Vista Equity Partners has joined Thoma Bravo in the take-private cybersecurity spree, offering to buy security awareness training behemoth KnowBe4 at a $4.22 billion valuation. KnowBe4 says it has received a nonbinding offer from Vista of $24 per share for the shares not currently owned by Vista.
Ashish Khanna, CISO at Evalueserve, shares his insights on the importance of CISOs and cybersecurity, and the skills required to safeguard digital assets.
How can a platform-led security approach improve employee and customer experiences? Mindtree CISO Chandan Pani describes how an integrated security approach helped him transform his organization from the pre-COVID-19 era to a hybrid, no-perimeter era that focuses on both security and productivity.
Four editors at Information Security Media Group analyze private-public partnerships today, preview ISMG's upcoming cybersecurity summit in Africa and discuss the increasing use of intermittent or partial encryption by ransomware gangs as a means to extort money from victims faster.
Who's been disrupting ransomware operations' data leak sites by targeting them with distributed denial-of-service attacks? No one has yet claimed credit for the ongoing disruptions and slowdowns, but one likely theory is that rival operations are attempting to cause each other pain.
Post-pandemic, in the new era of hybrid work, Mastercard CSO Ron Green says the unintentional insider threat is one of his top concerns for member institutions and their customers. He shares insight on threats, partnerships and how the public and private sectors can address workforce development.
Anand Atre began his role as deputy CSO of Crux Informatics soon after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he soon confronted the challenge of how to properly secure a hybrid workforce. He outlines his strategies for cybersecurity and employee education.
A new (ISC)² member pulse survey on remote work policies in 2022 found that cybersecurity professionals who get to choose where to work are the most satisfied, while those being forced back into the office are the least satisfied. The association advises firms to discuss options with employees.
They’re necessary contributors to the business ecosystem, but there’s risk associated with third-party remote access, including bad actors lurking around every access point.
Ransomware karma: The notorious LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang's site has been disrupted via a days-long distributed-denial-of-service attack, with administrator LockBitSupp reporting that it appears to be retribution for the gang leaking files stolen from a recent victim: security firm Entrust.
Evolving social engineering campaigns - including a significant rise in vishing attacks - continue to pose significant data security threats to healthcare and public sector entities, federal authorities warn, urging entities to take steps to avoid falling victim.
At Splunk, we believe data is the key to success in all facets of life, including building your March Madness bracket. That is why we built a prediction engine in Splunk to showcase the data behind each team and try to curate the perfect bracket. During the webinar, Splunk experts will share the story behind the...
Four ISMG editors discuss how security leaders determine the right level of security for the business, the growing risk of business ID theft to enterprises, and the arrest of a developer suspected of working for cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash, for "facilitating money laundering."
Calling all Apple users: It's time to once again patch your devices to protect them against two zero-day vulnerabilities that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild to take complete control of devices. While there's no need to panic, security experts advise moving quickly.
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