Tag: CISO
The nature of our emergency
May 22, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
The security industry has a problem, and unlike the title suggests an AI doctor probably isn’t going to fix it.
In the past week I’ve probably seen half a dozen references to the shortage of manpower in the security industry. Which sector of the industry? All of it probably, but the two that stood out to me have been CISO’s and security operations centers personnel. Two cogs that are definitely needed for the larger machine to function, and currently AI isn’t...
Fortinet Global Threat Landscape Report shows a need for security professionals
May 20, 2024SSN Staff
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Research by cybersecurity company Fortinet has found that sophisticated cyberattacks targeting infrastructure and large entities increased in the latter half of 2023.
Fortinet has released its semi-annual Global Threat Landscape Report that examines threats and challenges faced in the cybersecurity field, both physical and existential. “If the growing number of attacks weren’t enough to keep most CISOs awake at night, the cybersecurity domain is simultaneously...
SecurityBridge introduces next-gen Security Dashboard
May 17, 2024SSN Staff
NEW YORK — SAP security solutions provider SecurityBridge has announced its Next-Generation Security Dashboard for SAP.
SecurityBridge said that its new dashboard provides a comprehensive suite of security functions customized for CISOs, SOCs, and SAP Basis teams, including real-time views into threat monitoring, compliance ratings, patching status, code vulnerabilities, interface traffic, and more.
The dashboard offers a library of predefined graphs and indicators, allowing customers...
DarkLight partners with Resecurity for next-gen threat intelligence
February 21, 2023SSN Staff
SEATTLE – Cybersecurity company DarkLight has announced their partnership and integration with endpoint protection, and risk management cybersecurity company Resecurity.
The partnership allows DarkLight access to Context, Resecurity’s threat intelligence solution which identifies instances of cyber intrusion and data breaches for clients. This provides DarkLight the ability to give clients comprehensive and tailored risk assessments.
DarkLight’s cybersecurity software and...
International cybersecurity experts debut ransomware prevention guide
November 15, 2022SSN Staff
MISSOULA, Mont. – LMG Security announced today the debut of a new book, Ransomware and Cyber Extortion: Response and Prevention, to help prepare organizations against a growing problem.
The book is written by LMG cybersecurity experts Sherri Davidoff, founder and CEO, Matt Durrin, director of training and research, and Karen Sprenger, COO and chief ransomware negotiator. Ransomware and other forms of cyber extortion have reached such a volume that many businesses and organizations...
Risky Business
September 7, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
One of the big cybersecurity stories this week, for those tuned in on that frequency, is the trial of former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan. He’s a big name in that corner of the industry brought low by a lawsuit resulting from the cover up of a data breach. This is important because it may be the first time a corporate executive faces criminal liability from a data breach and every other CISO is likely watching this case sweating bullets.
Whether they should be or not is another matter.
The...