Organizations across all sectors feel the cybersecurity skills gap. But Austin Murphy of CrowdStrike says it's not just skills - it's a capacity gap. He shares insight on how organizations can help bridge these divides.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the "blame game" in the wake of a ransomware attack against the city of Baltimore. Also featured: Discussions of cyberthreats in the financial services sector and open source security concerns.
One of the earliest ransomware victims in the healthcare sector has a strong message for organizations that believe they won't be targeted: Get prepared for an attack - otherwise you risk a devastating impact.
On the sixth stop of a multi-city tour, ISMG and Sonatype visited San Francisco for an engaging discussion on how to mitigate risks introduced by open source software. Sonatype CMO Matt Howard discusses the relevance and value of this application security conversation.
Enterprises today have many digital ways of interacting with their customers - and therefore just as many ways for authenticating those users and transactions. Sesh Venkataraman of CA Technologies explains the business value of omnichannel authentication solutions.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report assesses the legacy of WannaCry ransomware two years on. Also featured: the evolving role of healthcare CISOs; threat mitigation recommendations based on the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.
ISMG and Fortinet hosted a roundtable dinner in Nashville, TN on May 15 focused on "Securing the Digital Enterprise". Challenges in gaining internal buy in for security initiatives and the problems of M&A activity were discussed, and Sonia Arista, National Healthcare Lead of Fortinet provided her insight on the event...
The term "digital transformation" is not just marketing buzz; it's the here and now for many organizations. And the healthcare sector is uniquely impacted, says Stuart Reed of Nominet in the wake of a recent roundtable discussion.
C-level executives are 12 times more likely to be the target of social incidents and nine times more likely to be the target of social breaches. This is among the key findings of the latest Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report. Author John Grim shares insight.
The lack of secure coding is a pervasive and serious threat to national security, according to a new paper from the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology. In an interview, Rob Roy, co-author of the report, outlines what steps should be taken to encourage or enforce secure coding practices.
Healthcare organizations need to take bold steps to help ensure that their cloud services providers are effectively protecting patient data. That's the advice of John Houston, CISO of UPMC, and Ira "Gus" Hunt, a security specialist at the consultancy Accenture Federal Services.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report digs into the WhatsApp flaw that paved the way for spyware installation. Also: Microsoft patches old operating systems and a 'virtual CISO' sizes up security challenges.
To ensure data integrity and patient safety, healthcare organizations must tackle a number of medical device security challenges, ranging from asset management to patching, says security expert Evan Francen, who offers tips.
Attackers exploiting a buffer overflow in WhatsApp's signaling software to automatically infect devices with malware - without users even having to answer their phone - and then alter call logs to hide attack traces is "a bit of a nightmare scenario," says cybersecurity expert Alan Woodward.
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