Getting cybersecurity right means CISOs need peer relationships with other operations executives. CISOs need board access and a handle on the company business, writes Ian Keller, director of security at a telecom company. "And then you'll wake up and realize this is not as simple as it sounds."
While 52% of organizations in a SANS survey reported having high confidence in their visibility of north-south traffic, only 17% said the same about knowing what's happening within their networks.
Please don't pay ransoms, authorities continue to urge. Britain's lead cyber agency and privacy watchdog are now making that appeal directly to legal advisers, warning them that paying a ransom offers no data protection upsides and won't lessen any fine they might face.
Swimlane has raised $70 million to expand its clientele beyond the Fortune 2000 and acquire more customers in Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company plans to hire more personnel focused on sales, marketing and partnerships to make the company's low-code security automation platform accessible.
As this technology is automated, it can also scan more accesses because a new rule doesn’t need to be created for each access. You can jump from a 1% audit rate to a 99% audit rate.
EDR, MEDR, MDR, XDR - How does one begin to make sense of this alphabet soup that attempts to spell "detection and response?" Nirav Shah of Cisco discusses the merits of each of these options, as well as how one can start to make the decision on which is right for one's own organization.
Open, hybrid, closed: When it comes to moving to extended detection and response, the options are varied. Jeffrey Gardner of Rapid7 reviews these options and discusses which questions to ask of potential vendors when making an investment in XDR.
SentinelOne has expanded its detection and response capabilities beyond the endpoint in recent years with the acquisition of data analytics tech developer Scalyr and identity and deception technology vendor Attivo Networks, says Nicholas Warner, president of security.
Every second of downtime after a ransomware attack costs businesses in industries such as retail and e-commerce large sums of cash. Business continuity is therefore vital even before determining whether ransomed data or systems can be recovered, says VMware Security General Manager Kal De.
It's critical to enable companies to not only see what is going on in their IT environments but to also quickly react, and "sheer manpower" is no longer sufficient to respond to the surge of cyberthreats evolving today, says Mike DeCesare, CEO of Exabeam.
In an organization, people are the ones who develop and sustain organizational strategy. Talented people are discovering that it's possible to leave a toxic environment so they can breathe and thrive. Marco Túlio Moraes explores how to retain both talent and strategy.
Michael Lines is working with ISMG to promote awareness of the need for cyber risk management, and the CyberEdBoard is posting draft chapters from his upcoming book, "Heuristic Risk Management: Be Aware, Get Prepared, Defend Yourself." This chapter - the last in the series - is titled "Building an Effective Defense."
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