Where do federal agencies stand with zero trust implementation?
One year after the president’s executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity, federal agencies are making steady progress toward their zero trust security goals, …
An offensive mindset is crucial for effective cyber defense
As ransomware attacks continue to increase and cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, the federal government has implemented a more proactive approach when it comes …
Threats to hardware security are growing
Hardware attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated. There are several reasons this could be happening: Security increasingly supported in hardware – Mistakes can …
Data centers on steel wheels: Can we trust the safety of the railway infrastructure?
In this interview for Help Net Security, Dimitri van Zantvliet Rozemeijer, CISO at Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways), talks about railway cybersecurity and the …
7 threat detection challenges CISOs face and what they can do about it
Security operations (SecOps) teams continue to be under a constant deluge of new attacks and malware variants. In fact, according to recent research, there were over 170 …
The 6 steps to a successful cyber defense
The Ransomware Spotlight Year-End Report from Ivanti, conducted in partnership with Cyber Security Works and Cyware, found that there is now a total of 157 ransomware families …
How is the U.S. government preparing for critical infrastructure attacks?
Russia’s invasion on Ukraine has put a spotlight on threats to critical infrastructure, which thus far have been mostly physical, impacting water treatment, electricity, …
308,000 exposed databases discovered, proper management is key
Group-IB carried out a deep dive into exposed digital assets discovered in 2021. During the research, the attack surface management team analyzed instances hosting …
Modern bank heists: How can they be thwarted?
In this video for Help Net Security, Tom Kellermann, Head of Cybersecurity Strategy at VMware, talks about threats against financial institutions and the findings of the …
Governments under attack must think defensively
In this video for Help Net Security, Tom Van de Wiele, Principal Security Consultant, Cyber Security Services at WithSecure, talks about cyber threats aimed at governmental …
Keep your digital banking safe: Tips for consumers and banks
In this interview for Help Net Security, Reza Zaheri, CSO at Quantum Metric, talks about digital banking security and what can banks, as well as consumers, do to protect their …
Fraudsters answer security questions better than customers
Pindrop released a report uncovering how companies might be accidentally inviting fraud, threat mongers from the dark web and bad actors better prepared to pass …
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