on an Office 365 and a Windows 10 migration path. Are they being risky?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2022

Pity the poor CISO at any enterprise you care to name. As their organizations migrate deeper into an intensively interconnected digital ecosystem, CISOs must deal with cyber attacks raining down on all fronts. I had the chance to discuss this with Lori Smith, director of product marketing at Trend Micro. Need a roadmap?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The new normal CISOs face today is something of a nightmare. The global market for managed security services is estimated to be growing at a compound annual rate of 14 percent and should climb to $44 billion by 2026 , up from $23 billion in 2021, says research firm MarketsandMarkets. A drill-down on MSSPs is coming tomorrow (Sept.

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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

Doerr said with more than a decade of experience scanning and analyzing the internet, RiskIQ helps enterprises identify and remediate vulnerable assets before attackers can capitalize on them. He said it also enhances Microsoft’s ability to create a vocabulary of communication between the CEO, the CISO, the CFO and the CIO. .

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Cisco Security

JUNE 25, 2021

This month, we interviewed Esmond Kane, CISO of Steward Health Care. I learned on the job, fighting malware outbreaks, working my way up from the Helpdesk at the same time the whole planet was embracing the internet to radically transform business. Esmond Kane is Cisco’s CISO of the month. Some might call it smart.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

The commercial and black-market prices can be in the millions of dollars for a single vulnerability and accompanying exploit with the most valuable being zero-days for popular operating systems and cloud environments. Specifically holding CISOs accountable for fraudulent reporting is new and one of the most heated topics going into 2024.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This is a well-reasoned treatise collaboratively assembled by board members of the Internet Security Alliance ( ISA.) Part two is comprised of essays by CISOs from leading enterprises outlining what needs to get done. Alibaba controls the world’s largest money market fund and handles more payments than Mastercard.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

which already account for 73% of Internet traffic will surge. In the UK, the Product Security and Telecommunications Act , which focuses on ensuring the security of Internet-connectable products and products capable of connecting to such devices is coming into force on 29 April.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication madhav Fri, 02/02/2024 - 05:23 How passkeys are rewriting the current threat landscape Lillian, an experienced CISO, surveyed the threat landscape. On the other hand, device-bound passkeys take security a step further, meeting compliance in regulated markets and stringent enterprise needs.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2023

To combat this, Forrester’s 2023 Security & Risk Planning Guide recommends CISOs consider increasing investment in business applications. CISOs should look to ramp up the deployment of business-critical application security tools as the number of attacks against these systems continues to grow exponentially.

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Notice Bored

MAY 10, 2022

Having been quietly contemplating that one remarkable, counter-intuitive finding for about an hour, I've thought up a bunch of potential explanations so far: The four to five cybersecurity metrics are just those considered 'key' by the CISOs and other senior people surveyed. CISOs and the like haven't got a clue what they are doing.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Although, the topic has gained popularity amongst CIOs and CISOs, most companies are still overlooking important security blind spots when it comes to securing their digital assets outside the enterprise firewalls—domains, DNS, digital certificates. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, U.K.’s

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Consider that kids are constantly connected on the internet with online games, streaming devices, virtual schooling, and zoom play dates. Bringing smart habits into homes and minds is good for kids, good for parents, and, it turns out, good for businesses, too. We’re all connected.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 9, 2020

Their capacity to ingest threat feeds is becoming more relevant with the rise of IoT (Internet of Things) systems and the vulnerabilities of old and new OT (operational technology). I spoke with Trevor Daughney, vice president of product marketing at Exabeam , at the RSA 2020 Conference in San Francisco recently.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Center for Cyber Safety and Education Julie Peeler Franz "Do It for The Children" Volunteer Award recognizes an individual who has significantly contributed to the betterment of internet safety. Previously, Santos was the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for SAIC. What does this award mean to you?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

Last Watchdog had the chance to visit with Michael Sutton, former longtime CISO of cloud security vendor Zscaler, who recently signed on as advisor to a fresh, new SOAR startup, Syncurity. In addition, I see more and more service providers adopting SOAR, as the MSSP and MDR markets grow at 15% and 30% respectively according to Gartner.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Meg Diaz is the leader of the Cisco Cloud Security product marketing organization at Cisco, where she is responsible for the go-to-market strategy and execution across multiple products. PT Duo Head of Advisory CISOs Wendy Nather will be hosting live discussions on Tuesday, May 18 from 12:45 - 3:40 p.m.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Related: The shared burden of securing the Internet of Things. Company networks must support endless permutations of users and apps, both on-premises and in the Internet cloud. Research firm IDC says that the market for SD-WAN systems is in the midst of a five-year run of growing 30% annually — and should top $5.25

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with their CISO, Dave Stapleton, to learn more about the latest advancements in TPRM security solutions. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW One leading provider is Denver, Colo.-based based CyberGRX.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2022

By Tyler Farrar, CISO, Exabeam. The pandemic spurred digital transformation unlike anything we have ever seen since the dawn of the internet as we know it. In most scenarios, CISOs have three choices when considering a move away from legacy tech: 1.Take While organizations faced an unknown road ahead, they were quick to adapt.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Howard Taylor, CISO of Radware, goes so far as to call it the “death of trust.” But the mere presence of closet security testers secretly carrying out pentests on partner and customer internet-facing resources could have serious repercussions on relationships if discovered.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2023

I remember when a CISO from a health care client called me to understand whether we were aligned from a moral standpoint, both as individuals, and as companies. And yes, we were, and that ethics committee continues to be a driving force in everything we bring to market, how we do it, and who we will sell to.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 17, 2023

However, to achieve this higher-level payoff, CISOs and CIOs must first bury the hatchet and truly collaborate – a bonus return. According to Gartner’s March 2023 CNAPP market guide , CNAPP solutions consolidate multiple security and protection capabilities into a single platform capable of prioritizing excessive risks.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The primary job of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is to exercise continuous diligence in reducing risk, within the risk appetite and risk tolerance of the organization, so that the likelihood of a boom is low, and the corresponding magnitude of harm is limited. Some “Left of Boom” Processes. Frameworks.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication madhav Fri, 02/02/2024 - 05:23 How passkeys are rewriting the current threat landscape Lillian, an experienced CISO, surveyed the threat landscape. On the other hand, device-bound passkeys take security a step further, meeting compliance in regulated markets and stringent enterprise needs.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

Also, “Accidental CISO” (AC), Chief Information Security Officer , who was just trying to get SOC2 and ISAC certifications for a vendor when he was abruptly named CISO of his organization. And finally, Christos Syngelakis, CISO, and Data Privacy Officer at Motor Oil Group. That’s a pretty big call.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Digital transformation is the process of using digital technologies to create new — or modify existing — business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet changing business and market requirements. HelpSystems' research with Financial Services (FS) CISOs in Q4 2020 revealed the extent of this task.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

These three names will go down in the history of internet commerce, right alongside Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. De Guzman authored the I Love You email virus that circled the globe infecting millions of PCs; Calce, aka Mafiaboy, released the Melissa Internet worm that knocked offline Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

I spoke with Maurice Côté, VP Business Solutions, and Martin Lemay, CISO, of Devolutions , at the RSA 2020 Conference in San Francisco recently. Devolutions was established a decade ago and fills a gap in the market. Poorly implemented authentication can also lead to network breaches and compliance headaches.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

and Tenable, which went public in 2018 with a market capitalization of approximately $4 billion. Accompanied by a new nationwide marketing program, it will give the state’s cyber community a critical mass and corporate address built similar to Silicon Valley innovation clusters.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

.” 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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

This is why our financial markets rise and fall in lock step; why climate change is accelerating; and why a novel virus can so swiftly and pervasively encircle the planet. With Black Hat USA 2021 just around the corner, I had a deep discussion about this with Eric Kedrosky, CISO and Director of Cloud Research at Sonrai Security.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The explosion in the number of human and non-human identities in the public cloud has become a security risk that businesses simply can’t ignore,” observes Eric Kedrosky, CISO at Sonrai Security. 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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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Todd Fitzgerald, a security expert with 20 years of experience as a chief information security officer and author of the book CISO Compass , was equally direct about the need for automation capabilities in threat intelligence. It used to be the question that would always come up with CISOs: ‘who would want my information.’

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and Advisory CISO at ThycoticCentrify, said that MFA works as both a successful way of keeping threat actors from gaining access with weak passwords, as well as just a simple deterrent: the attackers will choose the path of least resistance and move on to trying credentials that don’t have MFA requirements.

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