Google is aiming to poach Microsoft's public sector customers by attacking its competitor over recent high-profile breaches and offering new incentives for federal agencies to reduce the U.S. government's "overreliance on a single technology vendor."
It's not just the critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities; it's the speed at which adversaries are attacking them. This is one of the key findings of Fortinet's new FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report. Fortinet's Derek Manky shares takeaways and analysis.
Anthony Pierce of Splunk illustrates the pivotal shift from reactive cybersecurity to proactive risk management, emphasizing the importance of understanding environmental controls for better resilience. He advocates for a more comprehensive approach centered around risk management.
From working in B2B industries to now shifting to a B2C industry, Nicole Darden Ford, CISO, Nordstrom, is confident of bringing a fresh perspective to tackling the retail sector's complex cybersecurity and fraud challenges.
From the RSA Conference in San Francisco, four ISMG editors discussed highlights from the first day including the keynote on global threats by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, enterprise risk management concerns and the role of the board, and the latest technology innovations.
Tossing the word "cyber" onto something doesn't automatically mean it should belong to the chief information security officer. Cyber risk belongs to everyone in an organization, said Alicja Cade, director, financial services, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud.
Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO, Qualys, explores the shift in cyber risk management from a tools-focused approach to strategic risk quantification, highlighting the key role of CISOs in driving this transformation. Boards are now recognizing that "cyber risk is a business risk," he said.
The executive vice president for Microsoft Security has announced an overhaul of the company's security practices following a series of high-profile cyberattacks that allowed foreign state-sponsored hacking groups to access its internal systems and cloud networks.
Erika Voss, vice president of information security at DAT Freight & Analytics, discusses the evolving landscape of cybersecurity investment, the critical areas often overlooked by enterprises - including insider threats, and the importance of building a cybersecurity culture within organizations.
Healthcare sector organizations often still struggle to implement security frameworks effectively, often not fully understanding the requirements or failing to integrate them into their overall cybersecurity strategy, said Keith Forrester of security firm Optiv, who offers tips to help.
Microsoft announced in December that support for Windows 10 will end when the OS reaches end of life in October 2025, yet enterprise adoption of Windows 11 is moving slowly. Enterprise leaders believe migrating to the new OS will lead to compatibility issues and increase costs to upgrade devices.
Faced with relentless cyberattacks and the shortcomings of existing defenses, Sanaz Yashar embarked on a journey to create a security risk and mitigation platform, transforming frustration into startup Zafran, which emerged from stealth Thursday with more than $30 million in funding.
The move to cloud has uncovered a range of risks that enterprises might inadvertently overlook. Transition often highlights cloud concentration risk, which encompasses vendor, availability, business continuity and regulatory risks, said Abid Adam, group chief risk and compliance officer at Axiata.
Cybersecurity startups are wary of the public markets following a hard economic reset that made profitability more important than growth and performance more important than potential. Due to this dramatic shift, lots of cybersecurity startups want to file for an IPO, but nobody wants to go first.
As quantum computing looms, experts emphasize the urgency of embracing quantum-safe strategies. They highlight the need for proactive measures to protect digital assets from future breaches, deliver long-term data security and ensure the integrity of encryption.
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