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AlmaLinux, Canonical, CIQ, GreyNoise and TuxCare confirmed as inaugural members   Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, today announced the creation of its new Tenable Research Alliance Program to share vulnerability information prior to public disclosure. This new intelligence sharing initiative aims to reduce the window of opportunity threat actors have to exploit newly-disclosed vulnerabilities, allowing security teams and system administrators to address attack paths before hackers can take advantage. AlmaLinux, Canonical, CIQ, GreyNoise and TuxCare…

Deepfakes pose an emerging security risk to organizations, stated Thomas P. Scanlon, CISSP, technical manager – CERT Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University, during a session at the (ISC)2 Security Congress this week. Scanlon began his talk by explaining how deepfakes work, which he emphasized is essential for cybersecurity professionals to understand to protect against the threats this technology poses. He noted that organizations are starting to become aware of this risk. “If you’re in a…

The NFL’s first and only CIO, Michelle McKenna, left her “dream job” in March 2022 to tackle a new challenge: advising CIOs, CEOs, and NFL teams on how to lead in this era of digital transformation and the next-generation workforce. The former NFL exec worked for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for 10 seasons and previously served as CIO at Constellation Energy and Universal Orlando, and as SVP of technology at Walt Disney World. She founded…

On Monday, October 10, 2022, the websites of several US airports were disrupted due to a large-scale campaign of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, in which servers were flooded with web traffic to knock websites offline. The victims include Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), as well as other airports in Florida, Colorado, Arizona, Kentucky, Mississippi and Hawaii. The DDoS attacks meant that these airports’ public-facing websites were either offline…