Looking Back at Executive Order on Cybersecurity and What it Means for Your Business

Looking Back at Executive Order on Cybersecurity and What it Means for Your Business

By James Gorman, CISO of AuthX On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. This executive order strives to accomplish several important objectives for the United States’ approach to safeguarding its data and systems. Create a Zero Trust environment Manage the supply chain and its vulnerabilities Minimize barriers to intelligence sharing Create a Safety Review Board Create a standardized playbook for Incident Response The key outcomes for US cybersecurity procedures from this executive order include: Developing a Zero Trust environment. This insight can apply to any organization, regardless of industry or size. Incorporating just this one element will lead…

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70% of Cyber Pros Believe Cyber Insurance is Exacerbating Ransomware

70% of Cyber Pros Believe Cyber Insurance is Exacerbating Ransomware

More than two-thirds (70%) of cybersecurity professionals believe that the issue of ransomware is being exacerbated by cyber-insurance payouts to victim organizations, according to a new study by cybersecurity firm Talion. The survey of 200 UK cybersecurity professionals also unveiled some worrying findings about reporting ransomware attacks to law enforcement. When asked why so many attacks are not reported, nearly half (45%) of respondents said that they believe businesses think law enforcement slows down ransomware recovery and they…

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The Cybersecurity and Geopolitical podcast – Cyber warfare, cyber mischief and the cost to nation-states, Episode 5

The Cybersecurity and Geopolitical podcast – Cyber warfare, cyber mischief and the cost to nation-states, Episode 5

The Cybersecurity and Geopolitical podcast – Cyber warfare, cyber mischief and the cost to nation-states, Episode 5 | 2021-08-20 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our…

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5 minutes with Heath Anderson – Building an effective governance, risk management and compliance program

5 minutes with Heath Anderson – Building an effective governance, risk management and compliance program

5 minutes with Heath Anderson – Building an effective governance, risk management and compliance program | 2021-08-25 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy…

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How safe is a quantum-safe virtual private network?

How safe is a quantum-safe virtual private network?

Verizon aims to find out by testing the technology, which is geared at enhancing encryption methods using session key exchange security mechanisms, the carrier said. Image: iStock/Melpomenem Verizon said it is testing how a quantum-safe virtual private network (VPN) can enhance the protection of data now in order to thwart hackers in the future. As quantum computers become more advanced, they will have the potential to break today’s public key encryption ciphers. “Theoretically, hackers could…

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Innovative Recruitment Practices Can Close the Cyber Skills Gap

Innovative Recruitment Practices Can Close the Cyber Skills Gap

Developing more innovative hiring practices is crucial to attracting more talent to the cybersecurity industry, according to panelists speaking during a recent RSA webcast. The event was held amid growing efforts from the US federal government to attract new candidates to the cybersecurity industry to close the burgeoning skills gap. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, executive director of Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity and professor at the University of Washington, stated: “It’s been frustrating to watch the lack of awareness of…

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Drug Dealers Get 27 Years After Police Crack EncroChat Comms

Drug Dealers Get 27 Years After Police Crack EncroChat Comms

A drug dealer has been given a ten-year jail sentence after officers monitored his encrypted communications with other suppliers, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). Lee Broughton, 40 from Epsom, was sentenced last week at Kingston Crown Court after pleading guilty back in April to supplying cocaine. His case was one of the many that the NCA is working on as part of Operation Venetic, after international law enforcers cracked a popular encrypted chat platform….

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Cybercrime Losses Triple to £1.3bn in 1H 2021

Cybercrime Losses Triple to £1.3bn in 1H 2021

Individuals and organizations lost three times more money to cybercrime and fraud in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2020, as incidents soared, according to new figures. The data comes from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which collects reports of cybercrime and fraud from Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting center for such crimes. It revealed that between January 1 and July 31 2020, victims lost £414.7m to…

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Tech CEOs to Discuss Cybersecurity with Biden Today

Tech CEOs to Discuss Cybersecurity with Biden Today

The CEOs of some of the world’s biggest tech companies are set to meet President Biden today to discuss how their products can improve the security of America’s businesses and critical infrastructure providers, according to a report. Apple boss Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Microsoft supremo Satya Nadella are attending the meeting. At the same time, the CEOs of Google, IBM, JP Morgan Chase and utility firm Southern Co have also been invited,…

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The attack cycle, mass shootings and lone wolves: What companies should know

The attack cycle, mass shootings and lone wolves: What companies should know

The attack cycle, mass shootings and lone wolves: What companies should know | 2021-08-25 | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy…

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