cybersecurity

Tenable: Cyber Security Pros Should Worry About State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks

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Tenable: Cyber Security Pros Should Worry About State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks

State-sponsored cyber intrusions have become an increasing concern to both Australian governments and organisations. Defence Minister Richard Marles warned just last year that the country was seeing a greater interest from state actors in critical infrastructure. Nathan Wenzler, chief security strategist at cyber security firm Tenable, said state-sponsored threat actors typically infiltrate by stealth and spread. Wenzler said Australian organisations should treat them as seriously as other actors or face serious risk during a geopolitical…

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ISC2 Research: Most Cybersecurity Professionals Expect AI to Impact Their Jobs

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ISC2 Research: Most Cybersecurity Professionals Expect AI to Impact Their Jobs

Most cybersecurity professionals (88%) believe AI will significantly impact their jobs, according to a new survey by the International Information System Security Certification Consortium; with only 35% of the respondents having already witnessed AI’s effects on their jobs (Figure A). The impact is not necessarily a positive or negative impact, but rather an indicator that cybersecurity pros expect their jobs to change. In addition, concerns have arisen about deepfakes, misinformation and social engineering attacks. The…

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The AI Threat Landscape: Tech Companies and Governments Must Unite Behind Cybersecurity in 2024

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The AI Threat Landscape: Tech Companies and Governments Must Unite Behind Cybersecurity in 2024

Tech companies and governments will join forces to develop advanced AI detection systems, ensuring a safer online environment. Human ingenuity boosted by AI capabilities offers new pathways to address complex societal problems—such as more efficient agricultural production, medical research, and sustainable energy production. AI may even harness the power of networks at scale to finally tip the balance in favor of defenders over cyber threat actors. However, to realize this enticing vision, more work must…

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Network Resilience: Accelerating Efforts to Protect Critical Infrastructure

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Network Resilience: Accelerating Efforts to Protect Critical Infrastructure

As head of the Cisco Trust Office, Matt Fussa leads a global team that partners with government agencies, regulators, and customers to help shape cybersecurity regulation and manage cyber risk. He is one of Cisco’s representatives in the Network Resilience Coalition, an industry alliance focused on seeking solutions to cybersecurity threats to our global economic and national security, particularly attacks that exploit gaps in software maintenance in critical infrastructure. I recently participated in the Network…

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Organizations increasingly look to observability to solve critical challenges

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Organizations increasingly look to observability to solve critical challenges

Enterprise observability practices: Opportunities, challenges, and the growing role of AIOps Observability is now firmly established in organizations with 78% of enterprises and large midmarket companies having an observability practice in place, according to recent research by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). The research findings, described in Distributed Cloud Series — Observability and Demystifying AIOps, gauge the state of observability in the enterprise. The good news is that organizations are realizing many of the benefits of…

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The 20 Coolest Web, Email and Application Security Companies Of 2024: The Security 100

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The 20 Coolest Web, Email and Application Security Companies Of 2024: The Security 100

From vendors offering code security tools to those protecting inboxes and websites against attacks, here’s a look at 20 key companies in web, email and application security. Among the major disclosures in a recent AI security report from Microsoft and OpenAI was this doozy: It’s likely that nation-state hackers are, indeed, using GenAI to create phishing emails. While the potential for GenAI-powered phishing and social engineering has been widely discussed since the debut of OpenAI’s…

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Should IT and Security Teams Play a Role in Crisis Communications?

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Should IT and Security Teams Play a Role in Crisis Communications?

Outages and cyber incidents can have a direct impact on a company’s brand, share price and jobs, according to Louise Roberts, managing director at Sphere Public Relations in Australia. She also noted they can cost an “extraordinary” amount of money in lost revenue and fines. Louise Roberts. Source: Sphere PR For this reason, IT leaders, including CIOs and CISOs, should be heavily involved in crisis communications planning and incident response. Roberts said the involvement of…

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Google Threat Analysis Group's Spyware Research: How CSVs Target Devices and Applications

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Google Threat Analysis Group's Spyware Research: How CSVs Target Devices and Applications

A new publication from Google’s Threat Analysis Group focuses on commercial surveillance vendors, whose services are bought by governments for monitoring or spying purposes. Google is currently tracking more than 40 CSVs, most of which are highly technical with the ability to develop spyware and zero-day exploits to compromise their targets, particularly on Android and iOS devices. Read details about what CSVs target, how spyware is used, CSVs’ harmful impact on individuals and society and…

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IBM, ISC2 Offer Free Cybersecurity Certificate

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IBM, ISC2 Offer Free Cybersecurity Certificate

Image: ISC2 The International Information System Security Certification Consortium and IBM teamed up on February 12 to launch the IBM and ISC2 Cybersecurity Specialist Professional Certificate, which can be earned through a free, four-month, beginner-level training course. IBM chose ISC2 to develop the certification program, which prepares potential cybersecurity professionals for a career in a cybersecurity specialist role. The IBM and ISC2 Certificate provides cybersecurity training and proof of skills The IBM and ISC2 Cybersecurity…

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Google Cloud's Nick Godfrey Talks Security, Budget and AI for CISOs

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Google Cloud's Nick Godfrey Talks Security, Budget and AI for CISOs

Image: Adobe/Sundry Photography As senior director and global head of the office of the chief information security officer (CISO) at Google Cloud, Nick Godfrey oversees educating employees on cybersecurity as well as handling threat detection and mitigation. We conducted an interview with Godfrey via video call about how CISOs and other tech-focused business leaders can allocate their finite resources, getting buy-in on security from other stakeholders, and the new challenges and opportunities introduced by generative…

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