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GUEST ESSAY: Why ‘continuous pentesting’ is high among the trends set to accelerate in 2023

The Last Watchdog

Based on insights from our team of elite security researchers here at Bugcrowd, these are three trends gaining steam as 2022 comes to a close – trends that I expect to command much attention in 2023. There is much that can be gleaned from helping companies identify and manage their critical vulnerabilities 24X7. Continuous pentesting.

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What VCs See Happening in Cybersecurity in 2023

eSecurity Planet

Despite all this, there is one tech category that has held up fairly well: Cybersecurity. Just look at a report from M&A advisory firm Houlihan Lokey , which found that private cybersecurity company funding grew by 9.4% There have been a number of impressive funding rounds this year for cybersecurity startups.

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SHARED INTEL: VCs pumped $21.8 billion into cybersecurity in 2021 — why there’s more to come

The Last Watchdog

At the start of this year, analysts identified a number of trends driving the growth of cybersecurity. Among them: an expanding digital footprint, growing attack surfaces, and increasing government regulation. billion in venture capital poured into cybersecurity companies globally. Last year saw an unprecedented $21.8

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Webinar: Shantanoo A. Govilkar, from DivIHN, will discuss recent trends in Information Governance & Risk Management via ARMA Chicago on February 13, 2024 at 12pm Central

IG Guru

Govilkar, from DivIHN, will discuss recent trends in Information Governance & […] The post Webinar: Shantanoo A. Govilkar, from DivIHN, will discuss recent trends in Information Governance & Risk Management via ARMA Chicago on February 13, 2024 at 12pm Central first appeared on IG GURU. Topic: Shantanoo A.

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BEST PRACTICES: Why pursuing sound ‘data governance’ can be a cybersecurity multiplier

The Last Watchdog

Related: What we’ve learned from the massive breach of Capitol At RSA 2020 , I learned about how one of the routine daily chores all large organizations perform — data governance — has started to emerge as something of a cybersecurity multiplier. A robust data archiving strategy puts data into tiers, Lahiri says.

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SHARED INTEL: The cybersecurity sea change coming with the implementation of ‘CMMC’

The Last Watchdog

Finally, Uncle Sam is compelling companies to take cybersecurity seriously. Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification version 2.0 could take effect as early as May 2023 mandating detailed audits of the cybersecurity practices of any company that hopes to do business with the Department of Defense. Raising the bar.

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NEW TECH SNAPSHOT: The role of ‘MSSPs’ in helping businesses manage cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

Managed Security Services Providers have been steadily evolving for two decades; they now seem poised to help large enterprises and, especially, small to mid-sized businesses manage their cybersecurity. I’ve a had a couple of deep discussions about this trend with NeoSystems. The company is based in Washington D.C.