Compliance isn’t exactly the most exciting side of cybersecurity. But like it or not, much of our work to secure digital assets boils down to implementing and validating checklists of controls that prevailing wisdom holds to be effective.
During this webinar, experts from RiskRecon and Cyentia Institute will...
Industrial asset owners know that protecting the integrity of their systems is critical for maintaining operations, but the challenges around cybersecurity vulnerabilities make that job much harder. As environments become more connected, and attackers become more advanced, staying a step ahead has never been more...
Over the past five years, Dragos has observed an increase in ransomware used against industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments. The ransomware used in these cyber attacks has been both intentional and unintentional in nature, yet has made this threat the most common cause of...
CISA is months behind a deadline set by President Biden in 2021 to provide voluntary guidance on OT security controls for critical infrastructure firms, but the agency announced at a House subcommittee hearing its plans for public-private information sharing and grants to smaller organizations.
U.S. Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to update HIPAA to enhance privacy protections over reproductive health data in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion.
With concerns mounting over the poor state of internet traffic routing security, the U.S. departments of Defense and Justice, and cybersecurity leadership, are calling for the Federal Communications Commission to take a more active role in managing Border Gateway Protocol vulnerabilities.
Foreign investment into the U.S. will undergo added scrutiny for its implications to cybersecurity and data protection under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden. The order focuses on potential security risks of direct investors as well as their ties to third parties that may pose risks.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses the appearance at a Senate hearing this week by the former head of security for Twitter; the top-performing web application and API protection vendors, according to Gartner's Magic Quadrant 2022; and threat trends to watch for in 2023.
The specter of Chinese data collection on U.S. citizens hung over Capitol Hill in a pair of hearings as lawmakers asked whether an open internet can survive challenges such as Beijing hacking and TikTok. An executive for the short-form video app made a rare appearance before a Senate committee.
Microsoft issued a patch for an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its latest Patch Tuesday security patch dump. The flaw allows hackers to elevate their system privileges. The update includes 63 other patches, including one other zero-day and three other critical vulnerabilities.
The FBI is the latest federal agency warning healthcare sector entities of cyberattack threats to medical devices, especially unpatched and outdated products, recommending that organizations take steps to identify vulnerabilities and "actively secure" the gear.
New malware variants are being developed at breakneck speeds, each more sophisticated and devastating than the last. On top of that, successful threats are being commodified by initial access brokers (IAB) and sold as-a-service. Threats are propagating faster than ever with stealthy evasion techniques coded in,...
Enterprises need to securely enable hybrid working to attract and retain talent, says Naveen Palavalli, vice president of product strategy at Netskope. He explains how this will require network and cloud transformation as well as transformation around how data is accessed and shared.
A host of emerging technologies - including artificial intelligence, 5G cellular, quantum computing, nanomedicine and smart hospitals - offer the potential to revolutionize healthcare, but organizations must carefully evaluate the security risks, federal authorities warn.
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