The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses why it is always a bad idea for organizations to pay hackers for data deletion, practical steps organizations can and should take to avoid being at the heart of a data subject complaint, and the latest efforts to tackle the ransomware threat.
In this episode of "Cybersecurity Unplugged," Joe Weiss, managing partner at Applied Control Systems, offers suggestions for how to harden our OT networks today, including what CISOs need to know and how guidance from the federal government needs to change.
A resurrected proposal to enhance medical device security is nestled within the 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that the Senate passed Thursday and sent to the House for approval. Medical device makers would be required to meet cybersecurity standards and disclose vulnerabilities.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a historic visit to Washington in a bid to shore up support during a critical moment. Behind the scenes, U.S. assistance includes strengthening Ukrainian cyber resiliency. Russian cyber operations remain a threat.
A banking Trojan is on a rampage thanks to its ability to mimic the appearance of more than 400 applications, including leading financial and crypto exchange applications, in 16 countries. Godfather is an upgraded version of the Anubis banking Trojan, reports cybersecurity firm Group-IB.
Chris Inglis intends to step down as head of the Office of the National Cyber Director inside the White House after President Joe Biden approves a new national cybersecurity strategy for critical infrastructure. The strategy will recommend a regulatory approach, a former congressional staffer says.
"Disruptive" is the operative word, and Atefeh "Atti" Riazi uses it to describe the impact digital transformation has had on how we live, work, learn and conduct commerce. Newly hired as CIO of Hearst, she opens up on AI and the power of disruptive technologies to drive new business outcomes.
Thirteen bot farms transmitting pro-Kremlin messages across more than 1.5 million fake accounts are no longer operating after Ukrainian police raided their locations. Russia's attempted conquest of Ukraine is accompanied by heavy doses of online propaganda aimed at splitting support for Kyiv.
Acronis plans to use $250 million raised in July to build out a global network of data centers so service providers can host data locally, CEO Patrick Pulvermueller says. Service providers looking to protect client data have to adhere to an ever-increasing set of compliance and governance rules.
Bad hackers so often get portrayed as bombastic villains who can "hack the Gibson" while breathlessly exclaiming, "We're in!" Real-world "hack attacks" are typically much more mundane, including an alleged scheme enabling taxi drivers to jump to the head of the line at JFK Airport.
As major cyber incidents involving vendors surge, healthcare entities must carefully and continuously scrutinize the security practices of their third-party vendors, says Kathy Hughes, CISO of Northwell Health.
Europe took a key step in formalizing a framework to underpin the trans-Atlantic flow of commercial data but privacy activists say the EU-U.S. agreement won't stand up to a legal challenge. The Commission on Dec. 13 issued a draft adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
Cloud vendors from Amazon, Microsoft and Google to IBM and Sumo Logic have turned to Sysdig's Falco open-source threat detection engine to secure their environments. Sysdig CEO Suresh Vasudevan says Falco has become the standard for threat detection in the industry.
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks say they identified an attempted hack on a large petroleum refining company based inside a NATO member that came from a threat actor known as Gamaredon and Trident Ursa. The Ukrainian government traces the group to a Russian FSB.
Getting acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.8 billion will help Ping Identity accelerate its transition from on-premises to SaaS-based delivery of identity protection, CEO Andre Durand says. SaaS now accounts for 30% of Ping's business and is growing nearly 70% annually, he says.
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