G Suite to get Gmail confidential mode, on by default
Earlier this year, Google introduced Gmail confidential mode for both consumer and G Suite users. While the former were able to use it immediately, the latter depended on …
A veteran’s look at the cybersecurity industry and the problems that need solving
For many in the infosec industry, Daniel Miessler needs no introduction, as he’s a 20-year industry veteran, a professional that fulfilled a variety of security roles at …
Majority of CISOs plan to ask for an increase in cybersecurity investment
Most CISOs of financial institutions (73 percent) plan to ask their organization’s CFO for an increase in cybersecurity investments in the next year, according to the …
Security overconfidence and immaturity continue to endanger organizations
The majority of organizations are ill-prepared to protect themselves against privileged access abuse, the leading cyber-attack vector, according to Centrify and Techvangelism. …
New initiative aims to strengthen IoT security, interoperability and reliability
The Zigbee Alliance publicly announced a major ongoing initiative to make smart home and IoT products easier to develop, deploy, and sell across ecosystems. The All Hubs …
Businesses are struggling to implement adequate IAM and PAM processes, practices and technologies
Businesses find identity and access management (IAM) and privileged access management (PAM) security disciplines difficult yet un-concerning. The results infer that IAM- and …
Many are seeing the damage of cybercrime and identity theft firsthand
As massive data breaches continue to make international headlines and the Internet is an integral part of our daily lives, consumers are now grasping the risks they face. In a …
When it comes to email-based threats, Emotet dominates
Emotet displaced credential stealers, stand-alone downloaders and RATs and became the most prominent threat delivered via email, Proofpoint has shared. According to the …
BlueKeep RDP flaw: Nearly a million Internet-facing systems are vulnerable
Two weeks have passed since Microsoft released security fixes and mitigation advice to defang exploits taking advantage of CVE-2019-0708 (aka BlueKeep), a wormable …
IoT cyberattacks are the new normal, the security mindset isn’t
Eight in ten organizations have experienced a cyberattack on their IoT devices in the past 12 months, according to new research by Irdeto. Of those organizations, 90% …
Structural integrity: Quantifying risk with security measurement
In my previous post, we set up the foundation for a risk quantification program. Many organizations have begun this part of their security strategy and are learning how to …
SD-WAN alone cannot address the networking challenges of digital business
Enterprise IT professionals are turning to managed services for their SD-WAN deployments. At the same time, a new Cato Networks survey finds legacy telco services inadequately …