Javvad Malik

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The movie starts on the outskirts of a jungle and the CISO (Arnie) with his team land in their helicopters. This is a perfect metaphor for how a CISO operates in day to day situations. This is a reminder to all security pros that they need to continually keep their skills up to date or risk becoming a dinosaur. Well read on.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2024

But that’s not the only takeaway from this year’s Voice of the CISO report. The post CISO Cite Human Error as Top IT Security Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. It’s the wetware. It’s always the wetware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 11, 2025

Related: Getting the most from cyber insurance At RSAC 2025, I met with ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe to trace a quiet but growing convergence: endpoint defense, cyber insurance, and monoculture risk are no longer separate concerns. They’re overlapping — and reshaping how security programs are evaluated. And what of AI?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Shashanka Dr. Madhu Shashanka , Chief Data Scientist, Concentric AI Generative AI in 2025 will bring transformative opportunities but heightened cybersecurity risks, including data exposure, AI misuse, and novel threats like prompt injection attacks. FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2021, law enforcement continued making a tremendous effort to track down, capture and arrest ransomware operators, to take down ransomware infrastructure, and to claw back ransomware payments. These transformations for ransomware groups will become the source of new attacks. The ascendency of CISOs.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

This surge is driven by a convergence of factorsfrom a spike in ransom ware attacks to the digital transformation of healthcarethat CISOs and healthcare executives must understand and act upon. A primary catalyst is the sharp rise in ransomware and other attacks on hospitals and clinics.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. VCPI) was hit by the Ryuk ransomware strain. In mid-November 2019, Wisconsin-based Virtual Care Provider Inc.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As ITDMs, CISOs and cyber risk owners this is our dream scenario, and he got me thinking. It’s a subtle shift in focus, and requires a fundamental change in how we, as ITDMs, CISOs and cyber risk owners view and action resilience—not as a one-time project, but as an ongoing programme that provides strategic advantage.

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

As the majority of the global Covid fog finally started lifting in 2022, other events – and their associated risks – started to fill the headspace of C-level execs the world over. In my role, I regularly engage with CISOs in all kinds of sectors, representatives at industry bodies, and experts at analyst houses.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Most boards of directors understand the risk, but many will not invest more in cybersecurity and have different concerns about the impact of a breach. The post CISOs, boards not always on the same page appeared first on TechRepublic.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 23, 2025

Public Sector: DoS attacks and ransomware remain major concerns. Manufacturing: IP theft and ransomware are top risks; OT/ICS systems still lag in basic controls. The 2025 DBIR is a call to arms for CISOs and security leaders to rethink how they detect, respond to, and recover from breaches. Nicole Carignan , Sr.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2025

In a digital world defined by ransomware, cloud sprawl, and hybrid infrastructures, the ability to recover data quickly and securely is one of the most important indicators of an organization's cyber resilience. Ransomware's bullseye: your backups Cybercriminals know that if they can destroy your backups, they've won.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2024

1, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Security Risk Advisors (SRA) announces the launch of VECTR Enterprise Edition , a premium version of its widely-used VECTR platform for purple teams and adversary management program reporting and benchmarking. About VECTR : VECTR™ is developed and maintained by Security Risk Advisors.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

From a cybersecurity standpoint, organizations are operating in a high-risk world. The ability to assess and manage risk has perhaps never been more important. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 28, 2022

Ransomware attacks have been in the public eye for quite a while now. Growth is propelled not only by the surge in the number of cybercrime groups specializing in ransomware, but to a large extent, also by the continual increase in attack sophistication. A few years ago, very few CISOs thought that storage & backups were important.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

CISA adds Fortinet products and Ivanti CSA bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Nation-state actor exploited three Ivanti CSA zero-days Dutch police dismantled dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’ macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations (..)

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2025

[RELATED: CISA Issues Alert to Secure iPhones Against Pegasus Spyware Zero-Days ] Implications for CISOs, privacy advocates, and global policy From the CISO's perspective, this case highlights several pressing challenges: Zero- click exploits are not just nation- state problems ; they now affect commercial and civil targets at scale.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Insights from our new Advisory CISO, Helen Patton. If there’s anyone who’s been put through their paces in the security industry, it’s Helen Patton , our new Advisory Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Helen has come to Cisco from The Ohio State University, where she served as CISO for approximately eight years.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 3, 2025

Then came the inevitable: a ransomware attack that encrypted patient records, forced appointment cancellations for three weeks, and ultimately cost more than $12 million in recovery costs, regulatory fines, and lost revenue. A healthcare CISO I mentored was frustrated by apparent lack of support for a medical device security program.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

And when malware, ransomware, or other cyber threats get in the way, the focus shifts from forward progress to focused co-operation. Smarter security to me broadly refers to relentlessly focusing on fundamentals while maturing the program, making sure your risk posture aligns with your business strategy. Complexity challenge.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against software company SolarWinds Corporation and its chief information security officer (CISO), Timothy G. Brown, for “fraud and internal control failures relating to allegedly known cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities.” Get a free trial below.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

BEC attacks: a growing financial and security risk BEC remains one of the most financially devastating cyber threats, with losses worldwide reaching into the billions.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 11, 2023

In today's perilous cyber risk landscape, CISOs and CIOs must defend their organizations against relentless cyber threats, including ransomware, phishing, attacks on infrastructure, supply chain breaches, malicious insiders, and much more. One of the most effective ways for CISOs and

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison joins me to talk about how companies can operationalize MDR within their environment. The post Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Dustin Hutchison is CISO at Pondurance. Click the icon below to listen.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Given the connectivity needs of a remote workforce – and knowing a hybrid workforce is here to stay – many IT teams have had to make sudden changes in the way workers connect to corporate systems that could introduce new cyber risks and vulnerabilities. . Cloud dominance . Security landscape requires adaptation .

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SecureWorld News

JULY 14, 2021

Just because the infamous REvil ransomware gang suddenly disappeared this week does not mean it's time to relax on the cybersecurity front. SonicWall has just issued an urgent security notice detailing "critical risk" to some unpatched vulnerabilities on a couple of its products. x firmware are past temporary mitigations.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchison joins me to talk about how companies can operationalize MDR within their environment. The post Spotlight: Operationalizing MDR with Pondurance CISO Dustin Hutchinson appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Dustin Hutchinson is CISO at Pondurance. Click the icon below to listen.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

These credentials are often used for account takeover attacks, exposing organizations to breaches, ransomware, and data theft. While CISOs are aware of growing identity threats and have multiple tools in their arsenal to help reduce the potential risk, the

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Ransomware and data breaches pose a massive risk to organizations, resulting in loss of customer trust and shareholder value, reputation damage, hefty fines, and penalties. Cyber risk is a top concern in US corporate boardrooms, elevating the role of the chief information security officer to rapid prominence.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

Ransomware is wreaking havoc. Ransomware is making its way outside the cybersecurity space. Most people probably know what ransomware is (if not, go here ). Ransomware is now everyone’s problem – from governments to corporations and even individuals. Why is ransomware so dangerous, especially now? What can we do?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

Third-party security, ransomware , artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized finance (DeFi) are some of the threats you can expect to see more of this year – with the potential for far worse results than we’ve seen in the past. Third-party Risks Take Center Stage. Ransomware and Critical Infrastructure Attacks Get Worse.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2025

Cyber risk remains top of mind for business leaders A regular January fixture, the World Economic Forums Global Risk Report 2025 features two technology-related threats among the top five risks for the year ahead and beyond. The report ranks risks by severity over two-year and 10-year timeframes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Ransomware continues to dominate the headlines. executives say ransomware currently poses a “major concern” to their organization. One of the top cyber threats currently affecting companies is called ‘phishing’, in which a threat actor poses as a legitimate business colleague but follows up with a ransomware attack.

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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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CSO Magazine

APRIL 20, 2023

Cyber insurance provider At-Bay has announced the launch of a new InsurSec solution to help small-to-mid sized businesses (SMBs) improve their security and risk management postures through their insurance policy. The emergence of InsurSec technology reflects a cyber insurance landscape that has seen significant change recently.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Cybercrime is big business as global losses to ransomware are projected to reach $42 billion within the next two years.The economic sanctions that many nations have put in place to influence Russia will most likely trigger an increase in the illicit business of cybercrime to help offset losses to what was legitimate trade.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Ransomware continued its ruthless path across industries, often putting lives at risk. Ransomware attacks have also become increasingly simple to carry out with toolkits, such as in the case of the Colonial Pipeline attack that disrupted businesses and daily life for many businesses and individuals.

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