Several hospitals and health service providers from the U.S. and Australia were hit by ransomware attacks that forced the administrators to shut part of their IT infrastructure. “Ten hospitals—three in Alabama and seven in Australia—have been hit with paralyzing ransomware attacks that are affecting their ability to take new patients,…
The latest twist in the Equifax breach has serious implications for organizations. When the Equifax breach — one of the largest breaches of all time — went public nearly a year-and-a-half ago, it was widely assumed that the data had been stolen for nefarious financial purposes. But as the resulting frenzy…
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Even with common security platforms like CASBs, organizations struggle to deal with the volume of apps and accounts that interact with business-critical data. The pressure of increasing software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployments in the enterprise and the complexity of administering accounts across a varied cloud environment is ratcheting up the risk of…
Execs and employees have dramatically different ideas of how much information is being lost and why – a gap that puts enterprise data in grave danger. Management and employees have dramatically different views of how risky employee behavior can be. According to the results of a new security survey released…
Ret. Admiral Michael Rogers – who served as head of the NSA and the US Cyber Command from 2014 to 2018 – on how to handle the risk of insiders exposing an organization’s sensitive data. The Edward Snowden case in 2013 ushered in a new era of the insider threat…
The Matrix ushered in a new generation of sci-fi movies and futuristic plotlines with a relentless, seemingly invulnerable set of villains. Twenty years later, that theme is all too familiar to security pros. It’s difficult to believe that The Matrix celebrated its 20th anniversary in March. It’s equally hard to…
Attacks from insiders often go undiscovered for months or years, so the potential impact can be huge. These 11 countermeasures can mitigate the damage. The fear of cyber breaches looms heavy for many businesses, large and small. However, many companies are so busy looking for bad actors throughout the world…
Breaches and compliance requirements have heightened the need for continuous and effective employee training, security experts say. 1 of 8 Image Source: Shutterstock Employee security awareness training programs have become a necessity for organizations in recent years because of the high percentage of data breaches caused by careless and negligent…
Faced with an overwhelming adversary, Game of Thrones heroes Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow have a lot in common with today’s beleaguered CISOs. Strong similarities exist between the precarious plight of Daenerys Targaryen and that of modern security leaders. First off, both are outnumbered by their rivals — on paper,…
Another educational organization successfully pwned By Charles Parker, II High schools are much like universities and colleges, in that these hold a mass amount of data which may easily be sold. This assists in making them more of a target. This coupled with their budgetary constraints makes InfoSec difficult at…
Even more are knowingly connecting to unsecure networks and sharing confidential information through collaboration platforms, according to Symphony Communication Services. An alarming percentage of workers are consciously avoiding IT guidelines for security, according to a new report from Symphony Communication Services. The report, released this morning, is based on a…
Despite decades trying to fortify our passwords with bolt-on solutions, attackers have always found ways to defeat them. Here are four reasons why. Happy World Password Day! This year’s “Hallmark-Holiday-for-Password-Maintenance,” May 2, coincides with the commemoration of another event: the 40-year anniversary of then 16-year-old Kevin Mitnick’s infamous hack on…
Without metrics that matter to the business, awareness programs will continue to be the bastard child of security. Awareness programs are a staple of any good security program, yet they rarely get the resources that they require to accomplish their goal. The reason seems to be, “You get the budget…
Imagine Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen, Arya Stark, and Cersei Lannister on the front lines in the real-world battleground of enterprise security. Season 8 of the award-winning and critically acclaimed HBO Game of Thrones series ended a long, exciting saga spanning almost a decade, keeping viewers spellbound by the citizens…
Microsoft researchers observed a campaign delivering malware, dubbed Nodersok, relying on advanced techniques and elusive network infrastructure. Microsoft experts observed a malware campaign, tracked as Nodersok, relying on advanced techniques and elusive network infrastructure. Microsoft uncovered the campaign in mid-July when noticed patterns in the anomalous usage of MSHTA.exe. Nodersok…
Today’s cyber attacks are more sophisticated and harder to detect, meaning sensitive data is more vulnerable than ever. Over the past several years, the workforce has moved onto the cloud, generating misconfigured and exposed deployments of various software. In addition, employees have become increasingly mobile and are now accessing their…
The point of Zero Trust is not to make networks, clouds, or endpoints more trusted; it’s to eliminate the concept of trust from digital systems altogether. Standard security models operate on the assumption that everything on the inside of an organization’s network can be trusted, but that’s an outdated notion….
Because data has never been more portable, taking it has never been easier. And that’s a huge problem during mergers and acquisitions. When it comes to insider threats, business and security leaders are facing a harsh reality. Last year, there were 50,000 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions worldwide, with a…
Such a program will require effort and reprioritization, but it will let your company fight modern-day threats and protect your most important assets. Data is the new currency. Businesses will thrive or wither based on their ability to properly handle, protect, and utilize data. And although the importance and potential…
