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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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Curtis and I discuss the growing cyber risks posed by Internet of Things devices within enterprise networks. Related Stories Spotlight: Automation Beckons as DevOps, IoT Drive PKI Explosion Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchinson.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2024

At the close of 2019, API security was a concern, though not necessarily a top priority for many CISOs. It has become table stakes for companies to discover all of their APIs, now imperative for companies not just to discover all of their APIs, but also to understand them and categorize them according to risk level, Nagaraj argues.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The post Patreon Fires its Security Team — and the Internet Freaks Out appeared first on Security Boulevard. Patreon, the notorious membership monetization platform, laid off its entire security team yesterday. Just like that.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

This new major shift in the internet's evolution promises to decentralize our digital world, offering users more control and a more transparent flow of information. Cryptocurrency and NFTs are on many organizations' agenda as they discuss the ramifications of Web3 and the opportunities it presents.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is reason enough for all CISOs to place their teams at a heightened state of alert and readiness in the event of deleterious cyber actions by nation-state actors or the cybercriminal groups. preparing offensive cyber measures?

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Today’s columnist, Sean McDermott of RedMonocle, says that companies should use the NIST 800-53 security and privacy controls to help find cyber risk blind spots. The rapid, overnight shift exposed new cyber risk blind spots and gaps unknown to security leaders or executive teams. Credit: NIST. FUND cybersecurity priorities.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 16, 2024

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments. Read the whole entry. »

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Ransomware continued its ruthless path across industries, often putting lives at risk. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reported 2,084 ransomware complaints from January to July 31, 2021, representing a 62% year-over-year increase.

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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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SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

“It’s about how you can do your business mission” in a different environment, with its own requirements for protecting data, Vickers said during his talk at the RSA Show’s Cloud Security Alliance CISO Summit. It’s crucial to understanding the fitness of the CSP to assess future risk. Security risk review.

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Cloud Migration CISO Firewall Risk 87

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap. In 2024 I encourage leadership to dedicate more attention to discussing the risks of spear phishing.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2023

Permalink The post BSides Knoxville 2023 – Zachary Hunsaker – Open Source Intelligence: What Does The Internet Know About You? Our thanks to BSides Knoxville for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Knoxville 2023 content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Internet Internet CISO Education 81

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. “It 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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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2023

The rise of the remote workforce, post Covid-19, did nothing to make the already difficult task of doing Identity and Access Management ( IAM ) any easier for CISOs. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Working as CISO, DeSouza's areas of expertise include strategic planning, risk management, identity management, cloud computing, and privacy. While it fosters innovation, automation, and productivity, it simultaneously introduces significant cybersecurity and privacy risks.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

or later Atlassian strongly advises you apply the patch, even for instances that are not exposed to the public internet. Instances accessible over the public internet, including those with user authentication, should be restricted from external network access until they have been patched. or later 8.3.4 or later 8.4.4 or later 8.5.3

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Authentication CISO Internet Internet 97

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

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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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Cyberrisk is business risk. But how should we communicate this risk to the business, to clients, or to investors? Accenture annual report: risks we face from cyberattacks. However, we were most interested in seeing how Accenture articulated a particular business risk: the risk from a cyberattack.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Kristin Sanders, CISO for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, revealed how New Mexico’s largest water and wastewater utility has been addressing the security challenge. However, such modernization is not without risk. Route 66 runs through downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Asaavedra32, CC BY-SA 3.0

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. This is because third-party risk has become a huge problem for enterprises in the digital age. Cyber risks profiling. based CyberGRX. Cyber hygiene boost.

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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. I believe there’s pent up demand from SMBs for cost-effective services that can reduce the potentially catastrophic cyber risks they face every day. It’s really about offering value.”

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

And so we think about different types of cybersecurity risk and how those risks or vulnerabilities or threat actors can actually impede that ability or an organization to meet those objectives," said Mary Faulkner, CISO at Thrivent, one of four panelists that took the stage to kick off the conference.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2023

CISO’s 2023 Planning Guide for ERP Applications maaya.alagappan Mon, 01/23/2023 - 15:48 ERP systems, such as SAP and Oracle applications, run essential business functions and contain an organization’s most valuable data from HR and customer information to intellectual property and company financials.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

He helps senior decision makers overcome cybersecurity sales objections and manages unlimited cyber risks through rigorous prioritization. In the private sector, he was a CISO for an insurance company, credit card processor, bank, credit union, and IT Managed Service Provider. He's served as a captain with the F-22 program in the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance Insurance Cyber Risk 89

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 1, 2023

The role of the cyber insurance industry The research emphasizes that cyber insurance providers play a vital role in mitigating ransomware risks. Rather than being a direct enabler of ransom payments, the insurance industry has evolved to provide risk management resources and access to industry-leading security professionals and vendors.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cybersecurity risks increase every year and bludgeon victims who fail to prepare properly. For those interested in a better understanding of the oncoming risks, this is the information you are looking for. It can feel like crossing a major highway while blindfolded. Many never see the catastrophe about to happen, until it occurs.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

Researchers at Singapore-based cybersecurity company Group-IB recently discovered thousands of databases exposed to the internet that could have been exploited when they were left unprotected. A data breach, a follow-up strike on clients whose data was exposed, and other risks may result from an exposed database.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

What’s more, a fresh layer of risks posed by the rise of quantum computing looms large. This will give software developers, CISOs and other stakeholders a sandbox to test and understand the practical implications of integrating the new NIST algorithms into their systems, he says. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

How do you reach the maximum number of people, who have varying levels of poverty, Internet access, and technical knowledge, and stand up this service by next week? Sometimes “Good Enough” Wins Sometimes “good enough” is the best that you can do in a pinch.

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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. I like to think of this topic like the electricity that powers our homes.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

The data shows that smaller indicators of cybersecurity risk performance, particularly on the negative side are strong indicators of larger problems. Let’s say you had a printer operating on the internet. So, how can CISOs operationalize that kind of information? ’ That’s another indicator of larger issues.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

About 15 years ago, the idiom began to be applied to cybersecurity, where the risk management continuum values the investment in protection to mitigate the negative consequences of a cyber incident. We can never eliminate risk entirely, but we can manage it effectively with “Left of Boom” processes and procedures.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

A foundational approach to cybersecurity empowers CISOs to see abnormalities and block threats before they do damage. By increasing visibility into DNS traffic, CISOs can detect, block, and respond to incidents more quickly as well as use this data to institute new controls and increase overall resiliency.

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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. Mistakes online by one family member can lead to compromises in a household’s network, placing computers, personal data, and perhaps even work-related content at risk. We’re all connected.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

The pandemic has challenged CISOs worldwide to adapt their security strategies—often years early—to create a safe work-from-home environment. But this shift has caused a growing risk: the insider threat. The longer the time, the higher the risk. Use a people-centric strategy to circumvent insider risk. Lucia Milic?,

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Technology CISO Risk Government 86

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. Taylor terms this “shadow compliance.”

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