The problem with decentralized access management, says Manuel Garat, head of IAM at digital travel company, Booking.com, is that while you might know who or what needs access to your network, applications and data, you "don't always know who shouldn't have access."
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including why security teams are still unprepared for cyberattacks over weekends and holidays, which experts warn is when attackers love to strike.
A health insurer in New Mexico is warning of a data breach that exposed customers' personal and medical information. True Health New Mexico reports that nearly 63,000 individuals' personal details were exposed in the "early October" incident. It's offering all victims prepaid credit monitoring services.
In this episode of "Cybersecurity Unplugged," Dan Bowden, CISO at Sentara Health, discusses telemedicine, IoMT, and explains why we’re lagging so far behind in healthcare security. "It’s because of how the data is managed, data standards, data integrity."
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of how organizations can reduce risk especially over holidays and weekends, when attackers are most likely to strike. Also featured: Highlights from Ireland's IRISSCON 2021 cybercrime conference; what's ahead for COVID-19 and the workplace?
When it comes to managing identities, most enterprises make the mistake of having silos of identity systems in place, says Deepak Prasad, customer engineer, security specialist at Google Cloud. He discusses the benefits of a consolidated identity system.
Could the internet of things be made more secure? A draft law in Britain would impose stronger cybersecurity regulations for manufacturers, importers and distributors of smartphones, TVs, toys and other "connected" digital devices, backed by the threat of fines of up to $13 million for noncompliance.
No ransomware victim ever wants to pay a ransom. But if for whatever reason they choose to do so, multiple tactics can help them negotiate down initial demands by 50% or more. So say two researchers at NCC Group's cybersecurity division Fox-IT, based on their review of over 700 ransomware negotiations.
The Secret Service of Ukraine has arrested five Ukrainian citizens on suspicion of being part of a cybercrime group called Phoenix, which it says has been tied to hacking hundreds of mobile devices, stealing personal data and also selling "hacking as a service" to others.
Automation, a good criminal network and the ability to use accounts as an alias are some of the factors contributing to synthetic ID fraud, says a panel of three experts.
Three U.S. financial agencies have conducted a series of "policy sprints" around cryptocurrency assets and related regulatory gaps, and plan to amend existing guidance and regulations to address security and market risks, the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve said this week.
Ransomware attackers commonly bypass traditional email gateways, targeting people directly to gain access to a company's systems. The answer? Replace these porous controls with a people-centric security strategy, says Matt Cooke of Proofpoint.
The NSO Group is the target of a lawsuit filed by Apple, which alleges that the spyware maker abused Apple's products and services to carry out spying operations. The news follows the NSO Group's blacklisting by the U.S. government, a score downgrade by Moody's, and a reportedly failed deal with France.
Learning management platform Moodle, which caters to about 300 million users in 241 countries, is vulnerable to four high-risk flaws, according to a security advisory issued by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-In.
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