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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Blog Series: Using Technology to Safeguard the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

This problem is magnified by the adoption of newer technologies, such as cloud, big data, internet of things (IoT), software containers and other transformative technologies that make defining a perimeter much more difficult. Perimeter defense, while necessary, is not enough to protect our sensitive data.

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Establishing Security Maturity Through CIS Cyber Defense Framework

McAfee

The CIS (Center for Internet Security) CSC (Critical Security Control) framework provides just that — the fundamental underpinnings of a strong organizational cyber defense. This blog is a continuation of the CIS whitepaper published here where we introduce CIS Controls and McAfee product capabilities. CIS and System Hardening.