Security thought leaders have long called for organizations to shift from a conventional "peacetime" view of cybersecurity to more of a "wartime" mindset. Aetna CSO Jim Routh now says it's time for enterprises to shift from conventional to unconventional security controls.
A website that appeared to be part of a phishing campaign designed to gain access to the Democratic National Committee's voter database has turned out to be part of an uncoordinated security exercise. The false alarm has highlighted the benefit of actively monitoring for election interference.
Timing incident response actions correctly helps with rapid remediation and enables taking full control of the environment, says Mandiant's Steven D'sa.
Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: An analysis of why it may be too late to secure the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. Also: A close look at the Anthem breach lawsuit settlement and a report on ransomware recovery lessons learned.
Microsegmentation is an effective way for defenders to limit the amount of access an attacker has inside a data center and stop lateral movement, says Stanley Hsu of Illumio.
Many organizations don't have a full grasp of their digital footprints, which attackers analyze closely when plotting intrusions, says Hans Barre of RiskIQ.
Australia is taking an aggressive approach to securing its critical infrastructure, which is vital to public safety and the economy, says Australian Member of Parliament Gai Brodtmann.
With less than three months to go until the U.S. midterm elections, Alex Stamos, until recently Facebook's CSO, says there isn't time to properly safeguard this year's elections. But here's what he says can be done in time for 2020.
U.K. health and beauty retailer Superdrug Stores is warning customers that attackers may have compromised some of their personal information, apparently because they'd reused their credentials on other sites that were hacked. While Superdrug quickly notified victims, it stumbled in three notable ways.
A lawsuit accuses Google of "the surreptitious location tracking of millions of mobile phone users." The legal action was sparked by a report demonstrating that some Google apps tracked and time-stamped users' locations even if a user deactivated the "location history" setting.
With the U.S. midterm elections approaching fast, Microsoft says it's seized six domain names tied to "Fancy Bear," a hacking team widely believed to be part of Russia's military intelligence agency, amplifying concerns that Moscow's election interference efforts continue.
The growing use of multiple cloud services in enterprises is creating new security challenges, says Cisco's Harry Dogan, who shares common mistakes and fixes.
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