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Best practices in applying MITRE ATT&CK to your organizational security

January 29, 2021

The cybersecurity industry has embraced MITRE ATT&CK for good reason: it provides security leaders and practitioners an objective, third-party standard with which to evaluate their own detection coverage and EDR solutions. But even while they recognize the value, many organizations are unsure about what specific steps they should take to fully benefit from MITRE ATT&CK.

The world of the 46th President

As Joe Biden takes office, Justin Crump – CEO of the global risk and intelligence consultancy Sibylline, takes stock of the challenges the new administration will face

Justin Crump

January 29, 2021

As Joe Biden takes office, Justin Crump – CEO of the global risk and intelligence consultancy Sibylline, takes stock of the challenges the new administration will face and a reminder that we all need to think widely and openly about possibilities in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.

Top 10 cybersecurity predictions for 2021

Pascal Geenens Daniel Smith

January 29, 2021

In the past year, COVID-19 has had a larger impact on work habits and security environments than any other health emergency in memory. That combined with technological advances such as 5G has led to several trends we expect to see in this New Year. Here then are our top ten:

Combating extortionware in 2021: A rising attack method for the modern day hacker

Drew Daniels

January 29, 2021

As the headlines showed, ransomware continued to be the weapon of choice in 2020, and extortionware is on the rise. While ransomware has become a tried and true method at this point, extortionware tactics are raising the stakes by threatening to expose sensitive information if the ransom is not paid.

Data detoxing in the New Year

Gal Ringel

January 29, 2021

Companies hold more data on us today than ever before, and many of us are left in the dark on just where our personal, often sensitive, information lives. The daily headlines on data breaches and the mainstream attention in the form of documentaries like Netflix’s “The Great Hack” and “The Social Dilemma” have made clear to the public: it’s time we all do a data detox.

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How educators can secure their online learning environments

Ning Wang

January 29, 2021

Cybercriminals can take advantage of human weaknesses in one place and use them in other places where they can get financial or other gains. Email addresses, real names, real addresses, phone numbers, date of birth, etc., all are valuable information for cybercriminals. They can build their database with this personal information and use them in future attacks. This is why practicing good cybersecurity habits as users and as administrators is critical for all of us for all systems we use.

Risk management professionals are improvising risk

New study shows enterprise decision-makers improvising risk management

January 29, 2021

A new whitepaper report from Dataminr and Forrester Consulting has found that 40% of global risk and compliance decision-makers are improvising risk management. Titled Risk In A Real-Time World, the study surveyed 410 global risk and compliance decision-makers across the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand to evaluate current risk management priorities and practices, and how real-time information is used in risk management and crisis response.

5 minutes with Tal Ben-David - IoT fleet management

Maria Henriquez

January 28, 2021

We talk to Tal Ben-David, VP R&D and Co-Founder at Karamba Security, to learn about the role of the Internet of Things (IoT) in fleet management.

Virginia makes permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standards

Virginia becomes first state in U.S. to adopt permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standards

January 28, 2021

Virginia becomes the first state in the U.S. to permanently enact COVID-19 workplace safety and health standards. In addition to requiring all public-facing employees to wear masks, the standards ensure ready access to hand sanitizer and the regular cleaning of common work spaces. Employers must train employees on COVID-19 safety and to develop infectious disease and preparedness response plans. The new permanent regulations include guidelines for returning to work and communicating about employees who test positive and potential exposures.

Using IoT security devices to get more value at your enterprise

If IoT devices are being cyber-certified, why aren’t mobile applications?

Brad Ree

January 28, 2021

In spite of the fact that mobile apps live on IoT-enabled devices, collect user data, and continuously loop communication between Internet, cloud services and companies (even when not “in use”), there is a limited view that they are different entities altogether. We see this particularly when it comes to security – or lack-there-of – regarding security standards in place to continuously protect users from detrimental application hacks.