Cyber Security Industry News
The cybersecurity lessons from 2020
Satnam Narang of Tenable The breach of SolarWinds and its Orion Platform software captivated our collective attention in the final weeks of 2020. While arguably it was, and continues to be, considered the most significant [...]
78% Lack Confidence in Their Company’s Cybersecurity Posture, Prompting 91% to Increase 2021 Budgets
Insight-commissioned IDG survey reveals ongoing security challenges tied to distributed IT & work-from-home environments Nearly 80% of senior IT and IT security leaders believe their organizations lack sufficient protection against cyberattacks despite increased IT security [...]
Cybersecurity Training For End Users Needs To Evolve
We’ve all sat through mandated cybersecurity training that essentially consists of a video and a short quiz that end users must pass to keep in compliance with organizational standards.While those trainings are usually enough to [...]
Cyber security brass steps in as experts flag delay in fixing lapses
Cyber security firms collect information from all web platforms, including Dark Web forums, to prevent real-time attacks on leaked data, actionable intelligence on illegal drug and medication trades and insider-threat monitoring.(Shutterstock) Late on Saturday, Jackson [...]
Cybersecurity Technical Advisory from Five Eyes Cybersecurity Agencies
A comprehensive and regularly tested cybersecurity incident response plan is an essential part of an effective cybersecurity program. In September 2020, the cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes nations – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the [...]
NIST Issues ‘Foundational Profile’ for Secure GPS Use
Blue Planet Studio/Shutterstock.com The National Institute of Standards and Technology released new guidance based on its cybersecurity framework toward satisfying an executive order on securely using position, navigation and timing services like the Global Positioning [...]
The Uncertainty of Cybersecurity Hiring
Cybersecurity hiring is going through a weird phase. The pandemic, the remote work movement, budget changes and the rising aggression and refinement of cyber attacks are all major shifts. Through it all, and into the [...]
The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) warned of rising cases of ransomware attacks, including victims hit by repeat attacks shortly after paying a ransom.
NCSC detailed a case involving an organization that paid millions in ransom for a decryption key after it was hit by ransomware.However, the same ransomware gang struck again within two weeks, demanding another payment.NSCS’s precautionary [...]
Zerologon Vulnerability: What You Need to Know
Zerologon made its way into our collective awareness in late September 2020, when it was revealed that hackers were actively targeting the vulnerability. While the complete patch was made available this month, on February 9th, [...]
DOD IG audit cites five programs for updating cyber requirements
The Defense Department inspector general praised five military weapons program offices that have successfully been updating cybersecurity requirements necessary to protect their systems against identified threats, according to a new report.The Feb. 10 report , [...]
Are Your IT Agreements COVID-19 Secure?
Cybersecurity has earned its place at the top of organizations’ risk concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote working, an array of communication solutions and hardware being used by organizations, and the accelerated leveraging of cloud-based [...]
DOD Encourages Self Assessments in Preparation for CMMC Cybersecurity Program’s Further Implementation
Department of Defense The Department of Defense advises companies to first assess themselves for compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements, as certified CMMC assessors are still not ready to audit for the [...]
Incentivizing public utilities to enhance cybersecurity: FERC’s proposed regulation
On February 5, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) published proposed regulations in the Federal Register that would provide federal financial incentives to utilities that voluntarily increase certain cybersecurity measures above those required by [...]
New risks threaten defense industry’s cybersecurity, report claims
Optional caption goes here. Optional caption goes here. Optional caption goes here. Optional caption goes here. The defense industry base was pummeled with new cybersecurity vulnerabilities in 2020, increasing the contractors' supply chain risk, according [...]
Cybersecurity’s relationship with financial statements and internal control audits
Until recently, cybersecurity’s relationship with financial statements focused on fraudulent activities that disrupted a company’s bottom line. However, as breaches continue to rise, industry experts are starting to notice auditors aren’t doing enough to consider [...]
Changing Application Landscape Raises New Cybersecurity Challenges
Any time there is a major cataclysmic event on the scale of a COVID-19 pandemic there are going to be, as far as IT is concerned, shifts that are wholly unexpected. In the case of [...]