Tag: risk-management
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CISOs: Stop trying to do the lawyer’s job
Tags: breach, business, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, email, finance, group, guide, incident response, international, jobs, law, privacy, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, skills, strategy, technology, training, updateThere’s a joke that’s been floating around boardrooms for years: “What’s the difference between lawyers and engineers? Lawyers don’t think they’re engineers.”This light-hearted jab highlights a fundamental difference between the two professions. Engineers, and by extension CISOs, focus on building and fixing things, learning a wide array of skills, sometimes sticking their hands into technologies…
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The SolarWinds $4.4 billion acquisition gives CISOs what they least want: Uncertainty
Tags: attack, breach, business, cisa, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, government, group, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, updateWhen SolarWinds on Friday announced a $4.4 billion cash deal for it to be acquired by private equity (PE) firm Turn/River Capital, it delivered the last thing that nervous enterprise CISOs want: Uncertainty, to be followed by more uncertainty.”Whenever a security company gets acquired by private equity, you never want to throw a party,” said…
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ISMG Editors: AI Security Wake-Up Call From DeepSeek
Tags: ai, api, ciso, data, data-breach, governance, leak, open-source, risk, risk-management, vulnerabilityAlso: Addressing AI Vulnerabilities and Governance Challenges. DeepSeek, an advanced open-source AI model, is under scrutiny for its safety guardrails failing multiple security tests and a data leak that exposed user information and API keys. Sam Curry, CISO at Zscaler, discusses AI security, risk management and upcoming U.S. policy changes. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Third-Party Risk Management Failures Expose UK Finance Sector
Orange Cyberdefense found that over half of UK financial firms suffered at least one third-party attack in 2024, linked to significant gaps in risk management strategies First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/third-party-risk-failures-uk/
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CIOs and CISOs grapple with DORA: Key challenges, compliance complexities
Tags: access, automation, banking, business, cio, ciso, communications, compliance, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, GDPR, governance, jobs, law, monitoring, network, nis-2, penetration-testing, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityIn force since January, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has required considerable effort from CIOs and CISOs at 20 types of financial entities to achieve compliance. For many, the journey is not complete.”In the past months, financial entities targeted by DORA have been busy internally defining roles and responsibilities related to ICT security, identifying…
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Qualys TotalAppSec Strengthens Application Risk Management
Qualys introduced TotalAppSec, an AI-powered application risk management solution designed to unify API security, web application scanning and web malware detection across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/qualys-totalappsec-strengthens-application-risk-management/
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Tenable Acquires Vulcan Cyber, Building on AI-Powered Risk Prioritization
Cybersecurity risk management company Tenable announced plans to acquire Vulcan Cyber for approximately $147 million in cash and $3 million in restricted stock units. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/tenable-acquires-vulcan-cyber-building-on-ai-powered-risk-prioritization/
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7 tips for improving cybersecurity ROI
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, business, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, gartner, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, privacy, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, siem, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, wafWhen it comes to cybersecurity investments, smart money is directed toward initiatives that deliver the greatest protection at the lowest possible cost. But what appears to be a straightforward calculation can often be anything but.CISOs perennially face challenges securing adequate funding to safeguard the enterprise, placing them often in difficult positions attempting to stretch resources…
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US SEC Misses the Mark With Materiality Reporting – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/us-sec-misses-the-mark-with-materiality-reporting-kovrr/
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OneMore Secure AB und Northwave Cyber Security gehen strategische Partnerschaft ein
Mit der Einführung neuer EU-Gesetze, einschließlich der NIS2-Richtlinie, steigen die Anforderungen an Sicherheit und Risikomanagement in der Lieferkette. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/onemore-secure-ab-und-northwave-cyber-security-gehen-strategische-partnerschaft-ein/a39643/
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The Old Ways of Vendor Risk Management Are No Longer Good Enough
Managing third-party risk in the SaaS era demands a proactive, data-driven approach beyond checkbox compliance. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/old-ways-vendor-risk-management-no-longer-good-enough
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Want to be an effective cybersecurity leader? Learn to excel at change management
Tags: authentication, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, corporate, cybersecurity, finance, fraud, group, guide, Hardware, identity, jobs, password, privacy, risk, risk-management, service, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, vulnerability, zero-trustIf there’s one thing that’s inevitable in cybersecurity, it’s change. Ever-evolving technology requires new protections, threats seem to multiply and morph on a daily basis, and even the humblest pieces of software and hardware demand constant updating to stay secure.That work has been increasing as the importance, visibility, and impact of security initiatives have ramped…
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BTS #44 Network Appliances: A Growing Concern
In this episode, Paul Asadoorian and Chase Snyder discuss the latest security threats and vulnerabilities affecting network appliances, particularly focusing on Avanti and Fortinet platforms. They explore the increasing risks associated with these devices, the need for improved security standards, and the challenges of risk management and visibility in network security. The conversation emphasizes the……
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Are Third-Party Risk Management Solutions Effective Enough?
A modern EASM solution offers more by incorporating meaningful first-party and third-party cyber risk insights than conventional TPRM solutions. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/are-third-party-risk-management-solutions-effective-enough/
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CISOs’ top 12 cybersecurity priorities for 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, detection, framework, governance, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, mssp, oracle, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, threat, training, usa, zero-trustSecurity chief Andrew Obadiaru’s to-do list for the upcoming year will be familiar to CISOs everywhere: advance a zero-trust architecture in the organization; strengthen identity and access controls as part of that drive; increase monitoring of third-party risks; and expand the use of artificial intelligence in security operations.”Nothing is particularly new, maybe AI is newer,…
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An Overview”‹”‹ of Cyber Risk Modeling – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/an-overview-of-cyber-risk-modeling-kovrr/
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From qualitative to quantifiable: Transforming cyber risk management for critical infrastructure
TSA’s new incident disclosure rules are a good fit for cyber risk quantification. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/from-qualitative-to-quantifiable-transforming-cyber-risk-management-for-critical-infrastructure/
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7 top cybersecurity projects for 2025
Tags: access, advisory, ai, backup, best-practice, breach, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, framework, google, governance, infrastructure, intelligence, law, mitigation, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAs 2025 dawns, CISOs face the grim reality that the battle against cyberattackers never ends. Strong and carefully planned cybersecurity projects are the best way to stay a step ahead of attackers and prevent them gaining the upper hand.”Urgency is the mantra for 2025,” says Greg Sullivan, founding partner of cybersecurity services firm CIOSO Global.…
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How organizations can secure their AI code
Tags: ai, application-security, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, crime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, github, healthcare, LLM, malicious, ml, open-source, organized, programming, risk, risk-management, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityIn 2023, the team at data extraction startup Reworkd was under tight deadlines. Investors pressured them to monetize the platform, and they needed to migrate everything from Next.js to Python/FastAPI. To speed things up, the team decided to turn to ChatGPT to do some of the work. The AI-generated code appeared to function, so they…
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Schulungen zum Sicherheitsbewusstsein verringern die Zahl der Datenschutzverletzungen deutlich
KnowBe4, die weltweit anerkannte Cybersicherheitsplattform, die sich umfassend mit dem menschlichen Risikomanagement befasst, veröffentlicht ein Whitepaper, das datengestützte Beweise für die Wirksamkeit von Sicherheitsschulungen (Security-Awareness-Training, SAT) bei der Reduzierung von Datenschutzverletzungen liefert. Über 17.500 Datenschutzverletzungen aus der Datenbank des Privacy Rights Clearinghouse wurden zusammen mit den umfangreichen Kundendaten von KnowBe4 analysiert, um die Auswirkungen von…
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Stop wasting money on ineffective threat intelligence: 5 mistakes to avoid
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, finance, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, risk, risk-management, siem, soc, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementStrong capabilities in cyber threat intelligence (CTI) can help take a cybersecurity program to the next level on many different fronts. When organizations choose quality sources of threat intelligence that are relevant to their technology environments and their business context, these external sources can not only power swifter threat detection but also help leaders better…
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Breaking the Cycle of Isolated Risk Management
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/breaking-the-cycle-of-isolated-risk-management
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Case Studies on Fraud and AML Collaboration
Mission Omega’s Ian Mitchell on What Works and What Doesn’t in Program Integration. Fraud management and anti-money laundering represent two distinct disciplines in financial crime prevention. While AML primarily is a compliance-driven function, fraud is a risk management function driven by the organization’s risk appetite for fraud, said Ian Mitchell, co-founder of Mission Omega. First…
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CISOs embrace rise in prominence, with broader business authority
Tags: ai, attack, business, ceo, cio, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, governance, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, network, privacy, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, strategy, technology, threat, updateIt’s a familiar refrain: As cybersecurity has become a core business priority, it is no longer a siloed operation, and the responsibilities of CISOs have grown, giving them greater prominence within the organization.According to CSO’s 2024 Security Priorities Study, 72% of security decision-makers say their role has grown to include additional responsibilities over the past…