The future of work remains unpredictable, and organizations must rethink their approach to security to achieve much-needed adaptability and resilience. In this session, learn how the Darktrace Immune System addresses the challenges our next normal will bring with AI augmentation, Autonomous Response, and unified...
Brian Brackenborough, CISO, Channel 4, the British television network, and Nick Nagle, CISO, Security Critical, a U.K.-based consultancy company, discuss the lessons learned in 2020 and how they might impact the year ahead, agreeing that 2021 provides an "opportunity for a re-set."
COVID-19 infections are hitting new daily highs in the U.S., and some European countries are re-imposing restrictions. Plus, the flu season is just around the corner. "We're in a bad place," says pandemic expert Regina Phelps, who shares insights on pandemic trends and response.
COVID-19 has transformed the state of modern healthcare delivery, resulting in an unprecedented paradigm shift. Current circumstances have been catalytic in extending remote access for care providers and essential to deliver virtual healthcare for distant patients. It is now a given that this "new normal" will persist...
As organizations have navigated their way through return to office scenarios, there are a number of new employee expectations and employer considerations to think through. Rather than only focusing on the point-in-time circumstances of "secure work-from-home" operations, many organizations are considering a proactive...
The distributed workforce, combined with the need to modernize and improve operational efficiency, has reframed digital transformation priorities and introduced new areas of risk to today's enterprise. In light of ongoing macroeconomic demands, the CISO is facing increasing pressure to deliver value.
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Organizations worldwide need to be "ruthless in their prioritization" of scarce resources for data security in 2021 and beyond, says Bobby Ford, global CISO of consumer brands giant Unilever, who will be a featured speaker at ISMG's Virtual Cybersecurity and Fraud Summit: London on Oct. 20.
Ransomware attacks remain the top cyber-enabled threat seen by law enforcement. But phishing, business email compromises and other types of fraud - many now using a COVID-19 theme - also loom large, Europol warns in its latest Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment.
McAfee is set to become a public company once again, with the cybersecurity firm filing for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to trade under "MCFE" on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Separately, Ivanti announced that it would buy security firms MobileIron and Pulse Secure.
Revisiting remote workforce security defenses, simplifying cloud access controls and pursuing risk-based vulnerability management and passwordless authentication are among the 10 security projects that all organizations should consider for this year and next, according to advisory firm Gartner.
With colder weather, the flu season and the holidays ahead, the northern hemisphere is at risk of another major COVID-19 outbreak. Pandemic expert Regina Phelps says it's time to change behavior, and that starts here: "Live like you're contagious."
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of an uptick in attacks using LokiBot, an information stealer capable of sweeping up credentials. Fraudsters are using new methods to spread the malware.
Reviewing online attack trends for the first half of the year, numerous cybersecurity firms agree: COVID-19 was king. As the pandemic has reshaped how many live and work, so too has it driven attackers to attempt to exploit work-at-home challenges and virus fears.
The move to Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365) was rushed forward at record pace due to an overnight work-remote push globally. Looking back, cyber security agencies are recommending a revisit to configuration settings, a review of optional built-in enhancements and third-party bolt-on tools to provide that...
Forrester estimates that 80% of security breaches involve privileged credentials, and it's obvious enough why: it's your 'privileged' users, whether people or other systems, that have access to the sensitive data and critical infrastructure that attackers are targeting.
But knowing this fact doesn't really help you...
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