CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Employees are often warned about the data exposure risks associated with the likes of phishing emails, credential theft, and using weak passwords. However, they can risk leaking or exposing sensitive information about themselves, the work they do, or their organization without even realizing.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 11, 2021

economy, according to Dr. Alissa Abdullah, Deputy CSO at MasterCard. Related Stories Episode 214: Darkside Down: What The Colonial Attack Means For The Future of Ransomware Episode 218: Denial of Sustenance Attacks -The Cyber Risk To Agriculture Deere John: Researcher Warns Ag Giant’s Site Provides a Map to Customers, Equipment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2022

By Amanda Fennell, CSO and CIO, Relativity. While exploring phishing examples and best tools to manage passwords, offer to dive into how tools actually work. Think about password management. The average person, in their personal and professional life, may be managing as many as 200 application accounts, each with a password.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

They’re a growing risk for every organization, enabling cyber criminals to steal passwords and gain access to corporate systems, deploy disruptive attacks that shut down entire network, or even hijack corporate data with ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Machine identities now outnumber humans in enterprises, according to Nathanael Coffing, co-founder and CSO of Cloudentity. Gartner’s list of the top security risks and trends for 2021 included machine identity management for the first time. Poor Machine Identity Management Introduces Risks. Machine Identity Risks Go Overlooked.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

The most significant risk for enterprises isn’t the speed at which they are applying critical patches; it comes from not applying the patches on every asset,” noted Brian Contos, CSO of Sevco Security. The lower risk arbitrary read vulnerability CVE-2023-6332 (CVSS 4.1)

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2019

Caz-bees first took shape as a cottage industry circa 2013 to 2014 in response to a cry for help from companies reeling from new Shadow IT exposures : the risk created by early-adopter employees, quite often the CEO, insisting on using the latest smartphone and Software-as-a-Services tools, without any shred of security vetting.

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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. Be On Your Guard with the Most Treacherous Insider Roles A paramount priority when addressing the threat is to distinguish the fundamental insider risks.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

With one security token (a username and password pair), an administrator can enable and disable user access to multiple systems, platforms, apps, and other resources. SSO also reduces the risk of lost, forgotten or weak passwords. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Chowing down on some broccoli or kale can help us build strong bones, reduce our risk of chronic diseases, and deliver the vitamins our bodies need. 2] There are 921 password attacks every second — almost double what we saw a year ago. Like it or not, vegetables are good for us. 1] Companies are the same when it comes to security.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 6, 2022

The move comes as the risks of password-only authentication continue to cause security threats for organizations and users. Expanded implementation will make faster, easier and more secure sign-ins available to consumers across leading devices and platforms, the firms stated.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

The traditional combination of username and password to secure company devices and systems is outdated and could be putting your business at risk. Employing an AI based continuous identity management system could eliminate nearly all identity theft attacks as well as aid in security operations analysis of potential threats.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2021

We strongly recommend that customers review the advisories and follow the recommended guidance, including changing all passwords in the environment if impacted. The team worked quickly to provide mitigations directly to the limited number of impacted customers that remediates the risk to their system.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

For many years, multi-factor authentication has been a key approach to mitigating the risks associated with password usage. By Steve Faehl, Microsoft Federal Security CTO Ask any cybersecurity professional what one thing should be done to increase the security of your environment and the most likely answer will be to “enable MFA.”

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Don’t make passwords easy to guess. Typically, corporate networks are equipped with firewalls, a Chief Security Officer (CSO), and a whole cybersecurity department to keep them safe. This way, you may reap the benefits of the interconnected world without risking the privacy and security of your home.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2020

A recent risk assessment began to expand, and we started a publicity blitz…. Sherry's team developed four staffing verticals to focus on—Architecture, Engineering, Risk & Analysis, and Awareness & Training—and was able to fill all the roles with internal Princeton staff. One area of the diagram is Risk Management. "If

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

My advice for anybody that asks me which certifications they should get is this: find a certification in a subject that you wish to learn about,” Palo Alto Networks CSO Rick Howard said. “If If you are going to study the subject anyway, you might as well get a certification out of it.”. Also read: How to Get Started in a Cybersecurity Career.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

For instance, furing Congressional testimony following the supply chain attack on SolarWinds’ IT management platform Orion, the company’s CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna blamed an intern for creating a weak FTP server password and leaking it on GitHub. Delaying notification or failing to notify at all.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

They had super weak, easily guessable passwords, which was visible to anyone who looked. What are the most important cybersecurity risks for 2021? The “people problem” is a phrase I heard in many different occasions when I met with IT managers (CISO, CSO, CIOs), many in leading research labs, national security establishments, and such.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“It took nearly 11 months (328 days) to identity and contain data breaches resulting from stolen or compromised credentials.” – IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2023 I recently came across a 2012 article from CSO Online , and realized that it has been more than 11 years since the phrase “Identity is the new perimeter” was coined!

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We asked two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? Instead of arguing about MFA strength, VPN vendor, or nation-state treat actors, let’s finish our conversation about using dedicated administrator accounts and unique passwords.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

She’s an amazing person who has done an amazing number of things in a short amount of time -- CMU professor, Forrester analyst, CSO at a successful startup -- and she’s not done changing the industry. VAMOSI: At least I remember her being an early evangelist for cloud container security, joining a startup as its CSO.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

For example: passwords being typed or posted, specific motions or commands used to activate control systems to open or unlock doors, etc.”. At the very least, there should have been some form of multi-factor authentication or password vault to protect the [server] account. This is a design failure,” agreed Kulkarni. “It

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Haddix continues to provide his insights while serving as the Head of Security and Risk Management for Ubisoft. Behold the tale of kid who reuses their passwords & ends up pwn'd, then learns how to stay safe.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“The security risks of remote working have been well documented. The simplest way we can do this is by developing good daily routines that work to manage the most common cybersecurity risks facing our organisations. Examples of this include keeping software up to date, backing up data, and maintaining good password practices.

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