Articles Tagged with ''risk management''

The Uncharted Path for New Security Leaders

Hiring a CISO: The evolving role of your security executive

August 6, 2020

Before COVID, cybersecurity was a concern for businesses everywhere. In fact, in Microsoft’s 2019 Global Risk Perception Survey, 57 percent of companies ranked cybersecurity as a higher risk than economic uncertainty and brand reputation or damage. Looking ahead, what does all of this mean for the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)? Not only is it more important than ever before, but the role has shifted since the start of COVID.

Authentication vs. authorization | Why we need authorization standards and what it means for enterprise cybersecurity

I witnessed the transition from bespoke authentication to standards-based authentication. It’s time to do the same for authorization.

Bill Mann

August 6, 2020

Twenty years ago, almost everything in the IT world was on-premises: hardware and software, including the tools you used to verify who your users were and what they could do in your systems. In today’s cloud-native world, almost nothing is on-prem, and because of the explosion of apps, remote users and devices, it has become a considerably more complicated task, by orders of magnitude, to verify the identity of a user — or a service — and determine policies that say what they are and aren’t allowed to do.

Making the business case for security by design

Rodney Joffe

August 6, 2020

Organizations need to evolve their thinking around cybersecurity to stay ahead of these changing threats. A holistic approach that effectively builds security into all infrastructure and processes from the ground up is cost-effective and necessary to safeguard valuable employee and customer data. This requires an overall shift in philosophy – and adopting the concept of security by design is a key first step.

Understanding the Distinct and Dependent Roles of Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Professionals

94% of organizations experienced at least one business-impacting cyberattack in the past year

August 6, 2020

The vast majority of organizations (94 percent) have experienced a business-impacting cyberattack in the past 12 months, according to both business and security executives.

Unprepared Companies Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks

Canon suffers ransomware attack that impacts numerous services

August 6, 2020

Canon has suffered a ransomware attack that impacts numerous services, including Canon's email, Microsoft Teams, USA website, and other internal applications.

Chicago Public Schools to begin the school year with full remote learning

August 6, 2020

Chicago, Ill. Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that the 2020-21 CPS school year will begin remotely on September 8.

Virginia becomes the first US state to launch contact tracing app

August 6, 2020

Virginia has unveiled a new app designed to aid in contact tracing during the coronavirus pandemic.

SANS Institute outlines path to effective security metrics use

August 6, 2020

Metrics for security are in wide use in organizations today, with more than 80 percent of respondents to a new SANS Institute survey claiming some level of maturity on their effective use of security metrics.

Celebrating Women’s Growing Roles and Presence in Security

Donna Kobazaruk

August 6, 2020

Do an image search using the terms “security manager,” “security director,” “CSO” or “security professional,” and the results will be fairly predictable. With its roots in law enforcement, the security industry has long been dominated by men, whether in management, sales, or technical positions.

More than $103 billion in economic losses due to natural disasters in 2019

August 5, 2020

In 2019, 396 natural disasters were recorded in EM-DAT with 11,755 deaths, 95 million people affected and $103 billion in economic losses across the world, according to Natural Disasters 2019, a new report by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, The Université Catholique de Louvain and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Digital threats to executives and other high-profile employees are evolving faster than most corporate protection programs. Learn why modern executive protection programs require data-driven, intelligence-led strategies to keep pace with the magnitude of today’s threats.

Learn how modern security teams are evolving from alert-driven workflows to outcome-driven operations and how AI is enabling faster, more confident decisions at every stage of the incident response lifecycle.

Articles Tagged with ''risk management''

Hiring a CISO: The evolving role of your security executive

Authentication vs. authorization | Why we need authorization standards and what it means for enterprise cybersecurity

Making the business case for security by design

94% of organizations experienced at least one business-impacting cyberattack in the past year

Canon suffers ransomware attack that impacts numerous services

Chicago Public Schools to begin the school year with full remote learning

Virginia becomes the first US state to launch contact tracing app

SANS Institute outlines path to effective security metrics use

Celebrating Women’s Growing Roles and Presence in Security

More than $103 billion in economic losses due to natural disasters in 2019

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