This monthly Security Agenda will highlight some of the most recent additions to our course library. September's edition features Ed Amoroso on the evolution of the role of a CISO. Other influencers like Hearst CISO David Hahn, First U.S. CISO, Gen. Gregory Touhill, Retired and Jennings Aske, CISO of New...
If an NSA analyst took malware home and it was stolen from his home PC by a foreign intelligence agency, who are you going to blame? As the U.S. government's campaign against Kaspersky Lab intensifies, here are 10 facts, clarifications and likelihoods to keep in mind.
Hackers working for Russia gained access to the home computer of an NSA employee in 2015, pilfering highly classified material and spying code. U.S. officials claim Kaspersky Lab's software helped the hackers, but numerous questions remain unanswered. We round up the issues in play.
Modern malware and active adversary attacks are using unique applications and URLs, as well as leveraging social engineering, to make the greatest impact. In this session, Sophos breaks down several recent attacks, explains the techniques used and discusses how modern security vendors must adapt to the changing...
At the first of three Congressional hearings slated this week to examine the Equifax mega-breach, one Republican said of the company's delay in detecting the breach: "It's like the guards of Fort Knox forgot to lock the doors and failed to notice the thieves were emptying the vaults."
Upscale supermarket chain Whole Foods Market says it's investigating a payment card breach affecting dozens of taprooms and an unspecific number of restaurants located inside its stores. But it says no point-of-sale systems at checkout lanes were compromised.
Advanced threats are overwhelming both IT organizational bandwidth and the capabilities of legacy antivirus tactics, particularly as the increasing number of endpoint devices used by employees expands attack surfaces.
How are organizations responding?
Download this study from Forrester and learn why:
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With the constant drumbeat of news reports about security breaches, cyber security is hard to ignore. Organizations understand that they need comprehensive security solutions, yet significant gaps remain. Malicious actors have evolved their methods to leverage the vulnerabilities of the Domain Name System (DNS), and...
Targeted threats are increasing at an alarming rate. Malicious actors are evolving their methodologies and are increasingly exploiting the domain name system (DNS) to launch cyberattacks. Learn more about how to proactively protect your company with an additional layer of cloud-based security.
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French competitive beard-grower Gal Vallerius was arrested in Atlanta while traveling to the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Texas on charges that he's a darknet marketplace administrator and vendor of controlled substances known as "OxyMonster."
Organizations are drowning in data, and they cannot even inventory it all - much less secure it. How, then, do they shift to focusing on their most sensitive data? Rob Douthitt of SolarWinds MSP offers new strategies.
Organizations today take strong measures to guard against data breaches. With 91% of breaches starting with phishing emails, we find ourselves in an arms race against phishing attackers.
So, are we winning the war or just holding ground?
Download this report to learn the implications of phishing response data...
The attacker ecosystem is evolving rapidly and threat actors are making daring attempts to weaponize new attack types and new combinations of popular techniques. Large, global crises have dominated public discourse and news media and elevated the profile of software exploitation. These stories have, in turn, elevated...
How could attackers trick you, an intelligent professional, into handing over company funds?
They impersonate someone you know and trust.
According to the FBI's latest BEC/EAC alert, businesses worldwide experienced a 2,370% increase in actual and attempted dollar losses from BEC/EAC scams between January 2015...
Phishing, spearphishing, CEO Fraud/Business Email Compromise (BEC) and ransomware represent a group of critical security threats that virtually every organization will encounter at some point - and most already have. The logical evolution of phishing are increasing rapidly and costing organizations hundreds of...
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