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Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective

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Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Jill Knesek, CISO of Blackline, and former FBI Special Agent in the Cyber Crime Squad, we talk about balancing risk & innovation from a CISO’s perspective. “The message I like to give is we can be both innovative and secure.,” Knesek says. “They’re not mutually exclusive, and they shouldn’t be. By shifting left and embedding strong security practices and controls earlier into our development lifecycle, we can…

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Certifying secure access service edge solutions

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Certifying secure access service edge solutions

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Pascal Menezes, CTO at MEF, we discuss the importance of certifying secure access service edge (SASE) solutions. “At the end of the day, what we want to assure is that that these SASE clouds are really holding up to what they’re saying they can do,” Menezes states. “What I think is important is to get everybody into the boat, racing to the top, racing to get the…

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Why security professionals experience burnout

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Why security professionals experience burnout

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Thomas Kinsella, Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer at Tines, we discuss why security professionals experience burnout and how security leaders can prevent it.  “If you’re trying to build out a mature security team, you can’t have a huge amount of turnover,” Kinsella says. “You need a mature team that’s able to stick around for a little while. If you’ve got teams that are burnt out, there’s going…

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Nashville man charged with aiding North Korean “laptop farms”

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Nashville man charged with aiding North Korean “laptop farms”

A man from Nashville, Tennessee, has been charged for his attempts to generate revenue for North Korea’s illicit weapons program. The man is charged with conspiracy to damage protected computers, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and conspiracy to cause the unlawful employment of aliens. He has also been charged with intentional damage to protected computers and aggravated identity theft.  Craig Jones, Vice President of Security Operations at Ontinue, comments, “This…

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Data breach victims increased by 490% since the first half of 2023

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Data breach victims increased by 490% since the first half of 2023

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has released a report analyzing H1 data breach incidents for 2024. According to the report, there was a 490% rise in data breach victims in H1 of 2024 compared to H1 of 2023. Yet, Q2 had 732 publicly reported data breaches, which represents a 12% decrease from Q1.  Security leaders weigh in  Stephen Kowski, Field CTO at SlashNext:  “The surge in breach victims is likely due to several large-scale…

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Researchers discovered a new phishing kit on the dark web

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Researchers discovered a new phishing kit on the dark web

Researchers at SlashNext discovered a new phishing kit on the dark web. This phishing kit, known as FishXProxy Phishing Kit, starts with uniquely generated links that can evade initial suspicion. Cybercriminals on underground forums are advertising this kit as “The Ultimate Powerful Phishing Toolkit” due to the sophisticated tools it provides. Capabilities this phishing kit provides includes: Sophisticated antibot systems that utilize Cloudfare’s CAPTCHA and filter out security measures Redirection abilities that obscure intended destinations Page…

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Cybersecurity at the Paris Summer Olympics

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Cybersecurity at the Paris Summer Olympics

In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Mark Manglicmot, SVP of Security Services at Arctic Wolf, we discuss how individuals and businesses can defend against cyber threats during the Olympics.  “For this year’s Olympics specifically, the risks of AI being manipulated by bad actors is increasingly high and a new threat for this Olympics compared to the past with the emergence of the technology. This is why individuals, athletes, administrators, coaches and anybody else attending…

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Report suggests organizations sacrifice client privacy to save money

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Report suggests organizations sacrifice client privacy to save money

A report by Bugcrowd finds that 1 in 3 security leaders believe that half of organizations are willing to trade their customer’s privacy in order to save money. By surveying more than 200 security leaders across the globe, the report aimed to better understand the nuanced role of the CISO. Key findings include:  91% of security leaders anticipate AI will outpace the capabilities of security teams.  56% report that their teams are understaffed, and 87%…

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Security leaders weigh in on Life360 data breach

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Security leaders weigh in on Life360 data breach

Life360 was impacted by a data breach, which they announced in early June. The malicious actors behind the data breach have appeared to target systems associated with Tile, a Life360 subsidiary. Possibly compromised information may include client names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and identification numbers for tile devices.  Security leaders weigh in  Piyush Pandey, CEO at Pathlock: “In this instance, it appears that access was given using the admin credentials of a former Tile…

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Christina Alexandropoulou | Women in Security 2024

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Christina Alexandropoulou | Women in Security 2024

Falling down isn’t failure Throughout her decades-long career, security professional Christina has seen it all and has learned that failure isn’t an option. Over the years she has held various roles in security, safety, facilities management and profit protection. She has also worked on the technology vendor side — at companies such as Lucent Technologies and Avaya — and security systems integrators, starting at the internship entry level and gradually progressing to senior management roles….

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