Governance & Risk Management , ISMG Security Report , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development
Why Cyber Risk Management Is Stuck in the 'Bronze Age'
Audio Report: ISMG Editors Analyze the Latest DevelopmentsIn a preview of his keynote address at Information Security Media Group's New York Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit Global Cyber Alliance CEO Phil Reitinger explains why today's approach to cyber risk management is stuck in the "Bronze Age" with practitioners acting more like "witch doctors" than scientists.
In this latest ISMG Security Report (click on player beneath image to listen), you'll also hear:
- DataBreachToday Executive Editor Mathew J. Schwartz discuss how one ransomware gang moved to take out a rival;
- ISMG Managing Editor for Security and Technology Jeremy Kirk explain why newer anti-virus protection vendors seeks changes in how testing companies benchmark competing products; and
- A report on why a fundraiser for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is being held in Las Vegas, site of the Black Hat cybersecurity conference.
The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Tuesdays and Fridays. Be sure to check out our July 26 and July 29 reports, which respectively analyze how the U.S. might retaliate against Moscow if Russia indeed hacked Democratic Party computers, and what the Democratic Party platform has to say about privacy and cybersecurity. The next ISMG Security Report will be posted Friday, Aug. 5.
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