Tag: strategy
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Zero Trust World: Viable defense strategies against zero days and supply chain risks
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How CISOs can sharpen their board pitch for IAM buy-in
Tags: access, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, finance, guide, iam, identity, metric, risk, security-incident, strategy, supply-chainthe top focus area going into 2025. However, communicating IAM’s value to the board remains a challenge”, it isn’t enough for these security leaders to craft effective IAM strategies”, they must also secure their board’s support.CISOs know that executive buy-in is critical for obtaining the necessary funding and setting the right tone from the top. The…
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How DDoS Attacks Work and How You Can Protect Your Business From Them
Learn how DDoS attacks are executed, their impact, and effective strategies for detection and prevention to protect your network and applications. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/how-ddos-attacks-work-and-how-you-can-protect-your-business-from-them/
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4 Low-Cost Ways to Defend Your Organization Against Deepfakes
Every organization should be exploring a layered approach in which artificial and human intelligences come together to form a rich, dynamic, and multifaceted deepfake defense strategy tailored to its needs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/4-low-cost-ways-defend-organization-against-deepfakes
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Fully Protected: Advanced Measures in Cyber Defense
How Crucial is Advanced Cyber Defense in Today’s Security Landscape? Securing sensitive data is a top concern. This presents a challenge that goes beyond conventional security measures. Organizations are now seeking advanced cyber defense strategies that involve non-human identities (NHIs) and secret security management to bolster their protection. These methodologies are not just the future……
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Der Mittelstand im Visier: Fünf essenzielle Strategien im Kampf gegen Cybercrime
Cyberangriffe nehmen weiterhin zu und rücken zunehmend auch mittelständische Unternehmen ins Visier von Hackern. Und doch sind viele Betriebe immer noch unzureichend geschützt oft, weil sie die digitale Bedrohungslage unterschätzen. Anouck Teiller, Chief Strategy Officer bei HarfangLab, stellt fünf Maßnahmen vor, mit denen Mittelständler ihre Cybersicherheit verbessern können. Die Digitalisierung bietet viele Chancen, erhöht… First…
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How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Is Unlocking The Power Of Data
AWS customers are invited to attend a free webinar next week that will reveal strategies for maximising the value of their data. Ubertas Consulting’s CloudCare community members receive priority access, but this insightful webinar is open to all and is expected to attract both technical and business professionals. Titled ‘CloudCare Power-Up: Getting Value From Your…
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From Defense to Offense: Inside-Out Data Security Strategies for CISOs in 2025
Challenging the status quo and advocates for “inside-out” security, placing data at the heart of the strategy from the very beginning, rather than securing it last. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/from-defense-to-offense-inside-out-data-security-strategies-for-cisos-in-2025/
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The Browser Blind Spot: Why Your Browser is the Next Cybersecurity Battleground
For years, defensive security strategies have focused on three core areas: network, endpoint, and email. Meanwhile, the browser, sits across all of them. This article examines three key areas where attackers focus their efforts and how browser-based attacks are evolving. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-browser-blind-spot-why-your-browser-is-the-next-cybersecurity-battleground/
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BlackLock Ransomware Targets Windows, VMware ESXi, Linux Environments
BlackLock ransomware, first identified in March 2024, has rapidly ascended the ranks of the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) ecosystem, becoming the seventh most prolific group on data-leak sites by late 2024. The group employs a double extortion strategy, encrypting victims’ data while exfiltrating sensitive information to pressure organizations into paying ransoms. Its malware targets multiple environments, including…
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All About Authentication and Authorization Tokens: A Comprehensive Guide
Understand different token types, from bearer tokens to PATs, along with their implementation strategies and security considerations. Perfect for developers, architects, and security professionals building secure systems. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/all-about-authentication-and-authorization-tokens-a-comprehensive-guide/
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Think being CISO of a cybersecurity vendor is easy? Think again
Tags: access, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, framework, infrastructure, phishing, strategy, tool, updateand that our product was securing us gave me a perspective I might never have gained elsewhere. I wasn’t just testing controls or rolling out new tools; I was immersed in a feedback loop between our product team, our security operations, and our customers.Every time we identified ways to improve the product internally, those insights…
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Leveraging AI to Stay Ahead in Cybersecurity: A Conversation with Chandra Pandey and Joshua Skeens, CEO of Logically
At Seceon’s 2025 Q1 Innovation and Certification Days, Seceon CEO Chandra Pandey and Joshua Skeens, CEO of Seceon’s partner Logically (www.logically.com) engaged in an insightful discussion about AI’s transformative role in cybersecurity. As cyber threats become increasingly AI-driven, organizations must evolve their security strategies to stay ahead of attackers. The Growing AI Threat Landscape Skeens…
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XCSSET macOS malware reappears with new attack strategies, Microsoft sounds alarm
Xcode developers targeted through infected projects: Microsoft reported that XCSSET continues to spread via compromised Xcode projects, a technique that has been in use since the malware’s discovery in 2020. Once an infected project is cloned or downloaded, the malware can embed itself within the developer’s system and further propagate when the infected code is…
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How CISOs can rebuild trust after a security incident
Tags: attack, breach, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, cybersecurity, data, firewall, group, incident response, jobs, linux, mobile, monitoring, risk, security-incident, service, software, strategy, vulnerabilityMaintaining sensitivity in accountability: Cisco’s Lidz emphasizes that transparency does not end at incident resolution.”Being transparent, internally in particular, by making sure stakeholders understand you and your team have learned from the incident, that there are things you would do better not just in terms of protections, but how you respond and react to incidents”…
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The risks of autonomous AI in machinemachine interactions
In this Help Net Security, Oded Hareven, CEO of Akeyless Security, discusses how enterprises should adapt their cybersecurity strategies to address the growing need for … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/18/oded-hareven-akeyless-security-machine-to-machine-m2m-security/
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Microsoft Uncovers New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant with Advanced Obfuscation Tactics
Microsoft said it has discovered a new variant of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET as part of limited attacks in the wild.”Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features enhanced obfuscation methods, updated persistence mechanisms, and new infection strategies,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a post shared on…
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Cyberark akquiriert Zilla Security zur Weiterentwicklung der Identity-Governance und Administration
Cyberark gab die Übernahme von Zilla Security bekannt, einem führenden Anbieter von modernen Lösungen für Identity-Governance und Administration (IGA). Die KI-gestützten IGA-Funktionen von Zilla erweitern die Identity-Security-Platform von Cyberark um eine skalierbare Automatisierung für die beschleunigte Identitäts-Bereitstellung und -Überprüfung in digitalen Umgebungen, die gleichzeitig Sicherheit und betriebliche Effizienz optimiert. Die Übernahme unterstützt Cyberarks Strategie, die…
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New XCSSET Malware Targets macOS Users Through Infected Xcode Projects
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified a new variant of the XCSSET macOS malware, marking its first update since 2022. This sophisticated malware continues to target macOS users by infecting Xcode projects, a critical tool for Apple developers. The latest variant introduces advanced obfuscation techniques, updated persistence mechanisms, and novel infection strategies, making it more challenging…
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CISO’s Expert Guide To CTEM And Why It Matters
Cyber threats evolve”, has your defense strategy kept up? A new free guide available here explains why Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is the smart approach for proactive cybersecurity.This concise report makes a clear business case for why CTEM’s comprehensive approach is the best overall strategy for shoring up a business’s cyber defenses in the…
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Rowing in the Same Direction: 6 Tips for Stronger IT and Security Collaboration
Tags: strategyEach IT and security team has its function, but unless they row in unison, aligning on strategy, focus and execution, the organization will flounder. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/rowing-in-the-same-direction-6-tips-for-stronger-it-and-security-collaboration/
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Meta’s Bug Bounty Initiative Pays $2.3 Million to Security Researchers in 2024
Meta’s commitment to cybersecurity took center stage in 2024 as the tech giant awarded over $2.3 million in payouts to global security researchers participating in its bug bounty program. Since its inception in 2011, the initiative has grown into a pillar of Meta’s defense strategy, with total payouts now exceeding $20 million. This annual highlight…
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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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SailPoint’s Public Return Highlights SaaS Growth Strategy
President Matt Mills Shares M&A Vision, Machine Identity Security, Market Expansion. SailPoint returns to the public markets, and President Matt Mills discusses the company’s SaaS evolution and market expansion plans. He outlines how proceeds from the IPO will be used and highlights new tools for managing the growing risk from unmanaged machine identities. First seen…
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New GRC and cyber risk strategies emphasize risk adaptability
MetricStream has unveiled its annual forecast of key trends shaping the future of GRC and Cyber GRC. These 2025 predictions offer a roadmap for building resilience strategies, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/14/grc-predictions/
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UK’s AI Safety Institute Rebrands Amid Government Strategy Shift
The organization becomes the AI Security Institute as the UK shifts its focus to tackling AI risks to national security First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-ai-safety-institute-rebrands/
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What is anomaly detection? Behavior-based analysis for cyber threats
a priori the bad thing that you’re looking for,” Bruce Potter, CEO and founder of Turngate, tells CSO. “It’ll just show up because it doesn’t look like anything else or doesn’t look like it’s supposed to. People have been tilting at that windmill for a long time, since the 1980s, trying to figure out what…
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Inconsistent security strategies fuel third-party threats
47% of organizations have experienced a data breach or cyberattack over the past 12 months that involved a third-party accessing their network, according to Imprivata and the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/14/third-party-data-breach-risks/
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Russian hacking group targets critical infrastructure in the US, the UK, and Canada
Tags: access, attack, blizzard, computer, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, espionage, exploit, fortinet, group, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, international, microsoft, military, network, ransomware, russia, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerability, zero-trustWeaponizing IT software against global enterprises: Since early 2024, the hackers have exploited vulnerabilities in widely used IT management tools, including ConnectWise ScreenConnect (CVE-2024-1709) and Fortinet FortiClient EMS (CVE-2023-48788). By compromising these critical enterprise systems, the group has gained undetected access to networks, Microsoft warned.”Seashell Blizzard’s specialized operations have ranged from espionage to information operations…