Tag: awareness
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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AI Agent Security: Whose Responsibility Is It?
The shared responsibility model of data security, familiar from cloud deployments, is key to agentic services, but cybersecurity teams and corporate users often struggle with awareness and managing that risk. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ai-agent-security-awareness-responsibility
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KnowBe4 warns of new PayPal invoice phishing scam
Security awareness firm KnowBe4 has issued a warning about a new PayPal themed phishing scam that uses real PayPal email addresses to trick victims into handing over sensitive financial information. The scam begins when victims receive an email from a legitimate PayPal domain containing an invoice for a large purchase they never made. The The…
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Microsoft identifies boardroom cyber awareness as a top priority
Digital security report urges IT leaders to convince company boards that cyber security is a board-level problem First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366632783/Microsoft-identifies-boardroom-cyber-awareness-as-a-top-priority
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Fehleinschätzungen, Phishing und riskante KI-Nutzung der Mensch bleibt größtes Sicherheitsrisiko
Der diesjährige Human-Risk-Report 2025 von Arctic Wolf, einem weltweit führenden Anbieter von Security-Operations, zeigt deutlich: Der ‘Faktor Mensch” bleibt eine der größten Schwachstellen in der Cybersicherheitsstrategie von Unternehmen weltweit. Die zum zweiten Mal durchgeführte Studie legt offen, wie Fehleinschätzungen, riskantes Verhalten und mangelnde Awareness die Angriffsfläche von Organisationen massiv erweitern. Mit zunehmender Bedrohungsaktivität und wachsender…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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API Attack Awareness: When Authentication Fails, Exposing APIs to Risk
Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today especially API authentication can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined. […] First…
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Forescout kommentiert Cybersecurity Awareness Month Oktober 25
Und wenn die heutigen Bedrohungen schon überwältigend erscheinen, sind die Risiken, die von Quantencomputern ausgehen, exponentiell größer. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/forescout-kommentiert-cybersecurity-awareness-month-oktober-25/a42389/
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales Introduction: Awareness Means Nothing Without Action October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but awareness alone doesn’t protect your store. Every Q4, eCommerce founders double down on sales, but attackers double down too. The question is no longer “Will I be targeted?” but…The post…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales Introduction: Awareness Means Nothing Without Action October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but awareness alone doesn’t protect your store. Every Q4, eCommerce founders double down on sales, but attackers double down too. The question is no longer “Will I be targeted?” but…The post…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How eCommerce Founders Can Build Trust and Security That Scales Introduction: Awareness Means Nothing Without Action October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but awareness alone doesn’t protect your store. Every Q4, eCommerce founders double down on sales, but attackers double down too. The question is no longer “Will I be targeted?” but…The post…
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Cybersecurity Habits That Changed My Family
Small habits like pausing before clicks and using MFA can protect families. Learn how awareness creates safer digital lives. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/cybersecurity-habits-changed-my-family/
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Moving Beyond Awareness: How Threat Hunting Builds Readiness
Every October brings a familiar rhythm – pumpkin-spice everything in stores and cafés, alongside a wave of reminders, webinars, and checklists in my inbox. Halloween may be just around the corner, yet for those of us in cybersecurity, Security Awareness Month is the true seasonal milestone.Make no mistake, as a security professional, I love this…
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CISOs must rethink the tabletop, as 57% of incidents have never been rehearsed
Future-proof attack scenarios: As for the central problem of not knowing what kind of attacks to plan for, Avakian suggests using internal teams or partners to roleplay the most likely attack vectors. To save money, he encourages enterprises to partner with universities for imaginative threat planning and to work with vertical-specific ISACs. Ivan Shefrin, executive director…
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CISOs must rethink the tabletop, as 57% of incidents have never been rehearsed
Future-proof attack scenarios: As for the central problem of not knowing what kind of attacks to plan for, Avakian suggests using internal teams or partners to roleplay the most likely attack vectors. To save money, he encourages enterprises to partner with universities for imaginative threat planning and to work with vertical-specific ISACs. Ivan Shefrin, executive director…
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CyberSmart Become a National Ambassador of the NCRCG
With Cyber Security Awareness Month firmly underway, the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG) has proudly welcomed CyberSmart on board as a National Ambassador. Funded and supported by the Home Office, policing and Ambassador business partners, NCRCG is bringing together all those who have a vital responsibility for combating cybercrime to help strengthen the cyber defences of…
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Bridewell encourages elevating >>untapped talent<< this Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Bridewell, a cybersecurity provider to CNI organisations, is marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month by encouraging the industry to make cybersecurity careers more accessible to individuals from all backgrounds in order to address the UK’s chronic skills shortage. To lead by example the company has also announced the next intake for its Bridewell Academy on November 10th.…
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Bridewell encourages elevating >>untapped talent<< this Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Bridewell, a cybersecurity provider to CNI organisations, is marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month by encouraging the industry to make cybersecurity careers more accessible to individuals from all backgrounds in order to address the UK’s chronic skills shortage. To lead by example the company has also announced the next intake for its Bridewell Academy on November 10th.…
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Deepfake Awareness High at Orgs, But Cyber Defenses Badly Lag
The vast majority of organizations are encountering AI-augmented threats, but remain confident in their defenses, despite inadequate detection investment and more than half falling to successful attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/deepfake-awareness-high-cyber-defenses-lag
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Deepfake Awareness High at Orgs, But Cyber Defenses Badly Lag
The vast majority of organizations are encountering AI-augmented threats, but remain confident in their defenses, despite inadequate detection investment and more than half falling to successful attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/deepfake-awareness-high-cyber-defenses-lag
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Your cyber risk problem isn’t tech, it’s architecture
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, best-practice, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, csf, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, finance, framework, GDPR, governance, grc, group, intelligence, Internet, ISO-27001, mitre, nist, PCI, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, software, strategy, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityIf the company already has a mature risk culture: The implementation of a cybersecurity management project becomes more flexible. Since my goal is to share the mechanics to achieve success in a cybersecurity program, I emphasize below some components of this ‘recipe’ to consider: Understand the dynamics and scope of the business, mapping stakeholders, processes…
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Your cyber risk problem isn’t tech, it’s architecture
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, best-practice, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, csf, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, finance, framework, GDPR, governance, grc, group, intelligence, Internet, ISO-27001, mitre, nist, PCI, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, software, strategy, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityIf the company already has a mature risk culture: The implementation of a cybersecurity management project becomes more flexible. Since my goal is to share the mechanics to achieve success in a cybersecurity program, I emphasize below some components of this ‘recipe’ to consider: Understand the dynamics and scope of the business, mapping stakeholders, processes…
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Bots Are Evolving: Here’s How to Stop AI-Powered Automation Before It Stops You
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, breach, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, intelligence, Internet, login, malicious, mobile, monitoring, network, scam, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, toolBots Are Evolving: Here’s How to Stop AI-Powered Automation Before It Stops You madhav Thu, 10/09/2025 – 04:34 More than half of all internet traffic is now automated. Bots don’t just scrape data or hoard inventory anymore. They mimic humans so convincingly that even seasoned security teams struggle to spot them. With the help of…
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Bots Are Evolving: Here’s How to Stop AI-Powered Automation Before It Stops You
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, breach, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, intelligence, Internet, login, malicious, mobile, monitoring, network, scam, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, toolBots Are Evolving: Here’s How to Stop AI-Powered Automation Before It Stops You madhav Thu, 10/09/2025 – 04:34 More than half of all internet traffic is now automated. Bots don’t just scrape data or hoard inventory anymore. They mimic humans so convincingly that even seasoned security teams struggle to spot them. With the help of…
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Awareness und Sicherheitskultur im Fokus – Der Mensch als größte Sicherheitslücke und stärkste Verteidigung
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/awareness-mensch-sicherheitsluecke-verteidigung-a-0243263a7c1ce111f3079c1f5d438de9/