The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report investigates the reboot of ransomware group Conti, which supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It also discusses why paying ransomware actors is a "business decision" and how to respond to the talent shortage in the financial sector.
A massive Cloudflare outage that left many of the world's most popular websites inaccessible for 75 minutes was caused by a network configuration change gone awry. The change was meant to increase resilience in 19 of Cloudflare's busiest data centers that handle much of the global traffic.
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.
"Credential phishing is off the charts," says Tonia Dudley of Cofense. She discusses the challenge for organizations to strike a balance between having the right controls in place to block malicious emails and stopping the business from receiving legitimate emails.
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.
Digital transformation has produced an exponentially larger attack surface, and the ramifications are being felt keenly in federal government and critical infrastructure entities. Matt Lembright of Censys discusses the new rules of attack surface management and how to enhance rapid response.
Former ISACA board chair Rob Clyde shares highlights from ISACA's "Supply Chain Security Gaps: A 2022 Global Research Report," in which 25% of respondents say they experienced a supply chain attack last year, and offers recommendations for assessments and testing of software.
Zscaler is unveiling a posture control offering that allows customers to address everything from unpatched vulnerabilities in containers and VMs to excessive entitlements and permissions. The tool combines CSPM and CIEM with native IAC and vulnerability and patch management capabilities.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has begun issuing alerts about 56 flaws across operational technology equipment built by 10 different vendors. Researchers at Forescout Technologies say the flaws trace to poor design decisions by vendors.
Having to decide whether to pay a ransom to cybercriminals is a decision no one wants to make. But Gartner's Paul Furtado and Hearing Australia CISO Daniel Smith say practitioners should stay objective and leave the decision - and the subsequent moral implications - to the business.
The need for more modern identity and access management capabilities such as biometric and passwordless authentication has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote work, according to Forrester researchers Paul McKay and Merritt Maxim.
When building an insider risk management program, don't start "too large or too quickly," says Randy Trzeciak of Carnegie Mellon University. He says the first step is to protect your organization's critical assets and services and then "build a risk program appropriate to those assets."
Ronald Raether of Troutman Pepper says privacy, data security and information governance departments must collaborate to reduce unauthorized access to systems by criminals and make data operationalization more effective. He also says proper data mapping, governance and classification are critical.
CTO Daniele Catteddu of the Cloud Security Alliance sees significant gaps in how the cybersecurity industry delivers education and training. For example, he says, while organizations are demanding Zero Trust services and guidance on implementation, the industry's offerings do not meet that demand.
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