Overlooked risks can cost companies millions in financial and reputational damage — but existing commercial threat intelligence solutions often lack data coverage, especially from these alternative web spaces. How does this impact corporate security operations, and how can data coverage gaps be addressed?

Data must be protected. There’s no argument about that. Solutions to protect data at rest and data in motion have been around for decades. The problem is that for data to be useful, it has to be processed, and, until recently, processing left data wide open to theft or attack. 

A third wave – feels more like a third tsunami. Many haven’t returned to the office; some may end up back in work-from-home scenarios. While workers may feel safe at home, false senses of complacency can easily mask very real cyber threats. Cybercriminals don’t pause for pandemics. With the increase in remote work, an explosion in cybercriminal activity, like phishing, has followed. Not only is phishing still prevalent, but it’s rising much like that third wave.

For most of this year, COVID-19 has dominated and disrupted our normal business routines, and as we relocated to avoid the first wave of the virus, the hackers and thieves weren’t far behind.  As people began working remotely in large numbers, the number of unsecured remote desktops soared, as did brute-force attacks against those desktops.

In its quarterly report, toy maker Mattel announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack on its information technology systems that caused data on a number of systems to be encrypted  in July 2020.

Japanese gaming giant Capcom has disclosed a data breach which led to unauthorized access of some files and systems. The developer claimed that the incident  impacted email and file servers, among other systems.

Camilo Sandoval was named Federal Chief Information Security Officer.

DOE launches fellowship program for operational technology security managers in the energy and critical infrastructure sectors.

California voters have passed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), expanding data protection for consumers.