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How to Use Your Asset Management Software to Reduce Cyber Risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

The best asset management software sets up a stock of your organization’s assets, phases of their entire life cycles, most recent software upgrades, the risks they could face, and the approaches to ensure their security. . . IoT devices could be used like botnets so as to execute DDoS attacks. . . Source . .

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Top 5 Cyber Predictions for 2024: A CISO Perspective

Security Boulevard

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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

The Last Watchdog

Cyber risks from third-party vendors further complicate the situation. To navigate this, SMBs need to conduct an enterprise risk assessment, implement basic cybersecurity controls, train their workforce, and consider outsourcing cybersecurity to a security-as-a-service provider. The law of large numbers favors the bad guys.

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Safer Internet Day: The importance of training employees to keep organizations safe

CyberSecurity Insiders

This puts organizations at risk as personal devices may not use the same levels of security, e.g., encryption and firewalls compared to a company device. The findings revealed that one in 10 had been the victim of a cyber-attack during the last year, growing to more than one in seven for firms with more than 50 employees.

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Establishing an IAM Blueprint for Securing Manufacturing Environments

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The report findings demonstrate that credentials are a top target for cyber criminals. In fact, phishing campaigns, vulnerability exploitation and compromised credentials are the top three infection vectors leveraged by adversaries seeking to disrupt the manufacturing operations. How to reduce the risk of breach.

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Cybersecurity awareness: Train your employees and reduce cyber threats

IT Security Guru

Most of these training programs are computer-based, and focus on various topics, including cloud, social media safety, safeguarding privacy, best practices for mobile and remote computing, and other important topics that are essential to reduce cyber threats.

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No more snack attacks? Mondelez hopes new security training will prevent the next ‘NotPetya’

SC Magazine

This global initiative will expose employees to short but, impactful video-based lessons produced by security awareness firm AwareGO on topics such as phishing, data leaks, Microsoft Office security and Zoom bombing. Then Betov’s team tests workers with phishing simulations and assessment questions to see if the lessons are retained.