Cyber insurance is a growing field putting business and security leaders to the test as they navigate the often tricky process of researching and purchasing policies. Technology is... More
Tag Archives: cyberattacks
Intro to Cyber Insurance: 7 Questions to Ask (Dark Reading)
ISE’s Harrington: Security Adversaries Using ‘Stepping Stone’ Attacks More Often (ITSP Magazine)
Today the modern adversary uses what's called a stepping stone attack, where they will attack a lesser sophisticated part of the chain, compromise that part to then pivot the attac... More
Balancing Innovation, Security a Constant Fight for Box’s Cyber Head (ZDNet)
The biggest challenge facing Joel de la Garza, chief security officer for file sharing giant Box, is juggling the need to be secure with the need to allow for innovation. Speaking... More
Embrace the Machine and Other Goals for CISOs (Dark Reading)
Depending on how you look at it, the past year was either tough for security professionals or it showed the world how complex and interesting this field really is. After all, we're... More
The Gender Gap in Cybersecurity Jobs Isn’t Getting Better (Slate)
Johanna Vazzana knew the job she’d applied for was a stretch. Vazzana, now a cybersecurity strategist working at Mitre, was interviewing early in her career for a technical cyb... More
Vulnerability and Patch Report, March 19, 2017 (Citadel Information Group)
Important Security Updates Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 25.0.0.127. Updates are available from Adobe’s website. To see which version you have, go to Adobe�... More
How Can CISOs Strengthen Communications with Cybersecurity Staff? (Tech Target)
There's a lot of information available about how CISOs should communicate with their peers and superiors, but what about the cybersecurity staff that works under the CISO? How sho... More
Exploring the Gap Between Cybersecurity Perception and Reality (Forbes)
Most company executives and security professionals have a reasonable understanding of cybersecurity. Even if they don’t fully understand the mechanics under the hood, they at lea... More
Nine Security Tips That Go Outside the Box (IBM Security Intelligence)
The great challenge of security is that you are not only battling Murphy’s Law — the universal tendency of things to go wrong — but also shrewd and malicious attackers who ar... More
Vulnerability and Patch Report, March 12, 2017 (Citadel Information Group)
Important Security Updates Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 21.4.25 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See Citadel’s warning bel... More