Articles Tagged with ''risk management''

workplace freepik

If you want to safeguard your organization, focus on people

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Stu Sjouwerman
April 19, 2021
A security team can sink an infinite amount of time and resources into strengthening your infrastructure, but it’s all for nothing if a default password is used by an exec, or someone in HR makes the mistake of responding to a clever phishing message. Cybercriminals will always find the path of least resistance and for most organizations the easiest way in is through the people.
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Education & Training

Gaining a video surveillance ‘edge’ in the cloud

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Nigel Waterton
April 16, 2021

Video storage is an important consideration in any surveillance project while simultaneously being one of the most overlooked. Let’s face it: storage does not exactly provide the “wow factor” of analytics or 4K image quality, but it is the backbone on which entire video security systems are built. If you cannot retrieve and review footage in a timely manner, all the other shiny features you have incorporated into your security surveillance solution is for naught.


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cyber security freepik

Russian foreign intelligence service exploiting five publicly known vulnerabilities to compromise U.S. and allied networks

April 16, 2021
The National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) jointly released a Cybersecurity Advisory, “Russian SVR Targets U.S. and Allied Networks,” to expose ongoing Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) exploitation of five publicly known vulnerabilities. This advisory is being released alongside the U.S. government’s formal attribution of the SolarWinds supply chain compromise and related cyber espionage campaign. We are publishing this product to highlight additional tactics, techniques, and procedures being used by SVR so that network defenders can take action to mitigate against them.  
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ransomware cyber

President Biden issues sanctions against Russia for cyberattacks, election interference

April 16, 2021
U.S. President Biden has signed a new executive order imposing new sanctions on Russia for actions by "its government and intelligence services against the U.S. sovereignty and interests." The administration formally named Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), also known as APT 29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes, as the perpetrator of the broad-scope cyber espionage campaign that exploited the SolarWinds Orion platform and other information technology infrastructures. 
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5 min with espinoza

5 minutes with Ray Espinoza - Common cybersecurity hurdles leadership teams may encounter when restructuring

Maria Henriquez
April 15, 2021
Meet Ray Espinoza, Chief Information Security Officer at Cobalt. With over 20 years of technology experience and 14+ years in information security, Espinoza’s collaborative leadership style has enabled him to build information security and risk management programs that support business objectives and build customer trust. Here, we talk to Espinoza about common cybersecurity hurdles leadership teams may encounter when restructuring. 
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financial security freepik

The force of biometrics in post-pandemic financial services security

Dr. Jau Huang
April 15, 2021
Biometric technology, and specifically its most modern iteration, facial recognition, has found its way into security systems essential to everyone. We rely on it to safeguard some of our most prized belongings, including our smartphones, laptops and now, with Apple Pay, even our bank accounts and credit cards. Security experts applaud facial recognition as one of the most secure and efficient means of authentication available today. Why then, has the industry most hinged on security and identification – Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) – been so slow to adopt this new wave of technology?
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Risk Management

Don’t discount the risk of deepfakes to the enterprise

Many security researchers are now predicting that deepfakes could become a major security threat in the 2021-2022 period. Where is the threat and what can you do about it?
Darren Thomson
Darren Thomson
April 14, 2021

In recent years, there has been a recognition that social engineering plays a huge part in the execution of cybersecurity attacks. The intersection of “non-physical” and “technical” social engineering is where criminals are mostly focused today. Enter deepfake technology, which poses a looming risk over enterprises and their security leaders as they figure out how to prepare for and mitigate such a risk.


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cyber web freepik

Research finds sharp increase in Initial Access Brokers listings

April 14, 2021
Since Digital Shadows published its first report last year, Initial Access Brokers: An Excess of Access, the company has continued to closely monitor the IAB criminal category. Where it tracked roughly 500 IAB listings in all of 2020, already in 2021 it has found some 200 new listings published by IABs in cybercriminal forums and other dark web sources in just Q1.
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