CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this three-part series, we are detailing how digital transformation necessitates security transformation and how security service edge (SSE) offerings are the ideal solution for modernizing enterprise cybersecurity. This post is focused on stopping data breaches with SSE.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Password management company LastPass, which was hit by two data breaches last year , has revealed that data exfiltrated during the first intrusion, discovered in August, was used to target the personal home computer of one of its devops engineers and launch a second successful cyberatttack, detected in November.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

With an ever-increasing number of cybersecurity threats and attacks, companies are becoming motivated to protect their businesses and customer data both technically and financially. million — more than twice the global average of $4.35 million.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2023

A review of the executives pages published by the 2022 list of Fortune 100 companies found only four — BestBuy , Cigna , Coca-Cola , and Walmart — that listed a Chief Security Officer (CSO) or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in their highest corporate ranks. Nor is the average pay hugely different among all these roles.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

By spearheading cybersecurity programs, CISOs empower organizations to fend off cyber threats from criminal enterprises, insider risks, hackers, and other malicious entities that pose significant risks to operations, critical infrastructure, and even national security. RELATED: Uber CSO Found Guilty: The Sky Is Not Falling.

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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

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). Not that these roles are somehow more or less important than that of a CISO/CSO within the organization.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a move that has raised concerns about the company's cybersecurity posture, Amy Bogac, Clorox's CISO, has stepped down from her position. Some speculate that Bogac may have been frustrated with the company's slow response to the cyberattack and its lack of investment in cybersecurity measures.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 26, 2021

With data breach rates rising and criminal attack methods becoming more sophisticated each day, it is essential for every organization to take security seriously. Who should receive cybersecurity training in your organization? Who should receive cybersecurity training in your organization? Compliance Officer.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 21, 2022

Anyone who follows cybersecurity is aware of the steady drumbeat of data breaches and attacks. Learn 8 pitfalls that undermine security program success and 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ]. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 10, 2023

Imagine your company experienced a major data breach, but instead of notifying the appropriate parties and taking necessary actions, you were instructed to keep it quiet! was also leading the list in terms of the percentage of respondents who claimed they'd been told to keep a breach concealed (71%).

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A slow response to a data breach or other cybersecurity incident can cost companies time and money, as well as damage to their reputation.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 5, 2023

AI-based cyber risk management SaaS vendor SAFE Security has announced the release Cyber Risk Cloud of Cloud – a new offering it claims uses generative AI to help businesses predict and prevent cyber breaches. It does so by answering questions about a customer’s cybersecurity posture and generating likelihoods for different risk scenarios.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Uber is facing a new cybersecurity incident after threat actors stole some of its data from Teqtivity, a third-party vendor that provides asset management and tracking services. "We We are aware of customer data that was compromised due to unauthorized access to our systems by a malicious third party," said Teqtivity in a statement.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 6, 2023

Uber has suffered yet another data breach after a third-party law firm's servers were attacked. The law firm, Genova Burns, which provides legal counsel to Uber, has notified an unknown number of its drivers that sensitive data has been exposed and stolen due to a cyberattack.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

Data breaches have the power to cause significant harm to a business’ finances, customer experience, and reputation. Financial organizations, especially, need security solutions to stay ahead of targeted threats and data breaches.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Top 10 cybersecurity podcast episodes from the past year. Huawei USA's CSO answers questions about trust, verification, cybersecurity, and supply chain security. Zoom, Remote Tools, Privacy, and Cybersecurity. COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Privacy and Cybersecurity Problems. From Bombs to Cybersecurity!

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We also saw, for the first time, a security chief sentenced to prison for concealing a data breach. With the shifts in the cybersecurity landscape, 2022 has been a milestone year we will look back on when studying the history of when and why cybersecurity and digital trust were fused together," says Kory Daniels, CISO at Trustwave.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

They earn and handle tremendous amounts of money, store millions of customer credit card numbers, and have frontline staff who may lack cybersecurity training. According to a 2022 data breach report from Verizon, the retail industry reported 629 incidents in 2022, 241 of which had “confirmed data disclosure.”

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Cybersecurity can be one of the most nuanced and important areas of focus for a board, but not all board members are well versed in why and what they need to care about related to cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a board level topic for three main reasons: Cybersecurity breaches are a serious matter for any company.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

A data breach can result in catastrophic consequences for any organization. To keep intruders out of your networks and data, you need more than up-to-date guidance; you also need to continually assess system configurations for conformance to security best practices, and to harden thousands of individual settings in your environment.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

The problem is that many companies don't realize that using third-party APIs can expose their applications to security issues, such as malware, data breaches, and unauthorized access. Third-party APIs are software interfaces that allow organizations to leverage third-party functionality or data on their own websites or applications.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Nearly half of CISOs will change jobs by 2025 due to stress caused by the risk of being breached while trying to retain staff, according to the Gartner report, Predicts 2023: Cybersecurity Industry Focuses on the Human Deal. This includes the knowledge that there are only two possible outcomes: get hacked or don’t. “The

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

US financial institutions see peer-to-peer fraud and other digital fraud as the biggest cybersecurity concern in 2023. CSI), followed by data breaches (23%), ransomware (20%) and a breach at a third party (15%). It was cited by 29% of respondents in a survey by Computer Systems Inc.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Since then, we've witnessed a wide range of attacks: Stuxnet destroyed almost a fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges, WannaCry infected computers in 150 countries, ransomware gangs stole millions of US dollars, and thousands of companies have been affected by data breaches.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

By now, most of the industry has realized we’re seeing a shift from the legacy perimeter-based security model to an identity-centric approach to cybersecurity.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Cybersecurity vendor Guardz has announced the release of a new AI-powered phishing protection solution to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and managed service providers (MSPs) prevent phishing attacks.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

From a cybersecurity standpoint, organizations are operating in a high-risk world. When it isn’t, organizations will likely find themselves the target of a data breach or ransomware attack, or be vulnerable to any number of other security issues.” The ability to assess and manage risk has perhaps never been more important.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Security skills: a growing industry in need of talent Anyone looking to upskill or re-skill in cybersecurity will find plenty of job opportunities in Ireland. MORE What’s new in NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

The education sector is a top target for cybercriminals, and faces “an unusually large percentage” of social engineering attacks, according to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. For example, the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center reported an 18% increase in cyberattacks against schools over the previous year.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Cybersecurity company Circle Security has emerged from stealth with the release of a new platform “purpose-built” to protect against credential-driven threats and cloud attacks. Credential-driven data breaches are the biggest threat vector for most companies.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

The report is based on Tenable Research team’s analysis of cybersecurity events, vulnerabilities and trends throughout 2022, including an analysis of 1,335 data breach incidents publicly disclosed between November 2021 and October 2022. billion records were exposed, which accounted for 257 terabytes of data.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing a federal investigation in connection with the attempted cover-up of a 2016 hack at Uber, NIST and Microsoft say that mandatory password expiration is no longer needed but many organizations are still doing it, and how fake executive profiles are becoming a huge problem for […].

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NopSec

DECEMBER 9, 2015

” In an age where data breaches crowd the daily headlines, lack of awareness is no longer an excuse for executives. has referred to cybersecurity breaches resulting in the loss of intellectual property as, “representing the greatest transfer of wealth in human history.”

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Cybersecurity is top of mind for all organizations. These institutions reported 6,843 security incidents in 2019—the second-highest among industries, according to the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report. It’s the No. 1 business and tech priority, according to the 2021 State of the CIO.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2022

Cybersecurity risk assessment company Safe Security on Tuesday rolled out two new online risk assessment tools for businesses to use, in order to help them understand their vulnerability to cyberattacks and the costs of insuring against them. Risk tools measure financial impact of cyberthreats.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

Expectations around how corporate America responds to and communicates around data breaches has evolved significantly over the past two decades,” said T.J. When a data breach is discovered, the heat is on the IS/IT department(s) and, in many organizations, there is a culture of blame,” said Winick. Here is a sampling.

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