Cybersecurity incidents can have high-profile impacts on the business - from schools to hospitals. But many incidents that disrupt businesses don’t make front-page news. SEI Sphere's Mike Lefebvre said it's time for security vendors to act as fiduciaries - in the best interests of their clients.
Six individuals - including five former employees of a Tennessee healthcare organization - have pleaded guilty to criminal HIPAA violations in an alleged scheme involving the sale of motor vehicle accident patient information to third parties. One of the defendants has been sentenced so far.
When you create proprietary code, even using a component of open-source code within a subcomponent could cause your project to become open-source code.Jeanette Sherman of Mend Security discusses the need to identify open-source code and the license types being used.
Digital communication has fundamentally transformed how businesses operate today, with employees relying on email, instant messaging and other tools to collaborate and communicate effectively. This shift has also introduced new security risks, as humans are a primary target for attackers.
Iranian hackers are deploying an updated backdoor apparently targeting Israeli academic researchers with an interest in Iraq. A group's newly dubbed "Educated Manticore" is sending Iraq-themed bait to coax deployment of an implant known as PowerLess.
OT attacks have doubled. Mark Cristiano, global commercial director of cybersecurity services at Rockwell Automation, discusses how organizations can develop a strategic approach to OT security that aligns with their risk profile, cyber maturity and ability to absorb change.
ISMG editors are live at RSA Conference 2023 in San Francisco with an overview of the latest speakers and hot topics, including the continuing conversation about generative AI and the decline and fall of blockchain. Join us for daily updates from San Francisco.
The increase in attack vectors and new threats has prompted companies to invest heavily in cybersecurity tools. But CISOs struggle with managing siloed products that do not integrate with each other. Consolidation of security architecture is a priority for CISOs, said Check Point's Itai Greenberg.
Cybersecurity is "a full-time task" that requires a lot of discipline, says Ajay Sabhlok, CIO and chief digital officer at Rubrik. He discusses tips for increasing your company's cyber maturity, ideas about how CIOs and CISOs can align, and advice on what not to do, such as pay a ransom.
An Indian court convicted 11 people for their roles in the North Korean heist of $13.5 million in 2018 from Pune-based Cosmos Cooperative Bank. The United Nations attributed the thefts to North Korea, which uses criminal activity, including financially motivated hacking, to obtain hard currency.
The United Kingdom should augment its cryptocurrency asset seizure abilities as part of an effort to combat ransomware and other cybercrime, a parliamentary panel heard. The rate of seizures is not commensurate with the level of crypto adoption, said Aidan Larkin, CEO of Asset Reality.
Quantum computers and chatbots, as well as hype around blockchain, were topics discussed during The Cryptographers' Panel at RSA Conference 2023. For anyone who needs to keep data secure for more than 30 years, advice from panelist Adi Shamir was simple: Don't rely on public key cryptography.
ChatGPT is "amazing" and "has reformed the way we interact with computing," says Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. But to get value from AI and to use it to make the SOC more proactive, we need to have a lot of data - and pay attention to what it's telling us, he says.
Testifying before Congress in 1991, Winn Schwartau coined the term "electronic Pearl Harbor." The chief visionary officer of The Security Awareness Company stands by his prediction, pointing to a mounting number of attacks. Now the world needs to worry about security and privacy in the metaverse.
Ransomware attackers are constantly evolving, hitting and severely hampering even the most sophisticated targets, says Jon Miller, CEO and co-founder of Halcyon. The incidents "are almost on the edge of growing out of control," he said. "I don't feel as an industry we've gotten ahead of them."
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