Tag: lessons-learned
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Credit Karma leader shares AI governance lessons learned
Start slow and break things — that’s how the head of data and AI at the fintech says enterprises should start building AI governance frameworks. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366628735/Credit-Karma-leader-shares-AI-governance-lessons-learned
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6 Lessons Learned: Focusing Security Where Business Value Lives
The Evolution of Exposure ManagementMost security teams have a good sense of what’s critical in their environment. What’s harder to pin down is what’s business-critical. These are the assets that support the processes the business can’t function without. They’re not always the loudest or most exposed. They’re the ones tied to revenue, operations, and delivery.…
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6 Lessons Learned: Focusing Security Where Business Value Lives
The Evolution of Exposure ManagementMost security teams have a good sense of what’s critical in their environment. What’s harder to pin down is what’s business-critical. These are the assets that support the processes the business can’t function without. They’re not always the loudest or most exposed. They’re the ones tied to revenue, operations, and delivery.…
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6 Lessons Learned: Focusing Security Where Business Value Lives
The Evolution of Exposure ManagementMost security teams have a good sense of what’s critical in their environment. What’s harder to pin down is what’s business-critical. These are the assets that support the processes the business can’t function without. They’re not always the loudest or most exposed. They’re the ones tied to revenue, operations, and delivery.…
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How bright are AI agents? Not very, recent reports suggest
CSOs should ‘skip the fluff’: Meghu’s advice to CSOs: Stop reading the marketing and betting too much of your business on AI/LLM technology as it exists today. Start small and always have a human operator to guide it.”If you skip the fluff and get to the practical application, we have a new technology that could…
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Lessons Learned From McDonald’s Big AI Flub
McDonald’s hiring platform was using its original default credentials and inadvertently exposed information belonging to approximately 64 million job applicants. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/lessons-learned-mcdonalds-ai-flub
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1 Year Later: Lessons Learned From the CrowdStrike Outage
The ever-growing volume of vulnerabilities and threats requires organizations to remain resilient and anti-fragile, that is, to be able to proactively respond to issues and continuously improve. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/1-year-later-lessons-crowdstrike-outage
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Lessons from Helsinki: NCSC-FI’s Role in Mitigating a Major Data Breach
A representative of NCSC-FI shared some lessons learned from a 2024 data breach affecting the Finnish capital First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/helsinki-ncscfi-major-data-breach/
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M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts
The UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre has published its first in-depth assessment of a major incident, reflecting on the impact of and lessons learned from Scattered Spider attacks on M&S and Co-op First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366626336/MS-Co-op-attacks-a-Category-2-cyber-hurricane-say-UK-experts
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How to conduct an effective post-incident review
Tags: breach, business, ciso, compliance, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, email, finance, governance, group, incident, incident response, lessons-learned, phishing, risk, service, software, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityPerform a root-cause analysis: Your post-incident review must include a root-cause analysis, Taylor says. “Identifying the underlying issues that caused the incident is essential for avoiding future cyber incidents,” he says.The post-incident review team should examine the root causes of the incident, whether they are technical, procedural, or human-related, and implement corrective actions and preventive…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Experts Issue Best Practices for Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography and for Improving Orgs’ Cyber Culture
Tags: access, attack, best-practice, business, cio, ciso, communications, computer, computing, conference, corporate, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, encryption, finance, government, group, ibm, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, lessons-learned, metric, microsoft, mitre, monitoring, nist, risk, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, warfareCheck out a new roadmap for adopting quantum-resistant cryptography. Plus, find out how your company can create a better cybersecurity environment. In addition, MITRE warns about protecting critical infrastructure from cyber war. And get the latest on exposure response strategies and on CISO compensation and job satisfaction. Dive into five things that are top of…
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What Tackling the SaaS Security Problem Means to Me
By Kevin Hanes, CEO of Reveal Security When I reflect on the years I spent leading one of the world’s largest Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and incident response teams, the lessons learned aren’t just war stories”¦they’re a playbook for how we should rethink our responsibilities in the face of today’s fast-evolving attack surfaces. Back then,…
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UK Launches ‘Kill Web’ Linking Cyber Operations and Military
New Cyber and Electromagnetic Command Pitched as Lessons Learned from Ukraine. The United Kingdom pledged Thursday one billion pounds for a military Digital Targeting Web the government said will enable quick fire targeting of enemy assets, including through offensive cyber operations. Ways of warfare are rapidly changing, said Defense Secretary John Healy. First seen on…
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Enterprise-specific zero-day exploits on the rise, Google warns
Tags: access, apple, apt, attack, china, cisco, cloud, crime, crimes, cyberespionage, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, google, group, Hardware, incident response, injection, Internet, ivanti, korea, lessons-learned, mandiant, microsoft, mitigation, network, north-korea, remote-code-execution, russia, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-daySurge in network edge device exploitation: Of the 33 zero-day vulnerabilities in enterprise-specific products, 20 targeted hardware appliances typically located at the network edge, such as VPNs, security gateways, and firewalls. Notable targets last year included Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance, Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, and Ivanti Connect Secure VPN.Targeted attacks against…
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2025 The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
Tags: access, attack, cloud, compliance, computer, conference, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, government, group, Hardware, infrastructure, international, lessons-learned, network, nist, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, software, strategy, technology, tool2025 The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology divya Tue, 04/29/2025 – 07:48 It is no surprise that the United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). Not only does it mark the 100-year point since quantum physics were discovered, but for those who have been following, the…
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Agentic AI is both boon and bane for security pros
Recent agentic security signposts: Recently, we have seen numerous examples of how quickly building your own autonomous AI agents has taken root. Microsoft last month demonstrated six new AI agents that work with its Copilot software that talk directly to its various security tools to identify vulnerabilities, flag identity and asset compromises. Simbian is hosting…
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6 hard-earned tips for leading through a cyberattack, from CSOs who’ve been there
Tags: attack, awareness, breach, business, cisco, ciso, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, lessons-learned, military, open-source, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, ransomware, security-incident, service, skills, software, strategy, threat, training, updateDevelop muscle memory, and patience, through simulations: Authority under crisis is meaningless if you can’t establish followership. And this goes beyond the incident response team: CISOs must communicate with the entire organization, a commonly misunderstood imperative, says Pablo Riboldi, CISO of nearshore talent provider BairesDev.”I find that employee involvement tends to be overlooked during cyberattacks.…
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Public-private partnerships: A catalyst for industry growth and maturity
Tags: ceo, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, fortinet, framework, government, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, interpol, lessons-learned, mitre, resilience, software, threat, vulnerabilitySuccessful partnerships offer a blueprint for effective collaboration Numerous cybersecurity-focused partnerships are underway, involving successful collaboration across all sectors. These examples can help take public-private partnership efforts from abstract ideas to impactful execution and provide valuable insights and lessons learned.One example is the work being done by the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) and its members.…
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Suite 404: Training executives for cyberattack response in a playful way
Simulation of a cyber attack in the form of a classic board game. HillThe simulation itself consists of three game phases. In the first phase, seemingly everyday incidents are analyzed to determine the extent to which they have a negative impact on our hotel business. The four categories of service, reputation, sales, and cybersecurity must…
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Ransomware Recovery Lessons Learned From Arnold Clark
Disruptive Data-Stealing Attackers Hit Vehicle Retail Giant Right Before Christmas. Cyber resilience lessons learned: In the wake of a disruptive ransomware attack, the head of automotive retail giant Arnold Clark said continually practicing and refining the organization’s resilience plan has driven its response time down from at least 12 hours, to just one or two.…
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How to create an effective incident response plan
Tags: access, advisory, attack, backup, breach, business, ceo, ciso, communications, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, governance, guide, incident, incident response, insurance, law, lessons-learned, malicious, monitoring, network, office, phone, ransomware, risk, security-incident, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, updateEstablish a comprehensive post-incident communications strategy: Another key element that can make or break an incident response strategy is communications. Without clear communications among the major stakeholders of the business, a company might experience much longer downtimes or the loss of vital processes for extended periods.”How are you going to go about communicating? With whom?…
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DEF CON 32 Manufacturing Lessons Learned, Lessons Taught
Authors/Presenters: Tim Chase Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/def-con-32-manufacturing-lessons-learned-lessons-taught/
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CISO success story: How LA County trains (and retrains) workers to fight phishing
Tags: ai, awareness, breach, business, chatgpt, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, computing, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, dos, election, email, endpoint, government, hacker, healthcare, incident response, jobs, law, lessons-learned, malicious, marketplace, network, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability(The following interview has been edited for clarity and length.)At first glance, LA County’s reporting structure who reports to whom seems, well, fairly complex.We have a federated model: I report to the county CIO. Each department acts as an independent business and has its own department CIO and information security officer. Their job is to…
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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025: Takeaways, reflections, and learnings for the future
Tags: attack, best-practice, ceo, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, finance, fortinet, group, intelligence, international, law, lessons-learned, mitigation, open-source, organized, risk, strategy, tactics, technology, threatIncreasingly sophisticated threat actors in the evolving cybersecurity landscape In a world where cybercriminals often operate with a level of efficiency mirroring that of Fortune 500 companies, it is essential that we look to ways we can better collaborate to counter them. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of room for improvement; in 2023, 87%…
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312% Surge in Breach Notices That Could Have Been Prevented
Identity Theft Resource Center’s Lee on Lessons Learned From 2024 Mega-Breaches. Six mega cybersecurity incidents led to a record 1.7 billion data breach notices going out to victims in 2024 – a dramatic 312% increase over the previous year. Identity Theft Resource Center President James E. Lee says the increase exposes industry-wide failures in basic…