Tag: business
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“Getting to Yes”: An Anti-Sales Guide for MSPs
Most MSPs and MSSPs know how to deliver effective security. The challenge is helping prospects understand why it matters in business terms. Too often, sales conversations stall because prospects are overwhelmed, skeptical, or tired of fear-based messaging.That’s why we created “Getting to Yes”: An Anti-Sales Guide for MSPs. This guide helps service providers transform resistance…
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15 years in, zero trust remains elusive, with AI rising to complicate the challenge
Legacy systems that weren’t designed for zero trust principles,Fragmented identity and access tools that make unified enforcement difficult, andCultural and organizational resistance to changing long-standing trust models.Kyle Wickert, field CTO at AlgoSec, says zero trust remains one of the most misunderstood transformations in cybersecurity.”Many organizations still hesitate to pursue it because they associate zero trust…
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What security leaders should watch for when companies buy or sell a business
In this Help Net Security video, Lane Sullivan SVP, CISO and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI, explains what security leaders should think about during mergers, acquisitions, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/05/ma-security-checklist-video/
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What security leaders should watch for when companies buy or sell a business
In this Help Net Security video, Lane Sullivan SVP, CISO and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI, explains what security leaders should think about during mergers, acquisitions, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/05/ma-security-checklist-video/
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What security leaders should watch for when companies buy or sell a business
In this Help Net Security video, Lane Sullivan SVP, CISO and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI, explains what security leaders should think about during mergers, acquisitions, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/05/ma-security-checklist-video/
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Why the record-breaking 30 Tbps DDoS attack should concern every business
A new warning about the threat posed by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks should make you sit up and listen. First seen on fortra.com Jump to article: www.fortra.com/blog/why-record-breaking-30-tbps-ddos-attack-concern-business
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From feeds to flows: Using a unified linkage model to operationalize threat intelligence
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, github, government, iam, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, ISO-27001, malicious, metric, mitre, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, phishing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, saas, service, siem, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustwhat to watch for, but not why it matters or how it moves through your environment.The result is a paradox of abundance: CISOs have more data than ever before, but less operational clarity. Analysts are overwhelmed by indicators disconnected from context or mission relevance.Each feed represents a snapshot of a potential threat, but it does…
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CISOs, CIOs and Boards: Bridging the Cybersecurity Confidence Gap
New data shows 90% of NEDs lack confidence in cybersecurity value. CISOs and CIOs must translate cyber risk into business impact. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/cisos-cios-and-boards-bridging-the-cybersecurity-confidence-gap/
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Coach or mentor: What you need depends on where you are as a cyber leader
Tags: access, ai, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, government, jobs, network, programming, risk, risk-management, skills, technologyA good technical base can last decades: While mentees need the most help with aligning to the business, some argue that a technical baseline is equally as important to the role for managing technical staff and enabling business operations, particularly through innovative technologies like cloud and AI.One of those is Cynthia Madden, founder of Artemis…
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When ERP Systems Become the Attack Surface
Tags: attack, business, cyber, data-breach, flaw, oracle, skills, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementSkills Needed: Enterprise Architecture, Configuration and Vulnerability Management When a critical vulnerability surfaces in ERP systems such as the Oracle E-Business Suite flaw, attackers can go well beyond a single compromised server. The flaw exposed the need for cyber professionals who understand enterprise architecture, secure configuration and vulnerability interpretation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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University of Pennsylvania and University of Phoenix disclose data breaches
The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Phoenix confirm they were hit in the Oracle E-Business Suite hacking campaign. The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Phoenix confirmed they were hit in the recent cyberattack targeting Oracle E-Business Suite customers. Penn explained that it uses Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) platform for supplier…
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Closing the Document Security Gap: Why Document Workflows Must Be Part of Cybersecurity
Organizations are spending more than ever on cybersecurity, layering defenses around networks, endpoints, and applications. Yet a company’s documents, one of the most fundamental business assets, remains an overlooked weak spot. Documents flow across every department, cross company boundaries, and often contain the very data that compliance officers and security teams work hardest to protect……
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Closing the Document Security Gap: Why Document Workflows Must Be Part of Cybersecurity
Organizations are spending more than ever on cybersecurity, layering defenses around networks, endpoints, and applications. Yet a company’s documents, one of the most fundamental business assets, remains an overlooked weak spot. Documents flow across every department, cross company boundaries, and often contain the very data that compliance officers and security teams work hardest to protect……
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CSO 30 Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence, Innovation and Leadership in Cybersecurity
Tags: advisory, ai, automation, awareness, backup, business, ceo, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, finance, google, governance, healthcare, incident response, infosec, jobs, office, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, strategy, technology, threatUK CSO 30 2025 winner Greg Emmerson (right) with judge Andrew Barber (left) CSO UK / FoundryGreg Emmerson stood out for transforming both the culture and capability of Applegreen’s security organization. Emmerson established regional Centres of Excellence to strengthen collaboration and skill development across global teams, modernizing operations through Continuous Threat Exposure Management and enterprise-wide canary tooling. By unifying identities and embedding advanced…
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CSO 30 Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence, Innovation and Leadership in Cybersecurity
Tags: advisory, ai, automation, awareness, backup, business, ceo, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, finance, google, governance, healthcare, incident response, infosec, jobs, office, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, strategy, technology, threatUK CSO 30 2025 winner Greg Emmerson (right) with judge Andrew Barber (left) CSO UK / FoundryGreg Emmerson stood out for transforming both the culture and capability of Applegreen’s security organization. Emmerson established regional Centres of Excellence to strengthen collaboration and skill development across global teams, modernizing operations through Continuous Threat Exposure Management and enterprise-wide canary tooling. By unifying identities and embedding advanced…
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Fake Calendly invites spoof top brands to hijack ad manager accounts
An ongoing phishing campaign impersonates popular brands, such as Unilever, Disney, MasterCard, LVMH, and Uber, in Calendly-themed lures to steal Google Workspace and Facebook business account credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-calendly-invites-spoof-top-brands-to-hijack-ad-manager-accounts/
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University of Pennsylvania confirms new data breach after Oracle hack
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has confirmed a new data breach after attackers stole documents containing personal information from its Oracle E-Business Suite servers in August. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-of-pennsylvania-confirms-data-theft-after-oracle-ebs-hack/
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Vaillant-CISO: “Starten statt Warten”
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cyersecurity, dora, germany, group, international, mail, malware, nis-2, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, supply-chainRaphael Reiß, CISO bei Vaillant Group: “Ein moderner CISO muss nicht nur technologische Risiken managen.” Vaillant GroupDer Energiesektor gerät zunehmend in den Fokus von Cyberkriminellen. Aus Sicht von Experten und des Bundesamtes für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) muss der Schutz in diesem Bereich massiv erhöht werden. Wie beurteilen Sie die aktuelle Lage in Deutschland?Reiß:…
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Vaillant-CISO: “Starten statt Warten”
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cyersecurity, dora, germany, group, international, mail, malware, nis-2, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, supply-chainRaphael Reiß, CISO bei Vaillant Group: “Ein moderner CISO muss nicht nur technologische Risiken managen.” Vaillant GroupDer Energiesektor gerät zunehmend in den Fokus von Cyberkriminellen. Aus Sicht von Experten und des Bundesamtes für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) muss der Schutz in diesem Bereich massiv erhöht werden. Wie beurteilen Sie die aktuelle Lage in Deutschland?Reiß:…
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Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economyFor days before the explosions began, the business park had been emptying out. When the bombs went off, they took down empty office blocks and demolished echoing, multi-cuisine food halls. Dynamite toppled…
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The CISO’s paradox: Enabling innovation while managing risk
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, ciso, control, data, detection, firewall, governance, identity, infrastructure, jobs, mitigation, risk, service, threat, tool, vulnerability, waf, zero-daySet risk tolerances and guardrails: Teams slow down when they are unsure how to proceed. Take away some of the decision-making and ensure an integration of authentication, authorization and accounting into the development process. For authentication, establish and leverage enterprise identity management solutions rather than allowing the development of accounts written to databases that can…
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12 signs the CISO-CIO relationship is broken, and steps to fix it
The CIO-CISO relationship matters: The CIO and CISO need to have a strong relationship for either of them to succeed, says MK Palmore, founder and principal adviser for advisory firm Apogee Global RMS and a former director in the Office of the CISO at Google Cloud.”It’s critical that those in these two positions get along…
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Empathetic policy engineering: The secret to better security behavior and awareness
Tags: awareness, business, ciso, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, framework, group, phishing, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, strategy, threat, trainingIn many companies, IT security guidelines encounter resistance because employees perceive them as obstructive or impractical. This makes implementation difficult, undermines effectiveness, and strains collaboration between the security department and business units.As a result, instead of being seen as a partner, cybersecurity is often perceived as a hindrance, a fatal security risk. For CISOs, this…
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Empathetic policy engineering: The secret to better security behavior and awareness
Tags: awareness, business, ciso, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, framework, group, phishing, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, strategy, threat, trainingIn many companies, IT security guidelines encounter resistance because employees perceive them as obstructive or impractical. This makes implementation difficult, undermines effectiveness, and strains collaboration between the security department and business units.As a result, instead of being seen as a partner, cybersecurity is often perceived as a hindrance, a fatal security risk. For CISOs, this…
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UK Report Proposes Liability For Software Provider Insecurity
A new report from the UK Business and Trade Committee has called for accountability of software providers for cyber flaws amid rising attack costs First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-liability-software-providers/
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Alliances between ransomware groups tied to recent surge in cybercrime
Tags: access, attack, awareness, backup, business, cloud, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, encryption, exploit, extortion, group, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, law, leak, monitoring, ransom, ransomware, saas, service, software, tactics, theft, threat, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayRansomware groups change tactics to evade law enforcement: The latest quarterly study from Rapid7 also found that newly forged alliances are leading to a spike in ransomware activity while adding that tactical innovations, from refined extortion to double extortion and use of zero day, are also playing a part in increased malfeasance.The quarter also saw…
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Heineken CISO champions a new risk mindset to unlock innovation
In this Help Net Security interview, Marina Marceta, CISO at Heineken, discusses what it takes for CISOs to be seen as business-aligned leaders rather than technical … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/26/marina-marceta-heineken-business-aligned-security/
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Cyberresilienz mit Plan A und Plan B – Cyberresilienz mit Business Continuity und Disaster Recovery
Tags: businessFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberresilienz-business-continuity-disaster-recovery-a-bcecb32e626a670440d5fb05747cd8bc/