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CISO Research Identifies 4 Distinct Approaches to the Role

Every chief information security officer (CISO) is unique. They each have varying modes of operation that are influenced by long and distinguished careers. To understand CISO strategies and approaches, we decided to conduct a study. We gathered data in a series of extended in-person interviews with 25 CISOs with the...

The CISO's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Uncover six security issues that can ruin any CISO's day, and learn how to prevent them. CISO Alex is having a very bad day. His company's new app has critical vulnerabilities - a lot of them - and Alex has to get them all fixed before the app debuts at the launch party tonight. Can he beat the clock - and the...

The CISO's Ultimate Guide to Securing Applications

11 Best Practices to Minimize Risk and Protect Your Data By now, we are all too aware of the consequences of a data breach: Brand damage Loss of customer confidence Potentially costly litigation Regulatory fines However, most organizations are not as familiar with how to prevent these attacks. They still spend...

How to Uplevel Your Defenses With Security Analytics

Your machine data has a record of all of the activity that takes place across your infrastructure. It's become the single most valuable asset in the enterprise, as the secrets to business optimization lie within the scores of microtransactions, including the ability to detect, investigate and respond to threats. And...

5 Key Ways CISOs can Accelerate the Business

Now more than ever, chief information security officers(CISOs) are expected to weigh in on board-level decisions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, business acumen has become just as important as technical know-how, and executives rely on the CISO to map securityprograms to business objectives to promote...

The Evolution of Fraud in the Insurance Industry

The insurance industry has a significant fraud problem. Whether targeting the insurance carrier, broker or policyholder, scams are a large financial burden for all stakeholders. Insurance firms must take deliberate steps to implement a comprehensive customer authentication and fraud prevention strategy. In this...

Security Handbook: Overcoming Third-Party Vendor Security and Privacy Challenges

The risks posed to enterprises managing third parties have evolved. Increasing reliance on third-party vendors, new privacy regulations, shifting cybersecurity threats, and frequent data breaches have upended the third-party risk landscape. As a result, modern risk solutions must adapt to solve both security and...

Information Security Management System (ISMS) Industry Standards: A Help Guide

With privacy laws becoming global and mainstream, the concept of "adequate security" is becoming a legal mandate across many verticals. The overlap between privacy and security calls for new ways for these two teams to collaborate, communicate more effectively, and use common tools. Use this guide to learn the...

The Vision for Omnichannel Authentication

How can enterprises provide their users with a single, secure customer experience? They must streamline interactions across all channels and services with a consistent authentication strategy.

Automated Find and Fix for Cloud Security and Compliance of IaaS & PaaS Resources

The public cloud has reimagined the way business is done, embracing change, iterating and learning. Thus, cyber attacks are focused on the public cloud because the pickings are easy: misconfigured cloud resources unwittingly expose billions of records to prying eyes. Automation has changed the game for hackers,...

Owning Your Cloud Security and Accelerating Business Agility

Public cloud users are confused as to who owns their cloud security, when the reality is that cloud users must protect their data. Download this infographic for an overview of the top challenges organizations face with cloud security.

Transforming Cloud Ops Management for Maximum Business Agility

Enterprises are accelerating their move to the public cloud, and expanding their use of multiple cloud services. However, while the momentum around cloud migrations and cloud-native development continues to pick up steam, many operations teams lack the capabilities they need to efficiently and proactively manage...

The Guide to Your Organization's Biggest Threat Vectors

Corporate security teams spend a large amount of their time and resources attempting to secure their systems from outside cyberthreats - that is, from hackers who are external to the corporate network. According to Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report, almost 70% of confirmed data breaches are...

Principles of Security by Design

Cyberattacks and data breaches cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually, with some forecasts estimating as much as $6 trillion annually by 2021. To truly slow hackers down -- and to prevent as much damage as possible before it ever happens -- a more proactive approach to security is...

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Drives Pageviews with Cloudflare Performance

With the goal of becoming an international university XJTLU needed to ensure that their website was high performing and available for users anywhere in the world. However, with infrastructure focused on campus, access to XJTLU's site was intermittent and slow for off campus users. This poor performance was magnified...