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RSAC insights: Sophos report dissects how improved tools, tactics stop ransomware attack

The Last Watchdog

A new report from Sophos dissects how hackers spent two weeks roaming far-and-wide through the modern network of a large enterprise getting into a prime position to carry out what could’ve been a devasting ransomware attack. They used very nation state-like tactics, from a ransomware perspective,” Schiappa told me.

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MY TAKE: Why speedy innovation requires much improved cyber hygiene, cloud security

The Last Watchdog

Speed is what digital transformation is all about. Teeming threat landscape Security leaders’ key priority is reducing exposures to the cyber risks they know are multiplying. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. In the early days of the Internet, coders created new programs for the sake of writing good code, then made it available for anyone to use and extend, license free.

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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. Somehow SMBs must keep pace competitively, while also tamping down the rising risk of suffering a catastrophic network breach.

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Spotlight Podcast: Public Sector levels up to tackle Cyber Threats

The Security Ledger

In this Spotlight edition of the podcast, sponsored* by RSA Security, we go deep on public sector cyber risk with two interviews from the most recent RSA Conference: Kelvin Coleman, the Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Sean McHenry, the CISO of the Utah State Board of Education.

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Securing the edge with Zero Trust

CyberSecurity Insiders

The proliferation of cloud computing, mobile device use, and the Internet of Things has dissolved traditional network boundaries. Zero Trust can help enterprises become more resilient, reduce cyber risk, and drive digital transformation initiatives to move their business forward when done in the right way.

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Podcast Episode 117: Insurance Industry Confronts Silent Cyber Risk, Converged Threats

The Security Ledger

. » Related Stories NotPetya Horror Story Highlights Need for Holistic Security Podcast Episode 111: Click Here to Kill Everybody and CyberSN on Why Security Talent Walks How Digital Transformation is forcing GRC to evolve. In this episode of the podcast (#117), we go deep on one of the hottest sectors around: cyber insurance.