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Read about the latest cybersecurity news and get advice on third-party vendor risk management, reporting cybersecurity to the Board, managing cyber risks, benchmarking security performance, and more.
Bitsight and Google collaborate to reveal global cybersecurity performance
Bitsight and Google collaborate to reveal global cybersecurity performance
This joint study between Bitsight and Google arms organizations with actionable insights, providing the current status of global cybersecurity performance by analyzing nearly 100,000 global organizations across 16 cybersecurity controls and nine industries amid heightened stakeholder demands on cybersecurity strategy.
Quantum computing has the ability to change the world, both for better and worse, and while it may be far off in the future, security teams need to start preparing for the new reality it will usher in.
This week, Microsoft ended support for the Windows 7 operating system. Among other implications, Microsoft will no longer issue security patches for the nine-year-old OS. Any organization relying on the OS moving forward could be susceptible to a security issue, attack or data breach unless they purchased extended support from Microsoft.
Early in 2019, unknown threat actors attempted to hack the Australian federal Parliament’s computer network and the servers used by every politician, staffer, and security officer in Parliament House. Authorities believe there is a strong chance this could have been executed by a state-based actor.
Companies must build a “trust and verify” strategy when it comes to managing third party risk. Requesting documentation about a supplier’s security performance is good – but how can you verify it? How can you continuously review performance?
Cyber risk and regulatory compliance are two sides of the same coin in the Financial Services sector. Together, they spur Financial Services companies to take action to protect customers, their business and the global financial ecosystem from the malicious cyber attacks or the risk of critical system failures.
As the number and costs of cyber-attacks and data breaches continue to rise, more money is being thrown at the problem. IDC projects that by 2022, organizations will spend $133.8 billion to protect their IT infrastructures against cybersecurity threats.
The evolution of the technology environment and related security threats is so fast paced it often seems businesses and regulators are playing an endless game of catch-up.
The regulatory environment is evolving rapidly as national and international regulatory bodies attempt to keep pace with changing business models, technology infrastructure and continuously escalating cyberthreats.
The nature of financial services necessitates global connections and vast third-party ecosystems, with connections to millions of users and devices. This makes financial services firms a favorite target for cyber criminals, accounting for a full 10% of global breaches in 2018.
No one wants to talk about their failures, especially in the cybersecurity realm where the stakes are high. But new insight from Symantec and Goldsmiths, University of London, finds that security professionals who have lived through a cybersecurity attack or breach could be the answer to protecting your organization against future threats.
About 25 years ago, the evolution of the overall digital ecosystem necessitated the creation of the first CISO role. Now, 61% of companies have a CISO.
Management consultants, accountants, public safety offices, marketing firms, and many more business and professional services organizations are high-value targets for cybercriminals due to the range of confidential client information they handle. Companies in this sector should all have solid security postures — and many do. But there’s still an alarming number of enterprises that do not.
2019 has been a year of high-profile attacks, and, as we predicted, it’s only getting worse. That’s certainly the case for Airbus.
Cyber attacks are occurring more frequently and banks, insurance companies, and other financial services firms are prime targets. Due to the nature of these businesses and the sensitivity of their data, financial firms are hit with approximately 300 times more cyber attacks than businesses in other industries.
A new report from the Information Security Forum (ISF) contains some fascinating insights into how hackers probe and exploit people's psychological vulnerabilities to gain access to corporate systems. From phishing to "whaling" (targeting high level executives) to "baiting" (offering something in return for credentials or information), hackers are using several tactics to gain a foothold. They also know the best time to deploy those tactics – at the end of the day, for example, when a person is tired and may not make the best decisions.