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

The Last Watchdog

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. These attacks sparked public realization that cyber threats can disrupt daily life, leading to anger against corporations, not just cybercriminals, if they failed to implement basic cybersecurity measures.

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2024 Cybersecurity Industry Experts Predictions: Part 1

IT Security Guru

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for cybersecurity experts to gaze into their crystal balls and predict what the next year has set in store for the security industry. In parallel, we are also seeing organisations migrate their entire corporate directory to the cloud, typically with platforms like Microsoft Entra ID.

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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

HEAT attacks leverage one or more of the following core techniques that bypass legacy network security defenses: Evades Both Static and Dynamic Content Inspection: HEAT attacks evade both signature and behavioral analysis engines to deliver malicious payloads to the victim using innovative techniques such as HTML Smuggling.

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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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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Conduct user awareness training: Incorporate a focused training program into onboarding and workflow process so employees can learn about social engineering strategies, phishing risks, and cloud security best practices. Skills gap relates to a scarcity of competent individuals with knowledge in cloud migration.

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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

It certainly was terrific to see the cybersecurity industry’s premier trade event fully restored to its pre-Covid grandeur at San Francisco’s Moscone Center last week. I spoke with Token CEO John Gunn and his engineering VP Evan K. Related: Demystifying ‘DSPM’ This was my nineteenth RSAC.

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Cisco wins SC Media Award for “Best Security Company”

Cisco Security

The SC Awards are the academy awards of the cybersecurity industry, and I couldn’t be prouder of this company, our Cisco Security team, and our amazing technology. It represents years of innovation and commitment to reinventing cybersecurity in order to keep pace with the increasing demands of digital transformation and ever-evolving attacks.

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