Board members should make CISOs their strategic partners

Proofpoint released their Cybersecurity: The 2022 Board Perspective report, which explores board of directors’ perceptions about their key challenges and risks. Cybersecurity is dominant on their agendas. Seventy-seven percent of participants agree cyb… Continue reading Board members should make CISOs their strategic partners

Risk management focus shifts from external to internal exposure

Coalfire released its fourth annual Securealities Penetration Risk Report which analyzes enterprise and cloud service providers (CSPs) internal and external attack vectors, application development and mobile app security, social engineering and phishin… Continue reading Risk management focus shifts from external to internal exposure

Most critical security gaps in the public cloud

Orca Security released the 2022 State of the Public Cloud Security Report, which provides important insights into the current state of public cloud security and where the most critical security gaps are found. One of the report’s key findings is that t… Continue reading Most critical security gaps in the public cloud

Organizations should fear misconfigurations more than vulnerabilities

Censys launched its State of the Internet Report, a holistic view into internet risks and organizations’ exposure to them. Through careful examination of which ports, services, and software are most prevalent on the internet and the systems and regions… Continue reading Organizations should fear misconfigurations more than vulnerabilities

Homeworkers putting home and business cyber-safety at risk

BlackBerry published a European research exposing the cybersecurity risk created by cost-conscious homeworkers who prioritise security behind price, usability and ease of set up in their purchase of domestic smart devices. 32% of European home workers … Continue reading Homeworkers putting home and business cyber-safety at risk

Better than a fix: Tightening backup and restore helps financial services companies innovate

We all know the risks out there. Ransomware is a huge threat, and critical transactional data is constantly under attack. Meanwhile, financial services organizations are being squeezed on all sides, as regulators are tightening legislation, from SOX to… Continue reading Better than a fix: Tightening backup and restore helps financial services companies innovate

With cyber insurance costs increasing, can smaller firms avoid getting priced out?

Cyber insurance is quickly becoming an unavoidable part of doing business as more organizations accept the inevitability of cyber risk. There is a growing awareness of the need to be prepared for the impact of devastating security incidents such as tho… Continue reading With cyber insurance costs increasing, can smaller firms avoid getting priced out?

Nation-state attacks are a growing threat to video conferencing

Zerify announced the findings of a survey that indicate that IT professionals are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of cyber threats and foreign attacks capable of impacting video conferencing. The survey, executed by Propeller I… Continue reading Nation-state attacks are a growing threat to video conferencing

There is no secure critical infrastructure without identity-based access

Organizational security strategy has long been defined by an internal perimeter enclosing all a company’s information in a single secure location. Designed to keep external threats out through firewalls and other intrusion prevention systems, this secu… Continue reading There is no secure critical infrastructure without identity-based access