This week, CyberEdBoard members Jon Staniforth and Helmut Spöcker joined ISMG editors to unpack the hot topics at ISMG's London Cybersecurity Summit 2024, including ransomware lessons learned, AI trends and the growing importance of continuous learning and resilience in the cybersecurity industry.
At the annual Cybersecurity Summit: London, Information Security Media Group recently brought together top cybersecurity professionals, executives and thought leaders to find solutions to the latest threats, identity-related weaknesses and emerging risks posed by AI technology.
Picus Security has received $45 million in funding led by Riverwood Capital. The investment will accelerate product development in exposure management, including attack surface management and automated pen testing. The company plans to expand further in the Americas, targeting key growth areas.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday published a report detailing how the largest social media and streaming services surveil both users and nonusers across the web while collecting vast troves of data, pointing to significant privacy concerns for children and teens.
Mastercard's proposed purchase of Recorded Future for $2.65 billion will bring advanced threat intelligence into its payment systems. EVP Johan Gerber explains how this move improves fraud detection and prevention and strengthens Mastercard's cybersecurity in an evolving digital payments landscape.
As threat actors continue to evolve their attacks to circumvent security measures, cyber insurers are raising the bar for prospective healthcare security clients. Underwriters are increasing their scrutiny and adding new coverage requirements, said Chris Henderson of cybersecurity company Huntress.
Swiss Post has signed an agreement to acquire Open Systems, a cybersecurity leader specializing in secure access service edge. The deal, expected to close by late 2024, will expand Swiss Post's offerings for secure digital communications for public and private organizations across Switzerland.
Recent mega data breaches involving third-party vendors - such as the Change Healthcare cyberattack - are intensifying the spotlight on critical security risk management and governance issues for business associates and other suppliers, said regulatory attorney Rachel Rose.
It doesn't appear to be a cyberattack, security experts said of the hundreds of pagers that blew up Tuesday across Lebanon, an apparent salvo against Hezbollah militants by the Israeli government. "The only logical explanation is that explosives and a side channel for detonation was likely used."
While cyberthreats facing healthcare continue to evolve, security leaders must juggle a variety of cyber and related tech challenges, said Shawn Parker and Quincy Raybon, IT leaders at two elder medical care providers, and Ram Vaidyanathan of security firm ManageEngine.
The healthcare sector is plagued by increasingly complex cyberthreats, and simply meeting compliance standards is not doing enough to protect sensitive healthcare data, according to Christopher Frenz, assistant vice president of IT security at Mount Sinai South Nassau.
Many organizations are moving too slowly towards addressing the human risk elements of security. At the heart of this lies a misunderstanding of human risk factors - with many believing the only contributors are Knowledge & understanding (85%) and Security behaviors (15%).
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Data warehousing platform Snowflake rolled out default MFA - as well as a 14-character password minimum - to shore up security in the wake of a series of cyberattacks in June that hit high-profile customers including Santander Bank, Advance Auto Parts, LA Unified School District and Neiman Marcus.
Customers of internet appliance maker Ivanti face yet another hackable vulnerability. The Utah company warned customers Friday about exploitation of a Cloud Service Appliance detected in the wild. Ivanti said the vulnerability doesn't affect version 5; it released a patch on Sept. 10.
Preparing healthcare organizations to respond to and rebound from a disruptive ransomware attack is akin to implementing a "12-step program," said Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of consultancy CyberSolutionsMD and recently retired long-serving director of medical informatics at Kaiser Permanente.
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