Schneier on Security

MAY 31, 2022

Today is the second day of the fifteenth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior , hosted by Ross Anderson and Alice Hutchings at the University of Cambridge. It’s not just an interdisciplinary event; most of the people here are individually interdisciplinary.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2023

8, 2023 – Picus Security , the pioneer of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) technology, has released The Blue Report 2023. According to the report, security teams make four trade-offs in deciding: •Which attacks to prioritize. San Francisco, Calif., Organizations also prevent complex, multi-stage attacks less than half the time.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 13, 2019

There’s a very tough question on the table that no one can afford to ignore: If more than half of global IT and security executives say they actively fear the exposure of payment card data and other personal identifiable information, why are 70% of them not deploying measures such as encryption to maintain security?

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

APRIL 30, 2019

Please join us for our May events. Bret Cohen will speak on the Privacy Bar Section Forum panels, “Working Across Borders: Partnering and Vetting,” and “Case Study: How Working Across Borders Worked for Me,” during the 2019 IAPP Global Summit. IAPP Global Summit. Location : Washington, D.C. IAPP Global Summit.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There’s a tiny bit more to Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk than just a lumbering hardware giant striving to secure a firmer foothold in the software business. As a leading supplier of advanced security information and event management ( SIEM ) technology, Splunk happens to find itself in the thick of a tectonic shift.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In response to continuing waves of data breaches and network disruptions, companies have made a concerted effort and poured substantial resources into promoting data security awareness among employees, suppliers and clients. Companies can promote family online safety with family-focused materials, events, and outreach.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 17, 2022

But that spending surge has brought with it a corresponding rise in payment security challenges. White said Visa has invested $9 billion over the past five years on fraud prevention, with half a billion of that focused on AI and data infrastructure to secure the petabytes of data Visa handles, an investment that turned out to be well timed.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Yet most people don’t trust the companies they’re sharing data with, according to a new market trends study published by Gartner. In fact, 75% of consumers worry their online accounts may be hacked and the vast majority also believe companies are using or sharing their data without even telling them, according to the study.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

RSA Conference 2023: Meet Thales Where the World Talks Security! Live Sessions With this in mind, we have scheduled a host of events and tech talks around our participation at RSA Conference 2023. Security teams must build quantum resilience today to protect their business from emerging risks.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 19, 2020

Today is the second day of the thirteenth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. SHB is a small, annual, invitational workshop of people studying various aspects of the human side of security, organized each year by Alessandro Acquisti, Ross Anderson, and myself.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Make sure your security and IT teams are aware of every connected device so your business knows how to best protect its networks and sensitive data from vulnerabilities and threat actors. This year, electric cars were a major focal point of the 2024 event, called Pwn2Own Automotive.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 16, 2021

According to a Microsoft study , 73% of workers want to keep the flexible work arrangements created in response to COVID-19, and 67% want a return to in-person collaboration. Although employees and employers may rejoice at the flexibility that hybrid working affords, you must understand the cyber security risks associated with it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 8, 2022

Verizon’s 2022 Mobile Security Index Report – Confirming what we all suspected. Sadly, according to the newly released Verizon Mobile Security Index , these security professionals were correct in their assumptions. When seriously contemplated, it is easy to see the factors that are influencing these events.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 3, 2024

Re-ignite the spark: In-person events are back, for good Oh, how we love the buzz of in-person events! Ready to make your in-person events the talk of the town? Studies by Eventbrite show that events boil down to one simple thing: connection. AI, the Event Planning Wizard: As always, Forrester is on to something.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The US FERC and NERC published a study on cyber incident response at electric utilities that also includes recovery best practices. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) released a study on cyber incident response and recovery best practices for electric utilities.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2019

Today is the second day of the twelfth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior , which I am hosting at Harvard University. SHB is a small, annual, invitational workshop of people studying various aspects of the human side of security, organized each year by Alessandro Acquisti, Ross Anderson, and myself.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The benefits of partnering with us, and our partner-exclusive event IT Governance launched its partner programme in 2017, which now includes more than 400 organisations. What else can partners expect from the event? And why should organisations consider partnering with IT Governance? What is it that makes IT Governance special?

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Today’s enterprises face a broad range of threats to their security, assets and critical business processes. While different—mainly due to the causes of the events they help mitigate—cyber recovery and DR are often complementary, with many enterprises wisely choosing to deploy both. What is cyber recovery?

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

Of the 1,350 organizations surveyed in a recent study, 78 percent suffered a successful ransomware attack (link resides outside ibm.com). Notify the security team Once you’ve disconnected the affected systems, notify your IT security team of the attack.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2019

theme will help to encourage personal accountability and proactive behavior in digital privacy, security best practices, common cyber threats and cybersecurity careers. Many companies think that by moving your data to the cloud, the service provider will be responsible for the security of your data. Protect IT.’

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Yet, according to the study by the Ponemon Institute, the number of insider leaks has increased by 47 percent in 2020 compared to 2018. In addition, in the event of a leak, the watermark will not help to determine who leaked the document if an attacker cleverly cleans up the document, deletes it, or hides it. billion by 2025.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2021

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking (online) as part of Western Washington University’s Internet Studies Lecture Series on January 20, 2021. I’ll be speaking at an Informa event on February 28, 2021. I’m speaking at ITY Denmark on February 2, 2021. Details to come.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2020

On 11 th December 2020, during the international scientific conference on CBRNe events “SICC 2020”, the Observatory for the Protection of the National Strategic Industrial System (OSSISNa) was officially presented. The observatory is a team of national experts from the institutional, industrial and academic world.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

A Digital Guardian report found that 90% of corporate security breaches are the result of phishing attacks. The UK Government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022 revealed that 83% of organisations that suffered a cyber attack in the past year said that it was caused by phishing. Anatomy of an attack 19. com’ websites. org’ in 1.8%.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

According to a study conducted by Microsoft in collaboration with OpenAI, the two companies identified and disrupted operations conducted by five nation-state actors that abused their AI services to carry out their attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2022

This allows EDR to deploy very quickly, but it also allows for a number of security vulnerabilities. Here we’ll discuss why EDR vendors choose these configurations, and how organizations can tune their EDR systems to fit their organization and improve security. Also read: 10 Top Active Directory Security Tools.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you. DHS’s myE-Verify homepage.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

The Shadowserver Foundation , a nonprofit that helps network owners identify and fix security threats , says it has found 21,248 different Exchange servers which appear to be compromised by a backdoor and communicating with brian[.]krebsonsecurity[.]top Just my Social Security number. krebsonsecurity[.]top I’d been doxed via DNS.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week released a new guide for cyber threat intelligence experts on the use of the MITRE ATT&CK framework. ” reads one of the studies. The post US CISA published a guide to better use the MITRE ATT&CK framework appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 25, 2018

I'm at Carnegie Mellon University, at the eleventh Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. SHB is a small invitational gathering of people studying various aspects of the human side of security, organized each year by Alessandro Acquisti, Ross Anderson, and myself. Next year, I'll be hosting the event at Harvard.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2020

In most cases, the aspirants ask which certifications they should seek, or what specialization in computer security might hold the brightest future. Trying to get a job in security without a deep understanding of how data packets work is a bit like trying to become a chemical engineer without first mastering the periodic table of elements.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 1, 2022

According to a recent study by RSM US , nearly three-quarters of middle-market businesses will experience a cyberattack in 2022. As more companies move along the path toward digital transformation, the need for better security has never been more evident. A zero-trust framework is vital to any cloud migration path.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Interestingly enough, the study found that despite the high rate of data breaches retailers face, only 62% of respondents said they were increasing security spending this year compared to 84% last year. As the holiday shopping season approaches, security cannot be an afterthought. 10 at 2:00 pm ET. Click here to register.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

For organizations looking to improve their security posture, this is causing confusion and vendor fatigue, especially for companies that don’t have a full time Chief Information Security Officer. Traditional channels for choosing the right security solutions are proving to be increasingly ineffective.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

With the ever-increasing risks faced by every UK organisation from cyber crime, there is significantly increased pressure on every information security manager to deliver effective security. Understanding of current national legislation and regulations which impact upon information security management. Get started on the basics.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There has never been a better time to get into cyber security, with growing demand for experts promising increased salaries and job opportunities. In this blog, we provide tips for getting your cyber security career started no matter your background. Where can you learn about the cyber security industry?

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