Over the weekend, the European football club Manchester United was forced to shut down IT systems and confirmed that it had been hit by a sophisticated cyberattack, but said the organization is confident that personal data of fans was not breached and its preparation for such cyberattacks allowed it to react swiftly and efficiently.
Sitting on the frontlines as a red-teamer, people regularly ask me, “Should I do a pentest or hire a red team?” But that’s not the question they should be asking.
A new survey revealed that the transition to widespread remote work presented myriad business challenges and security risks for the employees on the front lines of IT security.
Calif Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Amy S. H. Tong has been reappointed director of the California Department of Technology, where she has served as director since 2016.
New Ponemon Institute research finds that 70 percent of security professionals believe the ability to effectively prevent cyberattack penetration strengthens their security posture, yet only 24 percent are focused on optimizing prevention capabilities –majority focus on detection and containment instead.
Sounil Yu, former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America, will join the YL Ventures team as its full-time CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)-in-Residence.
Chief Security Officers (CSOs) are charged with protecting an organization’s assets and people. Like all corporate functions, the design of this department will vary greatly depending upon the organization. However, the process by which a program is designed, measured and evaluated has some consistent principles across different industries. This series explores how to make your physical security program more strategic, and how to secure funding for this objective.
