Tag: ciso
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TDL001 – Cybersecurity Explained: Privacy, Threats, and the Future – Chester Wisniewski
Tags: access, ai, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ciso, computer, country, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, detection, edr, email, finance, firewall, gartner, government, guide, hacker, hacking, Hardware, infosec, Internet, jobs, linkedin, mail, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, skills, software, sophos, spam, sql, strategy, switch, technology, threat, update, virus, vulnerability, wifi, windowsSummary “The Defenders Log” Episode 1 features host David Redekop and guest Chet Wisniewski discussing the dynamic world of cybersecurity. Wisniewski, with decades of experience, traces his journey from early BBS and phone network exploration to becoming a cybersecurity expert. They delve into the evolution of hacking, the emergence of profitable cybercrime like email spam,…
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Storm-0501 debuts a brutal hybrid ransomware attack chain
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, data, exploit, least-privilege, microsoft, ransom, ransomware, risk, threat, vulnerabilityA holistic approach to put organizations under pressure: Microsoft’s DiGrippo emphasizes that the unique aspect of this new method is that it leverages hybrid environments that have both on-prem and cloud assets. “They put you in a situation where you’re under a significant amount of pressure because they’ve escalated privileges for themselves on both your…
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Storm-0501 debuts a brutal hybrid ransomware attack chain
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, data, exploit, least-privilege, microsoft, ransom, ransomware, risk, threat, vulnerabilityA holistic approach to put organizations under pressure: Microsoft’s DiGrippo emphasizes that the unique aspect of this new method is that it leverages hybrid environments that have both on-prem and cloud assets. “They put you in a situation where you’re under a significant amount of pressure because they’ve escalated privileges for themselves on both your…
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Fachkräftemangel bedroht Cybersicherheit
Um die Cybersicherheit in Unternehmen zu stärken, fehlt es derzeit nach wie vor an Fachkräften. Ein aktueller Bericht von Accenture besagt, dass lediglich jedes dritte Unternehmen (34 Prozent) über eine ausgereifte Cyberstrategie verfügt. Noch weniger nur 13 Prozent besitzen demnach die fortschrittlichen Cyberfähigkeiten, um KI-gesteuerte Bedrohungen abzuwehren. ‘Die überwiegende Mehrheit bleibt ungeschützt, unvorbereitet und läuft…
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The 5 Golden Rules of Safe AI Adoption
Employees are experimenting with AI at record speed. They are drafting emails, analyzing data, and transforming the workplace. The problem is not the pace of AI adoption, but the lack of control and safeguards in place.For CISOs and security leaders like you, the challenge is clear: you don’t want to slow AI adoption down, but…
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5 ways to improve cybersecurity function while spending less
Tags: advisory, ai, authentication, ceo, ciso, control, cyber, cybersecurity, firewall, governance, incident response, mfa, microsoft, middle-east, risk, scam, service, siem, skills, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, windows2. Focus on people and processes: “Teamwork and influential leadership are pivotal in Orange County. We work side-by-side as extensions across our departments. We can’t all do everything, and we don’t want to reinvent the wheel. We shoulder the burden together, revisit existing initiatives, and reduce that tech debt,” Cheramie explains. “That’s how you do…
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TDL003 – Breaking Barriers: IPv6 Adoption and DNS Transformation with Tommy Jensen
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, backup, banking, browser, business, ceo, chrome, ciso, compliance, computer, computing, control, country, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, ddos, dns, encryption, endpoint, google, government, group, international, Internet, jobs, law, microsoft, mobile, network, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, radius, risk, service, smishing, strategy, switch, technology, threat, update, vpn, windows, zero-trustSummary This episode of the Defender’s Log features special guest Tommy Jensen, an internet technologist specializing in IPv6, Zero Trust, and standards. Jensen’s career path, from an AppleCare contractor to a key figure in advancing internet technologies, is explored. The discussion highlights the critical importance and challenges of migrating to IPv6 and the necessity of…
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AI’s Cyber Impact in Focus at ISMG Virtual AI Summit
Security Leaders Weighed AI’s Promise, Perils and the Need for Transparency. AI is actively reshaping the future enterprise operations today. At the Cybersecurity Implications of AI virtual summit, CISOs, tech leaders and AI innovators from across North America, EMEA and APAC examined both the promise and the peril of AI adoption in cybersecurity. First seen…
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CISOs grow more concerned about risk of material cyberattack
A report by Proofpoint shows growing anxiety among security leaders about their companies’ cyber readiness. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisos-concerned-risk-cyberattack/758619/
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Personal Liability, Security Become Bigger Issues for CISOs
While the furor from CISO prosecutions has died down, worries continue over a lack of liability protections and potential targeting by cybercriminals and hackers for their privileged roles. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/personal-liability-security-becomes-bigger-issues-cisos
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Shadow AI is surging, getting AI adoption right is your best defense
Why most organizations fail at phase one: Despite the clarity of this progression, many organizations struggle to begin. One of the most common reasons is poor platform selection. Either no tool is made available, or the wrong class of tool is introduced. Sometimes what is offered is too narrow, designed for one function or team.…
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Das kostet ein Data Breach 2025
Tags: ai, api, breach, ciso, cyberattack, cyersecurity, data, data-breach, germany, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, ransomware, risk, security-incident, siem, supply-chain, threat, usa, vulnerabilityLaut einer aktuellen Studie liegen die durchschnittlichen Kosten einer Datenpanne in Deutschland bei 3,87 Millionen Euro.Laut dem aktuellen ‘Cost of a Data Breach”- Report von IBM sind die Kosten einer Datenpanne in Deutschland auf 3,87 Millionen Euro (ca. 4,03 Millionen Dollar) pro Vorfall gesunken im Vorjahr lagen sie noch bei 4,9 Millionen Euro (ca. 5,31…
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Protecting farms from hackers: A QA with John Deere’s Deputy CISO
Agriculture is a connected, software-driven industry where cybersecurity is just as essential as tractors and harvesters. From embedded hardware in smart fleets to defending … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/26/carl-kubalsky-john-deere-smart-agriculture-cybersecurity/
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Protecting farms from hackers: A QA with John Deere’s Deputy CISO
Agriculture is a connected, software-driven industry where cybersecurity is just as essential as tractors and harvesters. From embedded hardware in smart fleets to defending … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/26/carl-kubalsky-john-deere-smart-agriculture-cybersecurity/
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How Exposure Management Has Helped Tenable Reduce Risk and Align with the Business
Each Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In the second of a two-part blog series, Tenable CSO Robert Huber shares how exposure management has helped him reduce risk and better align with the business. You can read the entire Exposure…
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2025 CSO Hall of Fame: Meg Anderson on AI, strategic security investments, and life after InfoSec
Tags: ai, automation, business, ciso, conference, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, infosec, jobs, metric, phishing, programming, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, technology, threat, toolWhich technologies are you most cautious about from a CISO’s point of view, and why?: Meg Anderson: I’m cautious of “solutions” that don’t solve a strategic problem. CISOs only have so much budget and mindshare. You need to understand where a tool fits in your investment and strategic roadmap. There were times when my team…
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How Exposure Management Has Helped Tenable Reduce Risk and Align with the Business
Each Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In the second of a two-part blog series, Tenable CSO Robert Huber shares how exposure management has helped him reduce risk and better align with the business. You can read the entire Exposure…
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How AI is reshaping cybersecurity operations
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, finance, gartner, governance, guide, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, malware, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, sans, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, updateBecause AI can perform tasks at speeds that supersede human capacity, it exponentially scales the amount of work that a cybersecurity function can do, says Rob T. Lee, chief of research for AI and emerging threats and head of faculty at SANS Institute.Moreover, AI excels at doing repetitive tasks near perfectly every time, so it…
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Personal Liability, Security Becomes Bigger Issues for CISOs
While the furor from CISO prosecutions has died down, worries continue over a lack of liability protections and potential targeting by cybercriminals and hackers for their privileged roles. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/personal-liability-security-becomes-bigger-issues-cisos
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What is the cost of a data breach?
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, finance, fraud, healthcare, ibm, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, jobs, law, metric, privacy, programming, ransom, ransomware, regulation, risk, security-incident, service, skills, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCanada ($4.84 million) and the UK ($4.14million) remain in the top 10 hardest hit, with ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations ($3.67 million), Australia ($2.55 million), and India ($2.51 million) among the top 15. Breaches by industry: Healthcare remains the industry hit with the highest costs per breach by far, at $7.42 million despite…
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Why AI Agents and MCP Servers Just Became a CISO’s Most Urgent Priority
Over the last year, I’ve spent countless hours with CISOs, CTOs, and security architects talking about a new wave of technology that’s changing the game faster than anything we’ve seen before: Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. If you think AI is still in the “cool demos and pilot projects” stage, think again.…
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Lenovo-Chatbot-Lücke wirft Schlaglicht auf KI-Sicherheitsrisiken
Über eine Schwachstelle in Lenovos Chatbot für den Kundensupport ist es Forschern gelungen, Schadcode einzuschleusen.Der Chatbot ‘Lena” von Lenovo basiert auf GPT-4 von OpenAI und wird für den Kundensupport verwendet. Sicherheitsforscher von Cybernews fanden heraus, dass das KI-Tool anfällig für Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe (XSS) war. Die Experten haben eine Schwachstelle entdeckt, über die sie schädliche HTML-Inhalte generieren…
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Enterprise passwords becoming even easier to steal and abuse
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, exploit, extortion, group, identity, leak, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, ransomware, risk, strategy, threat, tool, zero-trustGrowing threat from stolen credentials: Attackers actively target user credentials because they offer the most direct route or foothold into a targeted organization’s network. Once inside, attackers can move laterally across systems, searching for other user accounts to compromise, or they attempt to escalate their privileges and gain administrative control.This hunt for credentials extends beyond…
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Fractional vs. full-time CISO: Finding the right fit for your company
In this Help Net Security interview, Nikoloz Kokhreidze, Fractional CISO at Mandos, discusses why many early- and growth-stage B2B companies hire full-time CISOs before it’s … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/21/nikoloz-kokhreidze-mandos-fractional-full-time-ciso/