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Hidden Biases in Cybersecurity Reviews – And How to Use Them

eSecurity Planet

Technology reviews can be a temptingly easy way to gain insight into the often impenetrable world of enterprise cybersecurity products, but you need to know how to use them. To help, we’ll cover the pros, built-in biases, and suitability of each type of technology review and how to use each review type as a buyer.

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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

Integrated risk management (IRM) is a discipline designed to embed risk considerations for the use of technology throughout an organization. In other words, it links technology spending directly to the value of the resource protected and the associated risks controlled by that technology.

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Black Hat AI Tools Fuel Rise in Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks

eSecurity Planet

This experiment underscores the significant threat posed by generative AI technologies like WormGPT, even in the hands of novice cybercriminals.” The forums contain marketing of ChatGPT-like custom modules, which are expressly promoted as black hat alternatives. Promotion of jailbreaks for AI platforms.

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Email Security Recommendations You Should Consider from 2021

Cisco Security

With contributions from Jamal “Jay” Bethea, Cisco Secure Email Product Marketing Manager. Think email security is not complicated; think again. Traditional technologies here work by detecting the known malicious email, attempted spoofing attempts, and so on.

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Cybersecurity Mergers Flatline. Here’s Why That Won’t Last.

eSecurity Planet

Much like the rest of technology, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for cybersecurity companies has been in a slump this year. This has also been evident in declining venture capital funding for startups and the slumping IPO market too. That gives startups and their investors few options for exits or raising capital.

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News Alert: Jscrambler launches free tool for new PCI DSS anti-skimming requirements

The Last Watchdog

Combining the trifecta of technology, people, and processes, Jscrambler’s solution provides teams with the flexibility and agility they require to meet these deadlines without compromising other priorities. I’m delighted to work closely with the team to ensure we’re developing one of the most advanced solutions in the market.”

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When AIs Start Hacking

Schneier on Security

Okay, maybe this is a bit of hyperbole, but it requires no far-future science fiction technology. The inherent ambiguity in most other systems ends up being a near-term security defense against AI hacking. After hacking humanity, AI systems will then hack other AI systems, and humans will be little more than collateral damage.

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