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Cloud Security Threats for 2021
Most of these issues can be remediated, but many users and administrators don't find out about them until it's too late.
From FUD to Fix: Why the CISO-Vendor Partnership Needs to Change Now
CISOs and their staffs are up against too many systems, screens, and alerts, with too few solutions to effectively address pain points.
Automated Pen Testing: Can It Replace Humans?
These tools have come a long way, but are they far enough along to make human pen testers obsolete?
Why I'd Take Good IT Hygiene Over Security's Latest Silver Bullet
Bells and whistles are great, but you can stay safer by focusing on correct configurations, posture management, visibility, and patching.
The Cybersecurity Skills Gap: It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Once it becomes clear that off-the-shelf experts aren't realistic at scale, cultivating entry-level talent emerges as the only long-term solution -- not just for a hiring organization but for the field as a whole.
Can't Afford a Full-time CISO? Try the Virtual Version
A vCISO can align a company's information security program to business strategy and budgeting guidance to senior management.
Manchester United Cyberattack Highlights Controversy in Paying Ransomware Attackers
The Premier League English football (soccer) club team is reportedly being held to ransom by cyberattackers. Manchester United may face a difficult decision: whether to pay a ransom for release of its stolen data.
Why Vulnerable Code Is Shipped Knowingly
The business priority of speed of development and deployment is overshadowing the need for secure code.
Failing Toward Zero: Why Your Security Needs to Fail to Get Better
Each security incident should lead to a successive reduction in future incidences of the same type. Organizations that fail toward zero embrace failure and learn from their mistakes.
Prevention Is Better Than the Cure When Securing Cloud-Native Deployments
The "OODA loop" shows us how to secure cloud-native deployments and prevent breaches before they occur.
US Treasury's OFAC Ransomware Advisory: Navigating the Gray Areas
Leveraging the right response strategy, following the regulations, and understanding the ransom entity are the fundamentals in any ransomware outbreak.
Printers' Cybersecurity Threats Too Often Ignored
Remote workforce heightens the need to protect printing systems against intrusion and compromise.
3 Steps CISOs Can Take to Convey Strategy for Budget Presentations
Answering these questions will help CISOs define a plan and take the organization in a positive direction.
How Retailers Can Fight Fraud and Abuse This Holiday Season
Online shopping will be more popular than ever with consumers... and with malicious actors too.
How Cyberattacks Work
Cyberattacks are run like military attacks, in four main phases: reconnaissance, attack, exfiltration, and maintaining position. Understanding this makes fighting back easier.
The Yellow Brick Road to Risk Management
Beginning the journey to risk management can be daunting, but protecting your business is worth every step.
2021 Cybersecurity Spending: How to Maximize Value
This is a pivotal moment for CISOs. As their influence increases, so does the pressure for them to make the right decisions.
Out With the Old Perimeter, in With the New Perimeters
A confluence of trends and events has exploded the whole idea of "the perimeter." Now there are many perimeters, and businesses must adjust accordingly.
How to Identify Cobalt Strike on Your Network
Common antivirus systems frequently miss Cobalt Strike, a stealthy threat emulation toolkit admired by red teams and attackers alike.
Vulnerability Prioritization Tops Security Pros' Challenges
Why vulnerability prioritization has become a top challenge for security professionals and how security and development teams can get it right.
To Pay or Not to Pay: Responding to Ransomware From a Lawyer's Perspective
The threat of data extortion adds new layers of risk when determining how to respond to a ransomware attack.
A Call for Change in Physical Security
We're at an inflection point. The threats we face are dynamic, emerging, and global. Are you ready?
A Hacker's Holiday: How Retailers Can Avoid Black Friday Cyber Threats
Starting on Nov. 27, online retailers of all sizes will find out if their e-commerce capabilities are ready for prime time or not.
The Sameness of Every Day: How to Change Up Audit Fatigue
And with more data compliance laws on the way, audit fatigue could be a real challenge for infosec professionals.
DARPA and Academia Jumpstart 5G IoT Security Efforts
With 5G IoT devices projected to hit 49 million units by 2023, researchers launch programs to keep IoT from becoming a blackhole of exfiltration.
5 Steps Every Company Should Take to Avoid Data Theft Risk
It's never been easier for employees to download company data and take it with them to their next gig.
3 Tips For Successfully Running Tech Outside the IT Department
When marketing opts for "extra-departmental IT," coordination and communication are required to keep things secured.
How to Avoid Getting Killed by Ransomware
Using a series of processes, infosec pros can then tap automated data hygiene to find and fix files that attackers key in on.
Overlooked Security Risks of the M&A Rebound
Successful technology integration, post-merger, is tricky in any market, and never more so than with today's remote work environments and distributed IT infrastructure.
How Hackers Blend Attack Methods to Bypass MFA
Protecting mobile apps requires a multilayered approach with a mix of cybersecurity measures to counter various attacks at different layers.
Preventing and Mitigating DDoS Attacks: It's Elementary
Following a spate of cyberattacks nationwide, school IT teams need to act now to ensure their security solution makes the grade.
The Oracle-Walmart-TikTok Deal Is Not Enough
The social media deal raises issues involving data custodianship and trusted tech partnerships.
How COVID-19 Changed the VC Investment Landscape for Cybersecurity Companies
What trends can startups and investors expect to see going forward?
Digital Transformation Means Security Must Also Transform
Being successful in this moment requires the ability to evolve in terms of team management, visibility, and crisis management.
The One Critical Element to Hardening Your Employees' Mobile Security
COVID-19 has exposed longstanding gaps in enterprise mobile security. Creating a comprehensive mobile security plan and mandating compliance with that plan are essential to closing them.
Prepare for the Unexpected: Costs to Consider in Security Budgets
Organizations that update business models to include cybersecurity as part of a strategic planning process may be able to better withstand unexpected disruptions.
CSA Moves to Redefine Cloud-Based Intelligence
The new paradigm seeks to understand, integrate, and automate data workflows, and better yet, doesn't require significant investment or more personnel.
Cybercrime: Nation-States Go Prime Time
Critical infrastructure remains a high-value target, but 90% of nation-states also attack other industry sectors.
Reworking the Taxonomy for Richer Risk Assessments
By accommodating unique requirements and conditions at different sites, security pros can dig deeper get a clearer sense of organizational risk.
Fraud Prevention Strategies to Prepare for the Future
While companies have largely adjusted to the new normal for security management, here are some tips for combatting fraud, post-COVID.
Public Safety & Cybersecurity Concerns Elevate Need for a Converged Approach
As public and private spaces are opening up, the need for a converged approach to cybersecurity and physical security is essential, as is integration with health measures and tech.
How Healthcare Organizations Can Combat Ransomware
The days of healthcare organizations relying solely on endpoint security software to stop attacks are over. Here are six ways that healthcare providers can fight the ever-present threat.
Analysis: Forcepoint Can Still Succeed, but It Needs Committed Ownership
Raytheon intends to sell Forcepoint to PE firm Francisco Partners. Despite a solid product portfolio and bold strategy, Forcepoint's future is now even more uncertain.
How to Increase Voter Turnout & Reduce Fraud
Digital identity verification has advanced, both technologically and legislatively. Is it the answer to simpler, safer voting?
Is Your Encryption Ready for Quantum Threats?
Answers to these five questions will help security teams defend against attackers in the post-quantum computing era.
Rethinking Security for the Next Normal -- Under Pressure
By making a commitment to a unified approach to security, then doing what's necessary to operationalize it, organizations can establish a better security model for the next normal.
Physical Security Has a Lot of Catching Up to Do
The transformation we need: merging the network operations center with the physical security operations center.
MITRE Shield Matrix Highlights Deception & Concealment Technology
The role that these technologies play in the MITRE Shield matrix is a clear indicator that they are an essential part of today's security landscape.
5 Human Factors That Affect Secure Software Development
With the move to remote work, it's especially important to understand how to support, discourage, and monitor conditions for development teams.
Microsoft's Kubernetes Threat Matrix: Here's What's Missing
With a fuller picture of the Kubernetes threat matrix, security teams can begin to implement mitigation strategies to protect their cluster from threats.
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