Tag: ciso
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CISOs view hybrid environments as best way to manage risk, compliance
Security leaders are also focused on the convergence of IT and operational technology as business continuity becomes a major concern. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisos-hybrid-environments-manage-risk-cloud/807902/
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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No more orange juice? Why one ship reveals America’s maritime cybersecurity crisis
This is a workforce problem, not a vendor problem: The new regulations require all 3,000 MTSA facilities to designate a cybersecurity officer (why the Coast Guard named them CySOs and couldn’t just call them CISOs, I do not know). Finding hundreds of qualified people who understand both operational technology in maritime environments and cybersecurity is…
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No more orange juice? Why one ship reveals America’s maritime cybersecurity crisis
This is a workforce problem, not a vendor problem: The new regulations require all 3,000 MTSA facilities to designate a cybersecurity officer (why the Coast Guard named them CySOs and couldn’t just call them CISOs, I do not know). Finding hundreds of qualified people who understand both operational technology in maritime environments and cybersecurity is…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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What types of compliance should your password manager support?
Lost credentials and weak authentication controls still sit at the center of many security incidents. IT leaders and CISOs know this problem well. They also know that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/15/password-manager-compliance-types/
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Cybersecurity isn’t underfunded, It’s undermanaged
Tags: business, ciso, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, governance, jobs, network, resilience, risk, strategyThe first 100 days: Where trust is won or lost: Quite a lot of that disconnect is effectively built up in the first 100 days of the CISO.Many CISOs come into a new job with pre-conceived views, sometimes created at interview time: Things that have worked elsewhere, pet subjects, vendors or consultants.Many also feel that…
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LW ROUNDTABLE: Lessons from 2025, Cyber risk got personal; accountability enters a new phase
In 2025, the stakes changed. CISOs were hauled into courtrooms. Boards confronted a wave of shareholder lawsuits. And the rise of autonomous systems introduced fresh ambiguity and risk around who’s accountable when algorithms act. Part one of a four-part series … (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/lw-roundtable-lessons-from-2025-cyber-risk-got-personal-accountability-enters-a-new-phase/
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LW ROUNDTABLE: Lessons from 2025, Cyber risk got personal; accountability enters a new phase
In 2025, the stakes changed. CISOs were hauled into courtrooms. Boards confronted a wave of shareholder lawsuits. And the rise of autonomous systems introduced fresh ambiguity and risk around who’s accountable when algorithms act. Part one of a four-part series … (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/lw-roundtable-lessons-from-2025-cyber-risk-got-personal-accountability-enters-a-new-phase/
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LW ROUNDTABLE: Lessons from 2025, Cyber risk got personal; accountability enters a new phase
In 2025, the stakes changed. CISOs were hauled into courtrooms. Boards confronted a wave of shareholder lawsuits. And the rise of autonomous systems introduced fresh ambiguity and risk around who’s accountable when algorithms act. Part one of a four-part series … (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/lw-roundtable-lessons-from-2025-cyber-risk-got-personal-accountability-enters-a-new-phase/
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How to justify your security investments
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, computing, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, Hardware, incident, infrastructure, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerabilityThe language of risks and returns: Boards of directors make decisions considering concepts such as risk and return. These include financial risks, operational risks, and reputational risks for the company. Board members assess the probability, exposure, and impact of incidents in each of these areas. Accordingly, the CISO’s role is to clarify how a proposed…
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How to justify your security investments
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, computing, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, Hardware, incident, infrastructure, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerabilityThe language of risks and returns: Boards of directors make decisions considering concepts such as risk and return. These include financial risks, operational risks, and reputational risks for the company. Board members assess the probability, exposure, and impact of incidents in each of these areas. Accordingly, the CISO’s role is to clarify how a proposed…
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KI-Browser gefährden Unternehmen
Experten warnen vor der Nutzung von KI-Browsern in Unternehmen.Die Gartner-Analysten Dennis Xu, Evgeny Mirolyubov und John Watts empfehlen Unternehmen dringend, alle KI-Browser aufgrund der Cybersicherheitsrisiken auf absehbare Zeit zu blockieren. Sie stützten ihre Empfehlung auf bereits identifizierte Risiken ‘und andere potenzielle Risiken, die noch entdeckt werden müssen, da es sich um eine sehr junge Technologie…
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KI-Browser gefährden Unternehmen
Experten warnen vor der Nutzung von KI-Browsern in Unternehmen.Die Gartner-Analysten Dennis Xu, Evgeny Mirolyubov und John Watts empfehlen Unternehmen dringend, alle KI-Browser aufgrund der Cybersicherheitsrisiken auf absehbare Zeit zu blockieren. Sie stützten ihre Empfehlung auf bereits identifizierte Risiken ‘und andere potenzielle Risiken, die noch entdeckt werden müssen, da es sich um eine sehr junge Technologie…
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Die Evolution von Insider-Risiken
Moderne Cyberangriffe haben die klassische Definition von Insider-Bedrohungen überholt: Heute wird jeder Angreifer zum Insider, sobald er Identität oder Gerät eines Users kompromittiert. Ein Kommentar von Tony Fergusson, CISO in Residence bei Zscaler. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/evolution-insider-risiken
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Die Evolution von Insider-Risiken
Moderne Cyberangriffe haben die klassische Definition von Insider-Bedrohungen überholt: Heute wird jeder Angreifer zum Insider, sobald er Identität oder Gerät eines Users kompromittiert. Ein Kommentar von Tony Fergusson, CISO in Residence bei Zscaler. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/evolution-insider-risiken
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Die Evolution von Insider-Risiken
Moderne Cyberangriffe haben die klassische Definition von Insider-Bedrohungen überholt: Heute wird jeder Angreifer zum Insider, sobald er Identität oder Gerät eines Users kompromittiert. Ein Kommentar von Tony Fergusson, CISO in Residence bei Zscaler. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/evolution-insider-risiken
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Henkel CISO on the messy truth of monitoring factories built across decades
In this Help Net Security interview, Stefan Braun, CISO at Henkel, discusses how smart manufacturing environments introduce new cybersecurity risks. He explains where single … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/10/stefan-braun-henkel-smart-manufacturing-cybersecurity/
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How to answer the door when the AI agents come knocking
Identity management vendors like Okta see an opening to calm CISOs worried about agents running amok First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/09/okta_agent_control/
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2026 Cloud Security Predictions and Priorities for CISOs
What Will Lead Next Year’s Cloud Security Agenda? As 2026 approaches, one thing is certain: Artificial intelligence adoption will continue to accelerate at an extraordinary pace. CISOs will be tasked with maintaining security and control as hybrid cloud environments grow more distributed, automated and interconnected. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/2026-cloud-security-predictions-priorities-for-cisos-p-3991
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Mit der Firewall v22 festigt Sophos sein ‘Secure by Design”-Versprechen
Sophos hat die Veröffentlichung der Sophos-Firewall v22 bekannt gegeben. Das Update erweitert das ‘Secure by Design”-Versprechen des Unternehmens um eine neue Integritätsprüfung und zahlreiche weitere Sicherheitsverbesserungen, darunter ein gehärteter Kernel, Remote-Integritätsüberwachung, verbesserte Workload-Isolation und eine optimierte Anti-Malware-Engine. ‘Wir investieren kontinuierlich in die Implementierung der “šSecure by Design’-Prinzipien in all unsere Produkte”, so Ross McKerchar, CISO…
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Mit der Firewall v22 festigt Sophos sein ‘Secure by Design”-Versprechen
Sophos hat die Veröffentlichung der Sophos-Firewall v22 bekannt gegeben. Das Update erweitert das ‘Secure by Design”-Versprechen des Unternehmens um eine neue Integritätsprüfung und zahlreiche weitere Sicherheitsverbesserungen, darunter ein gehärteter Kernel, Remote-Integritätsüberwachung, verbesserte Workload-Isolation und eine optimierte Anti-Malware-Engine. ‘Wir investieren kontinuierlich in die Implementierung der “šSecure by Design’-Prinzipien in all unsere Produkte”, so Ross McKerchar, CISO…
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Ignoring AI in the threat chain could be a costly mistake, experts warn
Tags: ai, attack, automation, ceo, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, government, hacker, skills, sophos, technology, threat, toolHow CISOs could cut through the confusion: The conflicting narratives around AI threats leave many CISOs struggling to reconcile hype with operational reality.Given the emergence of AI-enabled cyber threats amid pushback from some cyber experts who contend these threats are not real, Sophos CEO Joe Levy tells CSO that AI is becoming a “Rorschach test,…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…