Digital Shadows

DECEMBER 5, 2024

One private equity CISO reported a 400% increase in phishing attempts on acquired companies post-M&A deal announcements. It’s realistically possible that this stems from stringent regulatory compliance requirements or because technology integrations for these sectors are less complex than for manufacturing.

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

Now, relatively unsophisticated criminals can download AI models and follow step-by-step tutorials to manufacture fake personas or instructions. For CISOs and security teams at banks, the mission in 2025 is clear: shore up defenses against not just malware or hackers, but also deception itself. in live video calls or voicemails.

Banking

Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2025

For more information about the threat from nation-state cyber attackers: What CISOs Need to Know About Nation-State Actors (InformationWeek) 4 Ways to Defend Against Nation-State Attacks (BankInfoSecurity) Growing Nation-State Alliances Increase U.S. Tenable was one of the 68 original signatories of the pledge.

Cybersecurity

Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

CISO Perceptions A critical blind spot for CISOs and cyber risk owners is the divergence in perceptions of their security stack’s effectiveness between leadership and technical teams. Useful resources include: The Professional Association of CISOs at [link].

Cybersecurity

BH Consulting

JULY 8, 2025

Capable of acting as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) on a consulting/advisory basis for client organisations. You are an established cybersecurity leader with experience acting in CISO-level roles or providing virtual/interim CISO services. Who are you? Key responsibilities of the role? cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

and European manufacturing capabilities have disappeared, leaving few safe manufacturing sources," Staynings said. Many of those may in fact be compromised, as California-based Taiwan manufacturer Supermicro found out with motherboards it produced for Congress.

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

That headache is real, of course, but accountants and lawyers will step up to sort it out," said Mike Wilkes , Former CISO, MLS; Adjunct Professor, NYU. So what should CISOs do? This will be a major challenge to CISOs everywhereand it won't get better anytime soon. given the tensions around core economic impacts of the tariffs.

Cyber Risk

SecureWorld News

MAY 8, 2025

The advisory also emphasizes the importance of regular communication with third-party managed service providers, system integrators, and system manufacturers to secure OT systems effectively. Trey Ford , CISO at Bugcrowd, offered his perspective. "

Technology

SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

The manufacturing sector faces an increasingly daunting cyber threat landscape that puts production operations, intellectual property, and entire supply chains at risk. Manufacturers must make cyber resilience a fully institutionalized part of their organizational identity." trillion annually. "

Manufacturing

CSO Magazine

JULY 15, 2022

The oath Marene Allison took years ago to defend and protect the United States is the same tenet that now guides her work maintaining cybersecurity at one of the largest pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturers in the world. It’s important to understand I’m here to protect this company that is focused on human healthcare.

CISO

CSO Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

And I predict the rules we adopt today will play a major role in the growth of the internet of things, connecting appliances, machines, meters, wearables, smart televisions, and other consumer electronics, as well as industrial sensors for manufacturing.” To read this article in full, please click here

CISO

CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) released information surrounding the guilty plea of Mexican businessman Carlos Guerrero and his conspiracy to sell and use hacking tools that were manufactured by companies in Italy, Israel, and elsewhere.

Spyware

Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2024

Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture at CISO Global “Hey Alexa, are you stealing my company’s data?” In an age where manufacturers have decided that just about every device needs to be “smart,” it’s becoming difficult to avoid the data collection and privacy invasion that are often baked into these devices.

Surveillance

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2022

Recently, I was part of four conversations with security leaders across several industries – manufacturing, financial services, natural resources and healthcare – about some of the challenges they face with cyber risk management. The post 3 Reasons Why CISOs are Prioritizing Cyber Risk Quantification appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Cyber Risk

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

IoT manufacturers need to do better. The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/9/24 appeared first on Security Boulevard. As consumers, it's important to balance necessity with risk, just like with everything else.

CISO

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2024

in different industries, including energy, manufacturing, and healthcare. Eventually, more organizations may want to consider appointing their CISOs to head all of IT. Related: France hit by major DDoS attack The Unitronics hack was particularly effective given the nature of the target.

Penetration Testing

SC Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

So we’ve got to rethink things, and I think the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security and [Federal CISO] Chris DeRusha came out and reaffirmed a zero trust strategy, which I’ve been advocating for for the last five years. We’ve drilled holes in with VPNs, which are…25-year-old technology.

CISO

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Departments such as support, manufacturing, design, services, and delivery are enhanced by smart security measures, which allay distracting setbacks and increase the overall inertia. When it comes down to it, C-level goals and CISO initiatives are not all that misaligned. Smarter security is the rising tide that lifts all ships.

Risk

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While in past years, InfoSec was previously the focus and CISOs were the norm – we’re moving to a new cybersecurity world order that expands the role of the CISO to a CSO (Chief Security Officer). Manufacturing is a prime area for disruption with the increase in the number of IoT devices during the pandemic.

Cybersecurity

Security Boulevard

JUNE 21, 2021

These questions are all worth posing in light of the recent cyberattack on the world’s largest meat manufacturer, JBS , which led to the closure of five meat processing plants across the U.S. Nonetheless, this attack is a serious warning sign not only for the meat production industry but also for the wider manufacturing supply chain.

Manufacturing

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 18, 2021

This is a decision that CISOs and executives must make with their bottom line in mind, and it's never an easy choice. This was because BlackBerry licenses QNX to "original equipment manufacturers" who use the technology to build products for their customers. Should it try to quietly mitigate the situation?

Manufacturing

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

CISOs of OT operational facilities, such as production plants, utility operations, critical infrastructure, and logistics centers, are facing a hostile environment where outdated machines are susceptible to attack for financial gain or political statements. In response, Radiflow recently released CIARA 4.0,

Cybersecurity

Cisco Security

JUNE 24, 2021

About our CISO Advisor team. I lead Cisco’s global CISO Advisors team, a group of security leaders dedicated to lending our experience to all different kinds of organizations across the world. For us, it’s about supporting other CISOs and security leaders to be the very best version of themselves at their jobs. How we can help.

CISO

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Major research efforts on how to detect these IEDs and detonate them harmlessly, or to infiltrate and disrupt bomb manufacturing, were referred by the idiom “Left of Boom.” Achieving “Left of Boom” cybersecurity is a journey on which every CISO should be embarked. Some “Left of Boom” Processes. Frameworks.

Cybersecurity

Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ever wondered how a screw manufactured in the United States has the same screw threads as a screw manufactured in Lithuania? Josh Yavor, CISO, Duo Security, now part of Cisco. We are proud to announce the Duo has achieved ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015, and 27018:2019 certification! You can thank ISO for that!

Manufacturing

CSO Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

Stephanie Benoit Kurtz thought she had a good deal when, in one of her former CISO roles, she signed a three-year contract with a vendor for vulnerability management as a service. It’s hard to go back to the manufacturer and say, ‘I didn’t need that module so can I get my money back?”

CISO

SC Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

As a result, many organizations are finding they need someone beyond the CISO to lead this effort at the organizational level. Samford says a CPSO needs to work in close partnership with the CISO. Product security hygiene has become a very different discipline that most (not all) classically trained CISOs are not familiar with.

Digital transformation

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 25, 2024

And get the latest on the top “no-nos” for software security; the EU’s new cyber law; and CISOs’ communications with boards. However, CISA and the FBI are taking the opposite tack in their quest to improve the security of software products: They just released a list of the worst security practices that software manufacturers ought to avoid.

Software

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2022

By Tyler Farrar, CISO, Exabeam. Early in the pandemic, some shifted focus to help manufacture the emergency equipment needed to address a public health crisis. In most scenarios, CISOs have three choices when considering a move away from legacy tech: 1.Take Unfortunately, so were cyber adversaries. Leaving The Legacy.

Threat Detection

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.

Cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Part two is comprised of essays by CISOs from leading enterprises outlining what needs to get done. Today it is the world’s largest manufacturer of telecom equipment, including critical 5-G equipment. Until a few years ago Huawei was a little-known vendor of phone switches.

Marketing

SC Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

Click here to register for an upcoming CISO roundtable from Cybereason, in partnership with Cybersecurity Collaborative: Ransomware attacks and the true cost to business. In addition, having cyber insurance coverage in place does not guarantee an organization can recoup losses associated with a ransomware attack.

Ransomware

SecureWorld News

APRIL 17, 2023

A thorough process should include industry-specific evaluations such as the use and protection of an OT network in manufacturing or the volume of regulated records (PII, PHI or other) processed by the organizations in sectors such as healthcare or financial services.

Cyber Insurance

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 24, 2021

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #CISO–NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that it has named Matthew Ireland Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS Most recently a consulting Practice Manager and Executive Security Strategist at NTT Ltd.,

Information Security

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2024

critical infrastructure services involving cyberattacks, counterintelligence, and crime," said VJ Viswanathan , Founding Partner, CYFORIX (former CISO and senior executive at Keurig Dr Pepper, Comcast, HD Supply, and GE). In addition to results from those exercises, we would identify areas of improvement or gaps.

Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 25, 2021

The WestRock incident is a prime example of how a cyberattack on manufacturing and other OT systems can be leveraged by cybercriminals to do damage to an organization. During a SecureWorld Remote Session , our team had a fireside chat with Phil Quade, CISO at Fortinet and former NSA official. OT cyberattacks are a growing risk.

Ransomware

BH Consulting

APRIL 27, 2021

A former CISO, he has held security and operational risk roles in financial services, technology, manufacturing, health service, and local government organisations. David has been providing advisory and consulting services to in-house and external clients across the full industry spectrum for over thirty years.

Financial Services