Articles Tagged with ''incident response''

Clinical treatment of ransomware in healthcare

June 9, 2021

No health system should have to decide between improving patient care or covering the high cost of an unexpected ransomware attack. Examine the health and wellness of your IT infrastructure—just like a patient—to prevent long-term issues down the line.

PHDays and The Standoff taking place May 18-21

May 18, 2021

The Standoff 2021 is taking place this week May 18-21, in conjunction with PHDays (Positive Hack Days) – one of the top cybersecurity conferences in Europe that features the world's cutting edge in digital security every year. The Standoff is an online offensive/defensive competition in which defenders (blue teams) compete against attackers (red teams) to control the infrastructure of a simulated digital city.

Rapid7 victim of a software supply chain breach

May 18, 2021

Rapid7 has disclosed that the attackers behind the Codecov breach had accessed some of the company's source code using a previously compromised Bash Uploader script from Codecov.

FIRST 33rd Annual Conference to be streamed live June 7-9, 2021

Under the theme – ‘Crossing Uncertain Times’, the conference will feature prominent global speakers from the Incident Response and Security Teams community

May 17, 2021

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) will hold its 33rd annual conference next month, June 7-9, 2021. Held online, the 33rd FIRST Conference: ‘Crossing Uncertain Times,’ is set to stream live from June 7, UTC at 1200hrs. The three-day event will feature keynote presentations highlighting recent global security incidents, pertinent industry panel discussions, and a range of presentations by global experts from across the incident response and security industry.

President Biden signs executive order to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses

Maria Henriquez

May 13, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order (EO) to improve the cybersecurity of the U.S. As the U.S. faces persistent and increasingly sophisticated malicious cyber campaigns that threaten the public sector, the private sector, and ultimately people’s security and privacy, the EO seeks to improve efforts to identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to these actions and actors. Specifically, the EO will:

UNMC to pilot a federal disaster preparedness response program

University of Nebraska Medical Center will be federal disaster response center

May 10, 2021

University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) will be a pilot site designated to develop a federal program that will improve the nation’s ability to respond to future catastrophic events.

3 steps to promote a human-centric security awareness culture

Perry Carpenter

May 3, 2021

Human error contributes to almost 95% of security breaches. Most security approaches still fail at making a desired impact. Let’s analyze the two main reasons why businesses fail to develop a robust, human-centric security approach.

What it takes to create an impactful incident response program

John Torres Michael Reyes

April 20, 2021

The last year has certainly shown businesses all around the world that they must be prepared for the unexpected. How they manage the unexpected is what separates those that sail through their challenges and those that let them significantly harm the institution. Being prepared starts with establishing an effective incident response program.

Security implications of a hybrid workplace

Jim Bowers

April 5, 2021

There’s a consensus building that for many of us, our post-pandemic reality will be a hybrid workplace—one in which a mix of in-person, WFH and offsite employees is a daily occurrence. This means it will be up to IT security pros to fill the gaps and stop intruders.

Cybrary and MITRE announce MAD (MITRE ATT&CK Defender)

April 1, 2021

Cybrary, and MITRE Engenuity announced a partnership to offer MITRE ATT&CK Defender (MAD), a new online training and certification solution designed to enable defenders to gain the advantage over cyber adversaries.

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