Security & cybersecurity practitioners have a major part to play in the overarching priority of advancing digital trust at their organizations.

Security leaders discuss the recent vote by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt final rules on cybersecurity disclosure.

The importance of digital trust.

In the aftermath of the Colonial Pipeline attack, global IT association and learning community ISACA polled more than 1,200 members in the United States and found that 84% of respondents believe ransomware attacks will become more prevalent in the second half of 2021. The Colonial Pipeline attack caused massive disruptions to gasoline distribution in parts of the US this month, resurfacing preparedness for ransomware attacks as a front-burner topic for enterprises around the world. Colonial reportedly authorized a ransom payment of US $4.4 million. In the ISACA survey, four out of five survey respondents say they do not think their organization would pay the ransom if a ransomware attack hit their organization. Only 22% say a critical infrastructure organization should pay the ransom if attacked.

David Samuelson has been named CEO of ISACA, a global association with members working in IT audit, governance, risk and security.