Cloud Security Alliance announces inaugural members of the CSA CxO Trust Advisory Council

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the inaugural members of the CSA CxO Trust Advisory Council. The Council, whose membership is reserved exclusively for C-level executives of CSA’s Corporate Members, will contribute to and advise on the overa… Continue reading Cloud Security Alliance announces inaugural members of the CSA CxO Trust Advisory Council

SOC burnout is real: 3 preventative steps every CISO must take

Consider this scenario: Morgan, a level 3 security analyst, arrives to a twelve-hour security operations center (SOC) shift and finds a message that a network sensor is offline. Morgan’s first hour is spent troubleshooting the sensor and bringing it ba… Continue reading SOC burnout is real: 3 preventative steps every CISO must take

Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT Guided-SaaS NDR improves SOC and incident response effectiveness

Gigamon announced ThreatINSIGHT Guided-SaaS NDR (network detection and response), which was purpose built to improve SOC (Security Operations Center) effectiveness and reduce analyst burnout. ThreatINSIGHT Guided-SaaS NDR, which redefines how SaaS-base… Continue reading Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT Guided-SaaS NDR improves SOC and incident response effectiveness

Ex-US ambassador, anti-corruption activists in Ukraine were targets of suspected Russian phishing

An ex-U.S. ambassador to Russia, anti-corruption activists in Ukraine and election observers in other parts of Eastern Europe were among the apparent targets of a suspected Russian state-sponsored hacking effort, according to data linked to the spying operation that a researcher shared with CyberScoop. The list offers classic examples of organizations that Russian spies might want to infiltrate, including those working to expose graft, combat disinformation and promote secure elections. It also points to the persistent threats that small nonprofits face from well-resourced hackers, as well as the long-running alleged Russian efforts to undermine democratic institutions. Microsoft on May 27 said hackers had used a breached account belonging to the U.S. Agency for International Development, a U.S. government agency, to send phishing emails to some 3,000 email accounts at 150 organizations in 24 countries (U.S. officials estimated an even broader set of targets: 7,000 accounts and 350 organizations.) Microsoft blamed […]

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Gigamon Hawk integrates with Riverbed to address the complexity of embracing hybrid and private clouds

Gigamon announced a partnership with Riverbed in support of the recent Gigamon Hawk launch. Hawk is the industry’s elastic visibility and analytics fabric for all data-in-motion across the hybrid cloud. An intuitive, data-driven network traffic visibil… Continue reading Gigamon Hawk integrates with Riverbed to address the complexity of embracing hybrid and private clouds

Optiv Security Enterprise IoT Lab helps identify, assess, and mitigate IoT device security challenges

Optiv Security unveiled its Enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) Lab in response to a growing and ever-present pain point for client security leaders – the proliferation of IoT devices on organizational networks. Chief information security officers (CIS… Continue reading Optiv Security Enterprise IoT Lab helps identify, assess, and mitigate IoT device security challenges

3 Hiking Principles That Made Me a Better CISO

When I am not studying the newest cybersecurity threat or preparing an enterprise and its employees for the next inevitable cyberattack, I can be found traipsing through California’s Sierra Nevada or in the depths of Death Valley. It was during these … Continue reading 3 Hiking Principles That Made Me a Better CISO

Gigamon and Zscaler join forces to provide NDR for the distributed devices of a fluid workforce

Over the last six months, the need to support to a fluid workforce- where workers are remote, office-based, or both-has accelerated digital transformation (DX) timelines from years to months. That is why Gigamon is announcing the integration of Gigamon… Continue reading Gigamon and Zscaler join forces to provide NDR for the distributed devices of a fluid workforce