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Outbound emails a business threat according to new report

December 1, 2020

According to a new report, more than three quarters of respondents (75%) cite situational factors as responsible for their most severe email data breach, for example remote working or an employee feeling stressed/tired.

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Mind the gap: Diversity & other challenges in the age of AI

John McClurg

December 1, 2020

A recent ISC² Cybersecurity Workforce Study placed the resource gap worldwide at 4.07 million professionals. The challenges we face when grappling with that gap are myriad and are exacerbated by the security paradigm to which we may have historically pledged allegiance.

Analyzing the draft standard contractual clauses

Once finalized, US entities can use the new Standard Contractual Clauses to legally transfer data out of the EEA when combined with appropriate supplementary measures.

David M. Stauss

December 1, 2020

As discussed in our prior post, on November 12, 2020, the European Commission published a draft implementing decision on standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries and draft standard contractual clauses. Once finalized, the SCCs will replace the existing SCCs for data transfers out of the EEA.

Baltimore schools hit by ransomware attack

Baltimore schools close responding to ransomware attack

November 30, 2020

Baltimore County Schools said schools will be closed for students through at least Tuesday, December 1, as a result of the ransomware cyberattack that forced schools to close last week. The threat actors behind the ransomware attack has not been reported.

Consumers connected devices targeted on average 104 times per home per month

Consumers underestimate how often their networks are targeted by threat actors

November 30, 2020

Internet users in the United States underestimate how often their home networks are targeted by cyberthreats, according to the Xfinity Cyber Health Report. Data shows that the company blocks 104 cybersecurity threats per home per month.

Hackers exploiting MobileIron vulnerability

Maria Henriquez

November 30, 2020

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has issued an alert on the MobileIron remote code execution vulnerability. According to the alert, APT nation state groups and cybercriminals are exploiting this vulnerability to compromise the networks of UK organizations.

Anatomy of data breach in cloud generation

Pushkar Tiwari

November 27, 2020

In 2017, Gartner predicted that the public cloud computing industry would be worth $236 billion by 2020, as its demand, driven by the growing number of businesses recognizing cloud computing as a data center solution, seems to surge. And for good reasons. Cloud has proven to offer enhanced stability, security, flexibility, and cost-saving.

mitigating risk with third party software

Hidden risks with third-party software and how to mitigate those risks

Gregory Rasner

November 27, 2020

Third-party software can open your organization up to security risks. Learn how to ensure the third-party software at your organization is stable and secure.

Security magazine announces the Top Cybersecurity Leaders contest

November 27, 2020

Security magazine and its partner for the Top Cybersecurity Leaders, (ISC)², is looking for enterprise information security executives, who have made and continue to make significant contributions in the cybersecurity space to their organizations and/or the enterprise-level information security profession.

Webcor implements managed security services to mitigate risk

Commercial construction company Webcor implements managed services to improve its security posture

November 26, 2020

Webcor, a provider of commercial construction services throughout California needed a way to find and mitigate threats, and reduce the company’s cyber risk profile. The company implemented a managed services approach to augment its existing IT and security staff and improve its security posture.