eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

NetSPI, a top penetration testing and vulnerability management company, recently announced a $410 million funding round, a huge amount in a year in which $100+ million rounds have become a rarity. Before co-founding Cyolo, Almog Apirion was a CISO for 15 years. “I As for NetSPI, it fits into this sweet spot. Arctic Wolf.

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NopSec

MAY 11, 2022

We described in the previous blog post the difference between vulnerability management and risk management. A quick reminder: vulnerabilities are the weaknesses an organization has internally while risks are the threats existing externally that potentially could harm the organization. Let’s dig in to see how that works.

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McAfee

JUNE 17, 2021

Imagine if you had one place where you found a comprehensive real time security posture that tells you exactly where the looming current cyber risks are and the impact? With the score, you’ll know at a glance: Have you done enough to stave off the most likely risks? Risk and Posture. Risk and Posture.

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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. Learn more about Cybersecurity Risk Management Red Teams Red teams simulate the tactics, techniques, and procedures ( TTPs ) an adversary might use against the organization.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Nowadays, organisations need digital leaders such as CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs who are strategists, visionaries, and know how to manage, effectively. The pressure for those in charge is immense as cyber risks have scaled, and can now bring businesses, economies, and communities to a halt. billion) is expected online.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

This vulnerability management policy defines the requirements for the [eSecurity Planet] IT and security teams to protect company resources from unacceptable risk from unknown and known vulnerabilities. Broader is always better to control risks, but can be more costly.] Vulnerability Management Policy & Procedure A.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

Conduct risk assessments and penetration tests to determine the organization’s attack surface and what tools, processes and skills are in place to defend against attacks. If an attack occurs, Gartner notes, the press is likely to contact company directors, not the CISO. Initial Assessments. Ransomware Governance.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2018

The security team needs to be at the table, working alongside the developers and the operations teams, providing the risk management view for security. Applications now are more valuable than ever, but they also expose organizations to more risk than ever before,” Cornell says. The tests drive results while resolving security issues.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Most organizations develop three to five-year phasing plans for most IT and cyber products to align with the manufacturer’s end-of-development, end-of-support, and end-of-life product life cycles and keep up with the latest security risks. Threat modeling (Risk management, vulnerability, and penetration testing).

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NetSpi Executives

JANUARY 16, 2024

You’re about to have your first Red Team experience, or maybe your first one in the CISO seat of your organization. If your goal is to absolutely find a way from the outside into your organization, you probably should do an External Network Penetration Test instead. How Often Should I Plan for Red Team Testing?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to speak before a group of CISOs about the topic of attack surface management (ASM). To make things even harder, there is no generally agreed upon and common SaaS security shared responsibility model and each new deployment, configuration, and integration can change the risk calculus.

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Spinone

JULY 29, 2020

Some of the typical responsibilities and tasks include: Configuring technical security controls Conducting an app risk assessment Whitelisting/blacklisting apps Performing penetration testing For app security engineers, it’s vital to control SaaS apps and the risks related to them.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Howard Taylor, CISO of Radware, goes so far as to call it the “death of trust.” As a result, some are now taking extra precautions such as hiring specialized companies to conduct penetration testing audits on externally facing partner resources. How can a partner truly say they are risk-free in this day and age?

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NopSec

JANUARY 4, 2017

An initial penetration test early on will also give you a baseline understanding of the degree to which your most critical data is within reach of the “bad guys” in the real world. Your baseline risk assessment and initial penetration testing will provide the foundation to do this.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Be On Your Guard with the Most Treacherous Insider Roles A paramount priority when addressing the threat is to distinguish the fundamental insider risks.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

By Curtis Simpson, CISO. Shodan) and penetration testing toolkits (e.g. We’re vulnerable, we’re under attack, but we’re not yet moving fast enough in gaining full visibility into our critical OT environments and our integrated unmanaged devices that are at risk for exploitation or disruption with potentially material impacts.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 16, 2024

It found close to 100 high-risk, likely-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities that were not listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue. and 25 percent of high-risk CVEs are exploited the same day the vulnerability was disclosed. MORE SecButler from GroundSec is a free set of tools for penetration tests.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

As hacks and extortion become more and more frequent, to truly minimize the risk of potential extortion and lost clear text data, a data security platform, specifically data-in-use encryption, also referred to as encryption-in-use, is the only option for complete protection and peace of mind. ” Tim Prendergrast, CEO, strongDM.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

See the top Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) tools. Also read: What is Cybersecurity Risk Management? However, in turn, those policies are supposed to address the risks of the organization. Risk analysis and policies provide the foundational documents upon which all IT operations and security is supposed to be based.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

In the wake of a multitude of ransomware attacks, fallout from the SolarWinds breach and the Oldsmar water supply attack, CISOs are looking for effective methods to reduce risk beyond traditional means such as penetration testing. Enter purple teams.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Phishing attack prevention : There are bots and automated call centers that pretend to be human; ML solutions such as natural language processing (NLP) and Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAs) help prove whether users are human or a machine, in turn detecting potential phishing attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Related: Kaseya hack worsens supply chain risk. This is the type of incident that could have been identified as a risk by a properly scoped penetration test and detected with the use of internal network monitoring tools. Once more, a heavily protected enterprise network has been pillaged by data thieves.

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NopSec

AUGUST 21, 2017

which have their own deadline dates and will be discussed separately), you must already be in compliance with the following: Established a documented cybersecurity program (section 500.02) based on your Risk Assessment (which means you should have conducted a Risk Assessment at this time as well). Appointing a CISO (section 500.4(a))

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

If you are a US public company, there are additional board requirements from the Securities and Exchange Commission that you should be familiar with such as requiring written disclosure of how the board administers its risk oversight function. It is not only the CISO, CSO or CIO’s responsibility to care and do the right thing.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities ” outlines 19 practices organized into the following four categories: Prepare the organization (PO). Design software to meet security requirements and mitigate security risks (PW.1). Conduct application penetration testing. Protect the software (PS).

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 18, 2023

Boys, on the other hand, have been typically encouraged to take more risks or challenge the status quo. From an early age, many girls have been taught to follow the rules and conform to the “good girl” stereotype who behaves, is modest, considerate, selfless, wants for nothing, and is content in a supportive, largely invisible role.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It is a common feeling in the cybersecurity community that CISOs do not sleep well at night. CISOs worry about the latest incident, end of life technology in their environment, breaches in the news, insecure users and vendors, penetration testing results, budget and resources, and the latest vulnerability report (to name a few).

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NopSec

JUNE 14, 2017

b) – Designate a senior member of your personnel for direction and oversight of third party service providers 500.05 – Annual penetration testing and bi-annual vulnerability assessments 500.09 – Risk Assessment 500.12 – Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 500.14(b)

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This allows you to determine which risks to eliminate first based on various factors, including their criticality and vulnerability threat levels, as well as classification. Findings are used to get a clear idea of the risks, factors, and threats levels. Phase Five: Remediation During this phase the reports are used to patch flaws.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The latter reduces the risk of a single point of failure to production, as if one supplier fails then an alternative can be used to ensure production resilience. This risk will ebb and flow as the nature of the supply chain changes. Already CISOs often chat offline. One of the characteristics is the willingness to collaborate.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Vamosi: So you’re CISO at a major corporation and all of sudden there’s been a ransomware attack in your network, and it’s spreading throughout your infrastructure. In my character, I like to research things, so basically I started with penetration testing, and I still do that. So what led Paula into forensics?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2021

By Shay Siksik, VP Customer Operations and CISO, XM Cyber. We call these things “unknown unknowns” — and they are the most challenging to deal with from the perspective of risk management and cybersecurity. It’s easy, relatively speaking, to prepare defenses against risks that are well understood.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

CISO and Security Analyst will perform incident analyses). Do the training and penetration tests. Managing short-term and long-term business consequences In some cases, one person can carry out multiple tasks (e.g., company CEO can contact law enforcement and run inside and outside communications).

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Paul Caiazzo, the CISO at Avertium, discussed this problem on a recent SecureWorld Remote Session : "What we see a lot is attackers in this space are typically not using novel, zero-day type approaches to break into networks, they're using lack of hygiene. 8 steps organizations can take to reduce ransomware risk. Have we tested this?".

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

“When an attacker gains access to surveillance cameras, the amount of knowledge which stands to be gained could be vast and poses a very real physical security threat,” said James Smith, principal security consultant and head of penetration testing at Bridewell Consulting. This is a design failure,” agreed Kulkarni. “It

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. BVP Investments.

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