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Cybercriminals have become the modern mafia and ransomware attacks are the new shake-downs. Not only has the ask of the ransoms skyrocketed, but the average ransomware payment has also increased by 43% and reached $220,000 (from $154,108 in Q4 2020). A… Continue reading The cyber insurance dilemma: The risks of a safety net
There’s a big cohort of security geeks who joined the industry around the turn of the millennium by either landing “infosec” jobs or, quite frequently, just by making infosec their job despite having some other formal job title. I count myself in this … Continue reading Advice for aspiring threat hunters, investigators, and researchers from the old town folk
We sat down with Sean Cronin, CEO of ProcessUnity, to explore the challenges related to enterprise third-party risk today and in the future. What are the most unexpected pitfalls for a CISO that wants to strengthen an enterprise third-party risk manage… Continue reading How can you strengthen an enterprise third-party risk management program?
Security automation, orchestration and response (SOAR) speeds up the incident response process by replacing manual tasks with automated workflows. We sat down with Swimlane CEO Cody Cornell to learn more about the benefits for all organizations. What a… Continue reading Too many alarms and too few security analysts? Think SOAR
In this interview, Mark Sangster, VP & Industry Security Strategist at eSentire, talks about the most pressing issues CISOs are dealing with in today’s fast-fast paced threat environment. How has the cybersecurity threat landscape evolved in… Continue reading Recommendations for navigating the dynamic cybercrime landscape
Interest and adoption of cloud-based databases is ramping up as more companies see the value of moving from traditional on-premise IT infrastructures to off-premise cloud services like Amazon (AWS), Microsoft Azure and many others. Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offers high availability, multi-tenancy and the ability to scale as demand grows without the high cost of buying new hardware and related maintenance costs. The game company Zynga, for example, said a cloud service (in this case, Amazon’s Aurora … More → Continue reading Cloud-based databases need new approaches to ensure data security