SC Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

of Proofpoint, says as companies shifted to work-from-home during the pandemic, security pros had to focus more on insider threats, sometimes caused by harried parents juggling work and family responsibilities. But this shift has caused a growing risk: the insider threat. The longer the time, the higher the risk.

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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. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This affected all levels of the cybersecurity landscape, and it has had a particularly broad impact for those in the C-Suite, specifically, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). So, what is an already over-stressed CISO to do? Technological update. Technological integration. Cybersecurity strategy.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The role of the Chief Information Officer has undergone significant transformations over the past few decades, driven by the rapid advancements in technology. Chief should mean something," said Patrick Benoit , Global CISO for Brinks and member of the SecureWorld Houston Advisory Council. "I That is a huge conflict of interest.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Ideally, “organizations had crisis management programs activated a year ago,” said Andrew Turner, senior vice president in Booz Allen’s cybersecurity services, bringing together human resources, security teams, technology, and executive management. A second, more nuanced problem relates to technology.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

Armis researchers surveyed more than 2,000 professionals in May, which showed most users don’t pay attention to major cybersecurity attacks against critical infrastructure and operational technology entities, such as the attack against Colonial Pipeline in early May. The goal is to secure the patient journey.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 30, 2023

Seasoned CISOs/CSOs understand the importance of effectively communicating cyber risk and the need for investment in cybersecurity defense to the board of directors. To ensure cybersecurity becomes a strategic part of the corporate culture, it is crucial for CISOs to present the topic in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Even among top tech firms, less than half list a chief technology officer (CTO). KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO).

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The IT Security Guru caught up with Tarnveer Singh a CISO and finalist in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2023 for his thoughts on how to get more professionals involved in the cybersecurity industry: There are many ways we can inspire new cybersecurity professionals to join our industry.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The proposed regulations, designed specifically for hospitals, establish a robust framework for cybersecurity risk management and incident response. Hospitals will be required to implement comprehensive cybersecurity programs, including vulnerability assessments, access controls, and security awareness training for their employees.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Increased risk of cyberattacks The rising cost of living can lead to an increase in cybercrime, as people become more desperate to make money. I think it requires taking a step back and assessing what you can do with less," said Chris Roberts, CISO and Senior Director at Boom Supersonic. This is more critical now than it's ever been."

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As I discussed in Decentralized IT Clouds the Security Team’s Ability to Spot Risks, 74% of IT decision-makers in the U.S. With more business-technology decisions being made outside the IT department than ever, will security teams lose their ability to help guide technology.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 13, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its cybersecurity supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) guidance in an effort to help organizations protect themselves as they acquire and use technology products and services.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Founded over 20 years ago, the company’s vision is “technology powered, human delivered.” A key focus is on hiring top talent in ethical hacking and adversary simulation and leveraging NetSPI’s three technology platforms, which include Resolve, ASM, and AttackSim. Before co-founding Cyolo, Almog Apirion was a CISO for 15 years. “I

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

How do technology leaders view remote work and cybersecurity? The majority of CISOs and CIOs are clear: remote work brings a cybersecurity risk. According to a recent survey from PwC, 61% of CISOs and CIOs have seen cybersecurity risks increase during the shift to remote employees.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 24, 2021

This will allow us to do great things together, for the benefit of security leaders and also our community, and so I wanted to write this post to talk a little about our joint missions, and how we can help you. About our CISO Advisor team. For example, I worked with a CISO recently who decided to rebrand “Zero Trust” internally.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Forrester also predicts that the number of women CISOs at Fortune 500 companies will rise to 20 percent in 2019 , compared with 13 percent in 2017. Her work centered on helping aerospace manufacturers manage the convergence of cyber risk across their increasingly complex business ecosystem, including IT, OT and connected products.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Next-generation firewalls are well, XDRing, IPS in prevention mode, and we had 100% attainment of our security awareness weekly training podcast. With each new layer of adaptive security control, there is supposed to be a layer of new and improved protection and new attack surfaces. Cybersecurity is a Successfully Failure.

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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

With its tailored controls, micro-perimeters and trust-nothing approach to access, Zero Trust gives CISOs confidence that their security program can secure their remote workforce and meet regulatory compliance requirements. Thanks to a rapid shift to remote work, Zero Trust is finally garnering the attention it deserves.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published updated recommendations for phishing simulations in security awareness training programs. For security awareness training to be successful, it has to be collaborative. 5, Section 5.3 (pg. 5, Section 5.3 (pg. That’s good, right?

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for retailers and further shifted consumer buying habits online, which has expanded their attack surface and heightened the number of vulnerabilities and risks of a breach, said Casey Ellis, founder and CTO at Bugcrowd.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

With a career spanning two decades as a technology provider to businesses and government agencies, Levine brings a strategic and pragmatic approach to building secure software and cloud services without disrupting product velocity. Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert.

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Notice Bored

JULY 4, 2022

I feel more confident about the underlying generic principles of risk, compliance, conformity, obligations, accountabilities, assurance and controls though, and have the breadth of work and life experience to appreciate the next point. The mind map is a brief glimpse of the landscape, as I see it. We're definitely in the discomfort zone here.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently developed a new method that will help prevent organizations and their employees from falling victim to phishing cyberattacks, which it calls the Phish Scale. A tool like the Phish Scale could be very useful for organizations in the fight against phishing.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

As cybercrime converges with advanced persistent threat methods ( APTs ), cyber criminals are finding ways to weaponize new technologies at scale to enable more disruption and destruction,” said Manky. “All of this means cyber risk continues to escalate and that CISOs need to be just as nimble and methodical as the adversary.”.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This year's findings provide insight on how organizations, end-users, and the bad guys have adapted to an unprecedented shift in information technology. Actionable research for security executives and practitioners. Email remains the number one cybersecurity risk for organizations.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A : In 2023, I was fortunate to be able to attend the FBI's CISO Academy in Quantico, VA. A : The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to disrupt many industries, and cybersecurity professionals are in an amazing position to ride the wave and become early adopters and experts in a new era of technology.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

The city has a more established IT setup, including a full-time IT director, which many of the smaller towns lack, according to this Government Technology article. We use this type of model for our 'Whole of State' approach to security in North Dakota," says Michael Gregg, CISO for the State of North Dakota.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tens of thousands of applications that are critical to the operations of data centers around the globe are exposed to the internet, with many secured with default factory passwords, posing a significant cyber risk to enterprises worldwide. Doing so puts the complete environment at risk of cyber-attack.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The operational technology challenge Ferguson outlined evolving threats to critical infrastructure, and how IT and operational technology environments are becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent. It misused operational technology to make changes in the operating environment. To be trusted, listen,” she said. “I

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And a key part of building out any cybersecurity policy for your local government is to develop an organizational understanding of risk to systems, people, data, and so on. CISA, GSA, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) help monitor for issues in the namespace. Also delivered free of charge by the NCATS team.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There’s a massive loophole in the federal ban on Chinese technology from sus firms such as Huawei and ZTE: It doesn’t stop states from buying it. The post Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2020

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. A recent risk assessment began to expand, and we started a publicity blitz….

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 10, 2023

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cyber resilience is defined as “the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses, attacks, or compromises on systems … enabled by mission.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will open a comment period for stakeholders on proposed significant reform to its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). In advance of the public comment period, the standards organization wrapped up the last stakeholder workshops last week. It is the first time in five years that.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Or they want to innovate but don’t know how to without an increase in risk. Legal professionals also have an ethical and legal duty to ensure technology competency. Thanks to the pandemic, previous barriers to implementation have been removed and those who took a measured risk by moving first, have done well.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2021

And this requires securing our networks for the new normal of IT infrastructures. Surprisingly, a large portion of cyberattacks can be best prevented by reducing the risks to a remote workforce created by human error. In a survey of UK&I CISOs, 55% said that human error posed a risk no matter what protections are in place.

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