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Security Chiefs Take On IT Roles as More Infrastructure Moves Online

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Security Chiefs Take On IT Roles as More Infrastructure Moves Online

Stay-at-home orders during the Covid-19 pandemic spurred new cloud computing and remote-technology setups, increasing company exposure to hackers. As a result, some corporate cybersecurity chiefs are also taking on the leadership role for all of information technology. Oversight of both groups isn’t an easy line to walk.  Having spent years in general IT, these chief information security officers understand the cyber risks of an increasingly far-flung tech infrastructure, said Lucia Milică Stacy, global resident CISO…

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Cybersecurity Chiefs Navigate AI Risks and Potential Rewards

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Cybersecurity Chiefs Navigate AI Risks and Potential Rewards

Security chiefs say the benefits of artificial intelligence are clear, but that the promises and risks of early generative AI are overblown. Generative AI platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT have gained attention for their ability to answer conversational questions, write essays and perform other tasks in humanlike ways. Security vendors are touting the benefits of the technology, saying it can augment human analysts by analyzing and distilling data from wildly different sources into a digestible…

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Cybersecurity Leaders Suffer Burnout as Pressures of the Job Intensify

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Cybersecurity Leaders Suffer Burnout as Pressures of the Job Intensify

Relentless cyberattacks and pressure to fix security gaps despite budget constraints are raising the stress levels of corporate cyber leaders and their worries about personal liability, a growing concern since the criminal case against Uber Technologies ’ former security chief. Hacks on companies’ IT systems often come with business disruptions, reputational damage, regulatory investigations and lawsuits. Chief information security officers must manage cybersecurity risks and, at the same time, educate C-suite colleagues and the board….

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Russia Calling? Scammers Target High-level Western Officials

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Russia Calling? Scammers Target High-level Western Officials

An image of Alexei Stolyarov or Lexus (L) impersonating Leonid Volkov next to a picture of the real Volkov (R) for comparison Handout Text size A pro-Russian prankster impersonates a former US ambassador to Moscow in live video calls, part of a disinformation campaign that researchers say seeks to ensnare high-level Western officials since the invasion of Ukraine. Russian comedy duo Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, who go by Vovan and Lexus, have long been…

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VCs, Tech Firms Want to Raise $1 Million for Bay Area Cyber Education

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VCs, Tech Firms Want to Raise Million for Bay Area Cyber Education

Venture-capital firms, security chiefs and technology companies in San Francisco are raising money to help tackle the cybersecurity skill shortage in a unique way—by funding education for would-be cyber pros at community colleges in the Bay Area for a year. The initiative, run by nonprofit cyber training company NextGen Cyber Talent Inc., aims to raise $1 million from individuals and companies to reimburse students for the cost of cybersecurity courses at Bay Area community colleges…

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