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GUEST ESSAY: New SEC rules aim to help C-levels, board members quantify cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking steps to crack down on insufficient cyber risk reporting. Related : Making third-party risk audits actionable. Worryingly, threats are beginning to outpace organizations’ ability to effectively prevent and respond to them. Fostering understanding.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why internal IT teams are ill-equipped to adequately address cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

Every industry is dealing with a myriad of cyber threats in 2024. Experience, on top of the right tools, are necessary to withstand the onslaught of cyber threats currently bombarding the finance sector. To put it plainly, if you hand a tennis novice Serena Williams’ racket, their chances of winning the U.S.

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How Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Can Reduce Cyber Risk

Centraleyes

In the aftermath of the national reckoning on racial justice ignited by the tragic events involving George Floyd, it became evident that despite good intentions, the cybersecurity sector had not tackled the field’s predominantly white and male composition. Global Perspective In a connected world, cyber threats are borderless.

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How to Use Your Asset Management Software to Reduce Cyber Risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Ambiguity about cyber security threats, legal responsibilities, and unexpected events is exacerbated for IT security professionals who don’t understand where resources are positioned, how well they are handled, or whether they are susceptible. . . Respond fast to incidents via IT experts. .

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Cyber Threats to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Digital Shadows

Sporting events, like the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (Qatar 2022 World Cup), attract massive attention from every corner of the world. Cyber threat actors, with varying resources and motivations, are highly interested in these eye-catching events too. Scams could present themselves in many forms.

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Half a billion cyber attacks thwarted by Tokyo Olympics 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

Hackers are always interested in events that grab the attention of the entire globe and one such sporting event was the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that was postponed by the organizers because of COVID-19 Pandemic and rescheduled and held between July–August 2021 i.e. in this year. times the amount observed during the 2012 London Olympics.

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News Alert: CybSafe CEO Oz Alashe MBE recognized as “Security Industry Innovator” for 2023

The Last Watchdog

Oz Alashe MBE, CEO of CybSafe, said: “At CybSafe, we are on a mission to provide organizations with the knowledge, skills and data to make informed decisions about their human cyber risk. This award serves as recognition of the importance of the human element in cybersecurity. We are developing intelligent software to help them.”