As the vaccine rollout continues and organizations are planning their hybrid work plans, they must ensure this return to a physical office, even if it’s partial, doesn’t open them up to cybersecurity threats. Here, Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware, discusses what chief information security officers should keep in mind as we get closer to returning to physical offices.
Zero trust has become the latest buzzword in the security industry. It’s helpful to analyze the model from the attacker’s perspective to identify assumptions or actions that could provide a foothold for cybercriminals.
Dr. Tommy Gardner, Chief Technology Officer of HP Federal, believes a proactive mindset that bridges the digital divide, recruits top talent and implements the right policies is needed for the U.S. to achieve success and remain competitive on a global scale. Here, he discusses how a national strategy for critical technologies can shape the industries of the future as well as address national security and global challenges.
As a more encompassing and modern approach that extends not only governance, risk and compliance capabilities but also Integrated Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management, digital risk management provides new tools and techniques risk professionals can interweave into operations and technology with unprecedented detail to strengthening the enterprise.
Over the course of these games, it’s become increasingly clear that the organizers did indeed exercise preventative measures and that despite the challenges and limitations of holding an Olympics during a pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics have been a real success story from a cybersecurity perspective. Organizers of all large-scale, televised sporting events—and indeed just all organizations in general—should look to this year’s games as a model to emulate.
As businesses continue to navigate the current economic environment, it’s critical they also strategize for the future to position themselves for success once the environment improves. This means implementing robust fraud prevention strategies and tools that accurately separate fraud types to treat them correctly and address risk.
Companies need to create a digital ecosystem where cybersecurity is an expectation, not an ‘add-on,’ writes Tim Grieveson, Chief Information Security Officer at AVEVA.
Security teams who aim to control secure access to networked applications and sensitive data often focus on the authentication of user credentials. Yet, the explosive growth of connected devices and machines in today’s enterprises exposes critical security vulnerabilities within machine-to-machine communications, where no human is involved.
Organizations should ready a comprehensive ransomware preparedness strategy ahead of time that is adapted depending upon the severity of an attack. Here are four steps leadership should follow in developing a ransomware response strategy.
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