Getting cybersecurity right means CISOs need peer relationships with other operations executives. CISOs need board access and a handle on the company business, writes Ian Keller, director of security at a telecom company. "And then you'll wake up and realize this is not as simple as it sounds."
A scan of Russian servers led researchers to follow a trail of digital breadcrumbs to find a server with "smoking gun" evidence of connection to MedusaLocker ransomware. The malware has especially affected the healthcare industry. Attack surface risk firm Censys detailed its findings in a report.
A proposed $350 million settlement of a consolidated class action lawsuit against T-Mobile, after a 2021 data breach that affected nearly 77 million people, includes breach victims and related legal costs. The settlement requires T-Mobile to invest $150 million to bolster data security.
SonicWall promoted its chief revenue officer to CEO, tasking him with accelerating cloud transformation, expanding enterprise coverage and enabling managed service providers. SonicWall credits Bob VanKirk with producing eight consecutive quarters of double-digit top-line and bottom-line growth.
Satyavathi Divadari's passion for continuous learning has helped the chair of the Cloud Security Alliance to grow her career in cybersecurity. Divadari discusses the advantage of working in multiple industries, her devotion to including women in cybersecurity and some of her career highlights.
The basic foundation of designing a reliable and dynamic cyber resilience program is to have an elaborate incident response plan that can take into account different cyberthreat scenarios and outcomes, says Singapore-based Christophe Barel, who is managing director for Asia-Pacific at FS-ISAC.
Compromised logon credentials are the root cause of most data breaches, especially because users tend to reuse passwords, says Vikas Malhotra. Passwords are not going anywhere, he says. The LastPass India country manager also discusses password management and managing identities.
Ransomware operators, crypto miners and initial access brokers are increasingly targeting the same networks for compromise, creating a new set of challenges for defenders. Sophos has brought together three teams of cybersecurity experts to help businesses defend against changing threats.
The company ePlus has purchased Future Com to strengthen its security operations strategy and support of managed services. The deal will allow ePlus to help customers evolve their security operations teams from correlating and analyzing logs to delivering advanced capabilities like threat hunting.
A cybersecurity incident at popular Indian online travel website Cleartrip may have put at risk customer PII, including names, email addresses and phone numbers. Cleartrip is part of Walmart-controlled e-commerce firm Flipkart. "Appropriate legal action and recourse are being evaluated," it says
The Identity Theft Resource Center's data breach report for the first half of 2022 says approximately 40% of data breach notices do not list the root cause of the compromise. "Unknown" is the top cause of data breaches for the first time since the ITRC began tracking their causes.
Future quantum computers will decrypt encrypted data, so businesses feel pressure to find quantum-resistant security solutions for data transmission. Wells Fargo Bank's Peter Bordow discusses the state of quantum computing, approaches to quantum security, and privacy-enhancing technologies.
Thales plans to enter the customer identity and access management market through its purchase of an emerging European CIAM player. The French firm plans to capitalize on OneWelcome's strong product by extending its footprint beyond Europe and into North America and Asia-Pacific.
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