SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With that, evidence shows, comes a far brighter spotlight on the role of the chief information security officer. While technically part of the c-suite, CISOs historically received less attention within a company than your average CEO or chief financial officer. Our profile is certainly getting higher. Failure to communicate.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Oftentimes, how organizations measure risk determines how they will prioritize investments. For IT professionals, building a set of metrics for security needs is often accompanied by feelings of anxiety, because if measurements look at the wrong data or indicators, they may lead to a false sense of security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Businesses that had never even considered letting their teams work from home were suddenly thrust into a sink or swim environment where they simply had to make it work or risk stalling their operations. Security, perhaps unconsciously, took a backseat. Security misconfigurations and human error.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

Assess risks. Creating a solid cybersecurity foundation begins with understanding the organization’s risks. A recent study found only 27% of charities undertook risk assessments in 2023 and only 11% said they reviewed risks posed by suppliers. Keep software updated. Strengthen authentication.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2024

The post Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. A hard-coded credential catastrophe: The analytics firm kept big companies’ secrets in an insecure AWS bucket. Government says victims include the “critical infrastructure sector.”

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Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

Move faster than your adversaries with powerful purpose-built XDR, cyber risk exposure management, and zero trust capabilities Learn more Extend Your Team Extend Your Team.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Consumers and organizations are enthused about the operational benefits of more robust mobile connectivity, but the shift to 5G networks doesn’t come without risks. Service providers and 5G-enabled device manufacturers both have critical roles to play in the success and sustainability of this wireless network rollout.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2025

Plus, learn why code-writing GenAI tools can put developers at risk of package-confusion attacks. Also, find out what Tenable webinar attendees said about identity security. Both frameworks have a Core section, which outlines detailed activities and outcomes aimed at helping organizations discuss risk management.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The post Why an HR-IT Partnership is Critical for Managing Cybersecurity Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. By aligning priorities into a shared game plan, HR and IT can finally set their organizations up to defend against modern cyberthreats.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

The good news is that there is a very powerful, proven tool that can help companies decipher complex networking security relationships. 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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Cisco Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

Today, most CISOs in the enterprise space have decades of experience. They’ve led teams covering everything from threat intelligence to security/privacy by design initiatives, navigated tricky transitions like the one from on-prem to the cloud, and become prominent business leaders in their companies. Join us on February 23rd .

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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. The same philosophy applies to ABCWUA’s installation of its cloud-based enterprise network security software.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

But ultimately, what we’re trying to do is to reduce the risks to national security and national prosperity by hardening and strengthening that cyber ecosystem. I think this is going to be magnified as an issue as we look at supply chain risk management, and we’ve already been working on that for years now.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Previous posts: Security Risks of Low-altitude Economy The Network Security Business System of Low-altitude Economy The low-altitude economic supply chain security system aims to build an all-round security system from upstream to downstream.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. Enter SOAR, the acronym for “security operations, analytics and reporting.” Smart money.

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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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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2023

Thanks are in order to BSides Leeds for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Leeds 2023 security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSides Leeds 2023 – Kim Hendry – The NSM Ouroboros: Embracing The Endless Cycle Of Network Security Monitoring appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The post CISO Stories Podcast: Communications Before, During and After a Breach appeared first on Security Boulevard. Figuring out what to do after a breach is the wrong time to start the planning process.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

All organizations must have security awareness training programs to teach basics to end users. The post CISO Stories Podcast: Fiscally Responsible Ways to Train and Build Community appeared first on Security Boulevard. Similarly, the technical teams need to be exposed to flexible training that is interesting to them.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 8, 2021

The above statement illustrates this problem space and is an actual statement that a CISO at a large healthcare organization made to me. In the years since, I’ve worked with customers like our above CISO to build effective segmentation policies by leveraging the visibility provided by Secure Network Analytics.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2022

By Tyler Farrar, CISO, Exabeam. The key to this apparent contradiction is the role played by legacy tech and the limitations of security solutions designed before the cloud era. In most scenarios, CISOs have three choices when considering a move away from legacy tech: 1.Take Unfortunately, so were cyber adversaries.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 29, 2022

What is the role and engagement with risk management to determine the business requirements for the SOC? As an organization, knowing you only have “ten swords” to deal with every possible cyber security threat in the coming year, how do you then deploy your resources? What is the current overall risk composite of the organization?

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 19, 2018

Every June, Gartner hosts a terrific security conference near Washington, D.C. called Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. This event is focused on the needs of senior IT and security professionals, such as CISOs, chief risk officers, architects, IAM and network security leaders.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Those findings appear in The State of Microsegmentation in Network Security , a Byos report that details the results of a Q3 2021 survey of 100 cybersecurity leaders. In an interview with eSecurity Planet , Byos founder and CEO Matias Katz discussed the findings and their implications for network security in general.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 16, 2022

The Security Outcomes Study, Volume 2 , found that BCDR showed significant correlations with positive outcomes, including: . Obtaining peer support and buy-in for security . Identifying and managing top risks . A CISO recently told me that his infrastructure was like an ultimate brownie pan: all edges.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Versa Networks announced a funding round for $120 million last week, while Apiiro followed this week with a $100 million funding round. The two are addressing major issues like sprawling cloud and software supply chain risks, showing that good companies addressing real needs are having little trouble finding investors. Growth of SASE.

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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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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Meanwhile, a study highlights how business decisions can derail OT security. Plus, get the latest on Active Directory security, CISO salary trends and ransomware attacks! Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending Oct. Have you ever shared sensitive work information without your employer’s knowledge?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

JupiterOne CISO Sounil Yu, creator of a Cyber Defense Matrix adopted by OWASP, noted the concentration of security products in protection and detection and wondered, “Is our industry actually solving the right problems? The general lack of focus on resilience, response and recovery is largely reflected in vendor offerings too.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In other words, only 4% of vulns in any given environment pose a real risk. Through risk-based prioritization informed by comprehensive exploit intel and vulnerability intelligence, coupled with advanced data science. RBVM + Exploit Intel = Lower Risk. Risk-based prioritization reduces exploitability. Drive down risk.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

See the top Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) tools. Proposed SEC Security Changes. Also read: What is Cybersecurity Risk Management? However, in turn, those policies are supposed to address the risks of the organization. Compliance through consequences.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 4, 2024

“If you cannot count it, you cannot manage it.” – Every CISO and CIO ever Asset deduplication is a crucial challenge in exposure management (and CAASM). In today’s complex IT environments, effective management of vulnerabilities and other findings relies on accurate asset inventories to understand and mitigate potential risks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Before co-founding Cyolo, Almog Apirion was a CISO for 15 years. “I With my co-founders, we formed a team to build the tool I always wanted while I was a CISO. What sets Cyolo apart is that we are security realists and understand the day-to-day reality of cybersecurity.”. “For Arctic Wolf.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2022

We should not be focused so much on the organization’s Return on investment or Return on asset around security spending; we should consider for a moment that with every significant security awareness training, every adaptive control, and every security policy only makes the task “of being hacked” even more expensive for the cybercriminals.

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