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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

The Security Ledger

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments. Read the whole entry. »

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Choose Your Own Adventure game animates security awareness training

SC Magazine

Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. One of our jobs is to make sure the brand stays true to its zeitgeist, its character, and [Infosec] really had it down right from the beginning.”. What do you do?

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Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2020

Spinone

Phishing attacks are one of the main cyber threats involving mistakes by workers. Infosec Infosec offers more than 700 training resources to help your organization to prepare for phishing and other cyber threats. Also, Infosec provides a free risk test.

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Cyber Pearl Harbor Is Happening Right Now — It’s Ransomware

Daniel Miessler

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. They called it Cyber Pearl Harbor. This doesn’t mean it can’t still happen. Nowhere near fast enough.

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Security Roundup May 2023

BH Consulting

Say it again, I double dare you Anyone familiar with phishing and social engineering will know scammers often use psychological tricks to get victims to divulge personal data. MORE Threat Prompt newsletter covers the intersection between AI and infosec. MORE Working in the transportation sector?

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Inflation Is Making Cybersecurity Even More Challenging for Leaders

SecureWorld News

All of this makes it more difficult for organizations to protect themselves from new and emerging cyber threats. Economic effects, including inflationary pressures, have had a broad impact across the InfoSec landscape," Smeaton said. It is a figure that has decreased from 11.1% Many are facing multifaceted challenges.

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From a tech explosion to accidental cyberattacks, researchers offer a glimpse into 2030

SC Magazine

Enter Project 2030, a collaboration between Oxford Visiting Researcher Victoria Baines and Trend Micro Vice President of Security Research Rik Ferguson, which uses a mixture of survey data and forward-thinking understanding of technology to predict the infosec concerns a decade from now. AI could impact more than just social engineering.