security leaders

Recognizing National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2024

Posted on October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 by Admin

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout this month, cyber issue awareness is promoted to educate individuals and organizations on the importance of cybersecurity. This year has seen notable cyber threats, making cyber awareness and preparedness essential. Here, cyber leaders share their thoughts on cybersecurity and the threat landscape. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Security leaders discuss Karl Holmqvist, Founder and CEO at Lastwall: “We stand at a pivotal moment in cybersecurity, where we must confront…

Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by Admin

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…

Certifying secure access service edge solutions

Posted on September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 by Admin

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…

Why security professionals experience burnout

Posted on August 28, 2024September 11, 2024 by Admin

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…

Nashville man charged with aiding North Korean “laptop farms”

Posted on August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 by Admin

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…

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

Posted on July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 by Admin

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…

Report suggests organizations sacrifice client privacy to save money

Posted on July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 by Admin

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%…