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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

Security Boulevard

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004.

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NEW TECH SNAPSHOT: The role of ‘MSSPs’ in helping businesses manage cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

They must take into account a widely scattered workforce and somehow comprehensively mitigate new and evolving cyber threats. Managed Security Services Providers have been steadily evolving for two decades; they now seem poised to help large enterprises and, especially, small to mid-sized businesses manage their cybersecurity.

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Menlo Security Finds Cloud Migration and Remote Work Gives Rise to New Era of Malware, Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT)

CyberSecurity Insiders

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Menlo Security , a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. Cyber Threats are a mainstream problem and a boardroom issue that should be on everyone’s agenda.

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SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

McAfee

There are new and expanding opportunities for women’s participation in cybersecurity globally as women are present in greater numbers in leadership. This is based on in-depth discussions with numerous industry experts in cybersecurity and analyzing and synthesizing third-party reports, surveys, and media sources.

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How to shift into a new approach to cybersecurity asset management

CyberSecurity Insiders

What is cybersecurity asset management. Cybersecurity asset management is a process that involves identifying the IT assets such as PCs, servers, IoT devices, and databases that are owned by an organization. Containerized applications are often used during a cloud migration to ensure the safety of the assets involved.

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Russia-linked Hackers Launch DDoS Attacks on U.S. Airport Websites

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) named Killnet as one of eight key Russian-aligned cybercrime groups that pose a threat to critical infrastructure , noting that in March 2022, the group had claimed credit for a DDoS attack on the website for Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport in response to U.S.

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5 Cyber Trends to Expect in 2024

NetSpi Executives

The past year certainly had no shortage of cybersecurity firsts. From the emergence of the MOVEit vulnerability to the wide adoption of ChatGPT and its associated security risks, nearly every industry was impacted by cyber threats. Nabil Hannan Field CISO “We’re still facing a deficit of cybersecurity professionals globally.