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IoT Devices a Huge Risk to Enterprises

eSecurity Planet

. “For more than a year, most corporate offices have stood mostly abandoned as employees continued to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Deepen Desai, chief information security officer (CISO) at Zscaler, said in a statement. ” Most Devices Communicate in Plaintext. ” Protective Steps to Take.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. One of the hottest venture capital bets over the past few years has been on SOAR; and Palo Alto Networks’ recent acquisition of SOAR startup Demisto for $560 million, appears to confirm this is smart money.

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Security Outlook 2023: Cyber Warfare Expands Threats

eSecurity Planet

“All of this means cyber risk continues to escalate and that CISOs need to be just as nimble and methodical as the adversary.”. Software supply chain issues like the SolarWinds attack and the Log4j vulnerability have made supply chain security and software dependencies major issues in recent years. .

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Threat intel is a game changer, if only firms can figure out how to bake it into cyber programs

SC Magazine

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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Cybersecurity Culture: How Princeton University's Security Team Created It

SecureWorld News

Sherry brought to Princeton his 25 years of technology experience, 12 of which was in higher education as the former CISO at Brown University. In many ways, leading a security mission out of a university is like securing a city. Developing a culture of security: the mission statement. This was and is about culture change.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Company instructions to keep hands off internal network traffic leads to internet service provider (ISP) suppression of only 1% of the 100,000 monthly outgoing DDoS attacks. Infrastructure Protection Defense against DDoS and DNS attacks starts with effective network security architecture. 60% of all breaches come from the USA.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Encourage your key cyber professionals to develop first-rate security awareness training materials for employees and executive staff.