Week in review: Outdated open source, the role of the lawyer in cybersecurity
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: The changing role of the CCO: Champion of innovation and business continuity In this …
Issue in digital COVID-19 test could have allowed individuals to falsify results
WithSecure and Cue Health have worked together to address a security issue that WithSecure discovered in Cue’s COVID-19 test, which delivers the results of a nasal swab test …
New infosec products of the week: April 22, 2022
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Arcanna.ai, Finite State, Hillstone Networks, Prevailion, and Vicarius. Prevailion …
The Great Resignation meets the Great Exfiltration: How to securely offboard security personnel
“The Great Resignation” is a phenomenon that has greatly impacted how we work. As of August 2021, 65% of people in the United States were looking for a new job and 25% of them …
Backup is key for cyber recovery
Granular and air-gapped backup are critical to data recovery, when, not if, a business falls victim to ransomware. Those are among the key takeaways from an Enterprise …
New threat groups and malware families emerging
Mandiant announced the findings of an annual report that provides timely data and insights based on frontline investigations and remediations of high-impact cyber attacks …
Slow deployment is hampering fraud prevention. What gives?
In May, Okta finalized its acquisition of Auth0 for $6.5 billion. Every company loves to add a shiny new toy to its arsenal, but this move sent a clear message to enterprise …
How fast do cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses?
Threat intelligence analysts at Skybox Research Lab uncovered a 42% increase in new ransomware programs targeting known vulnerabilities in 2021. The report revealed how …
Financial leaders grappling with more aggressive and sophisticated attack methods
VMware released a report which takes the pulse of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders on the changing behavior of cybercriminal cartels and the defensive …
Strengthening the ability of public companies to combat cybersecurity threats
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), SecurityScorecard and the Cyber Threat Alliance released a report that examines the U.S. Securities and Exchange …
60% of BYOD companies face serious security risks
When employees began bringing shiny, new smartphones into the office in the late 2000s, many business and IT leaders spotted an opportunity. They recognized the …
The evolving role of the lawyer in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is one of the most dynamic fields of law. Long gone are the days when organizations could rely entirely on defensive measures within their own environments for …