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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

IoT devices help remotely control our household appliances, power plants, smart buildings, factories, airports, shipyards, trucks, trains and military. In one very recent caper, the attackers targeted the CFO of a financial services firm, as he worked from home, Sherman says. And we’re just getting started.

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Q&A: Sophos poll shows how attackers are taking advantage of cloud migration to wreak havoc

The Last Watchdog

But there’s no doubt that the exodus to a much greater dependency on hybrid cloud and multi-cloud resources – Infrastructure-as-a-Service ( IaaS ) and Platforms-as-a-Service ( PaaS ) – is in full swing. Murray: Almost half of survey respondents didn’t fully understand their responsibilities for securing cloud environments.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Even the most resilient systems today can still be breached with the right tools and sufficient resources, and there is not yet a unified theory or framework for addressing vulnerabilities in every context. Finally, corporate executives themselves are beginning to recognize cyber risk as a strategic priority. Mandatory Access Control.