SC Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

SolarWinds this week announced that its vice president of security Tim Brown has taken on the additional title of CISO, as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to institute a secure-by-design posture. (“ SolarWinds letters” by sfoskett at is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ). Hard to say. Only my paycheck.”.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Instead, they’ve become complacent in their defence practices and may be exposing themselves to increased risks without even realising it. Having surveyed over 500 CISOs and ITDMs responsible for cybersecurity on the challenges faced with SOCs, their insights are not to be missed.

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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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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

“It’s not a return on investment item — it’s a risk reduction item.” He also discusses the importance of using non-technical language when communicating with executives, why security professionals need to do a better job of quantifying risk and how organizations can reduce risk by educating and training their people.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

New research found that half of CISOs surveyed say their organization’s desire for growth and rapid digital transformation has become detrimental to achieving data security in the cloud. The post 50% of CISOs say the push for rapid growth and digital transformation stalls cloud security appeared first on SC Media.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

One of a series of security leadership profiles prepared by Cybersecurity Collaborative in conjunction with SC Media. About Tim Callahan: Tim Callahan joined Aflac in 2014, bringing more than 30 years of experience in information and physical security, business resiliency and risk management. Find out more here.

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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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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He has been a first-hired CISO at five different companies. He is the father of five children and gives talks on helping families work through social media and technology challenges. A : I started 16 quarters ago when the company needed its first CISO. A : Moving the reporting line to risk (GC/CLO); using AI.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

The hack of Words with Friends in 2019 was high-profile, but today’s columnist, Yuval Elddad of CYE, says CISOs at all gaming companies have to take a closer look at the growing threats to online gaming platforms. Take a holistic approach, focusing on the real risks to business continuity and optimizing the cybersecurity investment.

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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 post Why the modern CISO should plan for greater Cybersecurity Regulations in the Biden Era appeared first on SC Media.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

My guess is they’re probably not,” said Helen Patton, advisory CISO with Cisco’s Duo Security. “I Most CISOs, most organizations, were [focused on], ‘we’ve got to get people remote,'” said Turner. I suspect that security people, as is historically the case, will be stuck in react mode.” .

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Visa has been a leader in establishing a risk operations center. We see a rapid shift in large enterprises towards thinking and communicating their posture in terms of risk. We see a new, dedicated function arising, the risk operations center (ROC). Executives are very good at making decisions based upon risk.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber, continued how “we’ve been working with the private sector, engaging, sharing specific information, requesting that they act to reduce the cybersecurity risk of their organization, and providing very focused advice on how to do so.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 8, 2023

When the cybersecurity community deals with every patch day like we dealt with school fire drills, it runs the risk of becoming numb to the severity of some of the vulnerabilities and blind to which vulnerabilities should be prioritized. We’d become numb to the alarm bell ringing because we knew there was no fire. It never ends.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

We see a similar dynamic with social media platforms, where the “user” is not the customer at all but the product whose data is being bought and sold by these platforms. But the company never acted to fix it until the news media came calling. “The [employee] did not request a waiver or risk acceptance from the CISO.”

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SC Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

It is a CISO’s nature to worry. Listen to episode 5 of CISO Stories, …and Other Useless Security Constructs. Click here to access all available episodes of CISO Stories. The post Listen: 2BSecureLLC’s Robert Bigman on building a defense against the known enemy appeared first on SC Media.

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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

“It gives them additional global telemetry on the attack landscape to improve their protection capability, and provides an attack surface management product that helps organizations inventory internet-facing assets and identify risks,” he said. CFOs are looking for metrics associated with risk and security posture. RiskIQ helps.”.

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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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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This impacts the maturity of security programs and exponentially increases an organization’s risk, making it susceptible to cyberattacks and even nominal regulatory fines. For example, the Citibank incident , in which Citibank was fined $400 million for falling short in its regulatory-driven risk management processes.

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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

The post Google Cloud CISO: Usability must be baked into design of security tools appeared first on SC Media.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Prediction #2: Leaders will see APIs as representing both security and business risks. That’s because the lack of control, security, and governance around APIs doesn’t just increase risks, it is also operationally inefficient. Prediction #4: Organizations will right-size data storage to reduce risks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 7, 2021

However, with the rise of customers shopping across social media platforms and due to the ongoing labor shortage, businesses may be even more vulnerable to data breaches. As the recent data breach of 700 million users on LinkedIn shows, social media can still leave consumers’ personal information exposed.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

SC Media caught up with Touhill this week to learn how he hopes to make an impact in his new role, what issues and projects he plans to prioritize in his first year and how the old cybersecurity models we’ve relied on no longer work. He was then appointed as the first-ever U.S. chief information security officer.

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SC Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

In an article for CISO Compass, CEO and CISO, Lee Parrish, deftly uses a colonoscopy metaphor to illustrate the difference between security and compliance. ” He’s also had a front-row seat in cybersecurity for over 20 years, witnessing firsthand the rise in concern for all its associated risks. .”

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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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NopSec

APRIL 1, 2015

Most of our customers’ security analysts are called on a monthly basis (or more often) to deliver a presentation of the vulnerability management risks the organization is facing and the actions the security department is taking to remediate those risks. At NopSec, customers request and we execute. You are welcome!

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Senior security and IT leaders point to employees and their companies’ own supply chains as the source of constant risk of malicious and unintentional vulnerabilities, exacerbated by remote work and cloud-based environments. . Respondents said blurring the boundaries between work and personal computing exacerbates the problems.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Cyber thought leaders were quick to acknowledge the importance of continued cooperation across federal, state and local jurisdictions, though several CISOs suggested that there wasn’t too much new ground covered and recommended ways the federal and state governments and private industry could do even more to assist overwhelmed municipalities.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2024

Simbian helps every member of the security team from the CISO to the frontline practitioner solve their unique security needs in real-time. While security vendors are increasingly using GenAI, off-the-shelf GenAI models come with many security risks, including hallucinations, prompt injection risks, and exposure of PII and confidential data.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

One of a series of security leadership profiles prepared by Cybersecurity Collaborative in conjunction with SC Media. Witty has 25 years of information technology experience, 23 of which are focused on information risk management. How each CISO builds credibility with the C-suite will vary — but it is crucial to do so.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp Spotify music converter TuneFab puts users at risk Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania Russia-linked APT28 used new malware in a recent phishing campaign Clash of Clans gamers at risk while using third-party app New Version of Meduza (..)

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

In just a few years, cyber has transformed from the nerd in the corner into the Kim Kardashian of risk. businesses can be built on, and destroyed by, cyber risk. Then give them clear guidance on how quickly you want these addressed and what level of risk you can live with. 2 Talk to your CISO. 1 Lead from the front.

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NopSec

JULY 6, 2016

NopSec released a featured annual report, “2016 State of Vulnerability Risk Management.” The report reveals key security threats by industry, cross-industry remediation developments, malware-based vulnerabilities, and the rising correlation of social media and security threats.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

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. For client-facing efforts, drive foot traffic or media attention with family-focused educational events in your community. Want to show thought leadership?

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Today’s columnist, Deborah Watson of Proofpoint, says with so much work conducted via virtual meetings, risk has increased and businesses have to pay more attention to an insider threat management program. Think of Insider Threat Management Programs (ITMPs) as a holistic focus on managing the risks that insiders pose to your corporate assets.

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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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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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