Tag: business
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Crypto-less Crypto Investment Scams: A California Case
Tags: access, apt, blockchain, breach, business, china, communications, control, crime, crypto, cybercrime, data, email, finance, group, intelligence, international, jobs, network, office, organized, scam, theft, tool, usaMy readers will know by now that I am addicted to PACER – the Public Access to Court Electronic Records. When I see headlines like this one, I am compelled to dive in and read every publicly released document related to the case. USAO Central California The headline last month was that Shengsheng He, a…
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Crypto-less Crypto Investment Scams: A California Case
Tags: access, apt, blockchain, breach, business, china, communications, control, crime, crypto, cybercrime, data, email, finance, group, intelligence, international, jobs, network, office, organized, scam, theft, tool, usaMy readers will know by now that I am addicted to PACER – the Public Access to Court Electronic Records. When I see headlines like this one, I am compelled to dive in and read every publicly released document related to the case. USAO Central California The headline last month was that Shengsheng He, a…
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The Professionalised World of Cybercrime and the New Arms Race
Cybercrime is now a global, professionalised industry. Learn how AI, ransomware, and organised groups are reshaping cybersecurity and business defence. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-professionalised-world-of-cybercrime-and-the-new-arms-race/
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The Professionalised World of Cybercrime and the New Arms Race
Cybercrime is now a global, professionalised industry. Learn how AI, ransomware, and organised groups are reshaping cybersecurity and business defence. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-professionalised-world-of-cybercrime-and-the-new-arms-race/
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Allianz UK joins growing list of Clop’s Oracle E-Business Suite victims
Insurance giant’s UK arm says cybercriminals misattributed the real victim First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/allianz_uk_joins_growing_list/
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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Business continuity and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin
Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, google, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, nist, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, sans, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, training, veeam, vulnerability, zero-trustWhy traditional business continuity plans fail against modern threats: I’ve implemented change management processes in environments requiring 99.99% uptime and I can tell you that most business continuity plans were designed for a different era. They assume that your backup systems, communication channels and recovery procedures will be available when you need them. Today’s threat…
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Business continuity and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin
Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, google, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, nist, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, sans, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, training, veeam, vulnerability, zero-trustWhy traditional business continuity plans fail against modern threats: I’ve implemented change management processes in environments requiring 99.99% uptime and I can tell you that most business continuity plans were designed for a different era. They assume that your backup systems, communication channels and recovery procedures will be available when you need them. Today’s threat…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?
Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trustStop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
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Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?
Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trustStop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?
Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trustStop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Why can’t enterprises get a handle on the cloud misconfiguration problem?
Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, communications, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, governance, hacker, infrastructure, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, risk, saas, service, technology, tool, training, usa, zero-trustStop. Reassess. Reconfigure: Last year, according to Ayan Roy, EY Americas cybersecurity competency leader, the highest number of breaches were caused by shared cloud repositories. “That’s where we saw the maximum amount of data exfiltration,” he says. “A lot was from shared cloud stores and SaaS applications.” That’s despite the fact that the clients have…
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What past ERP mishaps can teach CISOs about security platformization
Tags: ai, automation, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, metric, resilience, service, technology, tool, training5 tips for getting security platformization right: Current trending suggests that in many enterprises, security platform migration is inevitable in the short- or long-term. Given this, CISOs would be well served by carefully studying the mistakes made with ERP and plan accordingly with proven best practices. Based on my research, here are a few suggestions:Get executive…
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What past ERP mishaps can teach CISOs about security platformization
Tags: ai, automation, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, metric, resilience, service, technology, tool, training5 tips for getting security platformization right: Current trending suggests that in many enterprises, security platform migration is inevitable in the short- or long-term. Given this, CISOs would be well served by carefully studying the mistakes made with ERP and plan accordingly with proven best practices. Based on my research, here are a few suggestions:Get executive…
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2026 nichts für schwache CI(S)O-Nerven
Aus Sicht von Forrester bleibt die Lage für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider auch 2026 angespannt.Keine Entwarnung für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider: Die Analysten von Forrester gehen in den Predictions 2026 davon aus, dass die Volatilität 2026 weiter anhält. CIOs und CISOs seien entsprechend gefordert, mit Präzision, Resilienz und strategischer Weitsicht zu führen.Das gilt den Auguren zufolge insbesondere für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI),…
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2026 nichts für schwache CI(S)O-Nerven
Aus Sicht von Forrester bleibt die Lage für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider auch 2026 angespannt.Keine Entwarnung für IT-(Sicherheits-)Entscheider: Die Analysten von Forrester gehen in den Predictions 2026 davon aus, dass die Volatilität 2026 weiter anhält. CIOs und CISOs seien entsprechend gefordert, mit Präzision, Resilienz und strategischer Weitsicht zu führen.Das gilt den Auguren zufolge insbesondere für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI),…
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Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story
In this Help Net Security interview, Rik Mistry, Managing Partner at Interval Group, discusses how to align IT strategy with business goals. He explains how security, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/07/rik-mistry-interval-group-it-security-metrics/
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Hospitals are running out of excuses for weak cyber hygiene
Healthcare leaders continue to treat cybersecurity as a technical safeguard instead of a strategic business function, according to the 2025 US Healthcare Cyber Resilience … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/07/ey-healthcare-risk-management-report/
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Nikkei Suffers Breach Via Slack Compromise
The Japanese media giant said thousands of employee and business partners were impacted by an attack that compromised Slack account data and chat histories. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/nikkei-suffers-breach-slack-compromise
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Starting Over in Cybersecurity: Advice I Wish I’d Had
Learn the Business, Be Intentional, Find a Mentor and Build Non-Technical Skills New to cybersecurity? Start by learning how organizations work – their people, processes and priorities – before diving deep into technical stacks. Understanding how to translate technical findings into business risk differentiates a professional from a technician. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…