The Crowdstrike failure dominated the news this week and the debate is whether it is Crowdstrike’s or Miicrosoft’s fault.…… Freemore...
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NIS2 is an EU framework designed to provide “legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU.” More specifically, it focuses on cybersecurity preparedness, crisis management and cooperation across member states as part of a harmonised “culture of security”.
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Today’s organisations are all too aware of the potential financial, operational, and reputational costs posed by cybersecurity threats and the importance of fortifying defences and boosting their cyber resilience capabilities. And with good reason
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In order to understand the ever-changing regulatory landscape, we spoke to eight cybersecurity experts about the latest developments and how businesses should navigate their way through.
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It’s common practice that data security is cybersecurity today. As we continue to navigate through the digital transformation – and………more...
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“Your security is important to us,” is a common phrase on corporate websites and emails, usually after some data breach that affects customers. To prove that statement, corporations invest billions of dollars in the cybersecurity industry. Most market projections say the industry is worth about $180 billion. About 15 percent of that market goes to data security. But all the indications are that we are losing the war in personal identity security That leaves is with the question: Do corporations really care about customer security?
Probably not
US Department of Health and Human Services reported recently that. in the US, there have been 2,213 breaches since 2020, with 152.1M affected individuals. That is almost half of the American population. But that is just breaches involving medical data.
The FBI reports, in the same period, more than 350 million stolen personal information records, exceeding the known population of the country. Worldwide, the number of personal identity information (PII) records exceeds one billion people.
So how bad is it? “I always tell people assume your social security number has been breached. Just assume that,” said John Meyer, senior director for Cornerstone Advisors, an organization providing security consultation to financial organizations.
So we are spending tens of billions of dollars to protect data from exfiltratation on almost a weekly basis from attacks bypassing current defenses. Is it worth the investment? Does protecting that data even matter?
Well, yes… sort of
Data security professionals say it is and it does. Communications, industry intellectual property, state secrets, and control of crucial systems must still be protected. Most professionals we talked to cite ransomware attacks as the primary reason for investing in security precuts and services.
Cyber insurance is big business. However, taking out a cyber insurance policy is not simply a matter of signing on the dotted line and ceasing to worry – there are some important issues to keep front of mind.
Today businesses face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that necessitate robust security measures. One such innovative approach gaining traction is the Security Operations Center as a Service (SOCaaS). This model offers organizations the opportunity to enhance their security operations efficiently and effectively by leveraging external expertise and advanced technologies.
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When it comes to election security, the technology we use to vote and count those votes is not the problem. The problem is how naive we are.
Election security has been at the forefront of daily news cycles for more a decade. The concerns about illicit use of technology to input and count the votes turned out to be largely overblown. Every U.S. state other than the Commonwealth of Louisiana, uses paper ballots, matching the practice of every other western democracy. Lawsuits have bankrupted people and organizations claiming the technology was changing votes. Those that have complained the loudest about election interference are now facing prosecution for the crimes.
Now the tech focus is on the use of artificial Intelligence to create deepfake video and audio. A recent pitch from Surfshark,
Richard Starnes, CISO at Six Degrees, discusses the increasingly pivotal role of today’s CISOs and why, in the face of growing danger from an ever-expanding variety of cyber-attacks, every modern enterprise needs one in place.