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Defense in Depth: The “Are We Secure?” Question

When a senior person at your company asks you, “Are we secure?” how should you respond? Check out this post for the basis for our conversation on this…

Cybersecurity News – October 7, 2021

Introducing the Ransom Disclosure Act This bicameral legislation was introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Deborah Ross. It would require companies and organizations to…

[10-22-21] “Hacking Ransomware” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, October 22nd, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Ransomware: An hour of critical thinking of how to combat a…

Five best moments from “Hacking Resiliency” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here are five of our best moments from CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Resiliency: An hour of critical thinking on withstanding the brunt of cyber…

Cybersecurity News – October 6, 2021

Telegram adds 70 million users on the day of Facebook and WhatsApp outage While Facebook’s hours-long outage on Monday may have hurt the company, its…

The Ostrich Approach To Vulnerability Management

OK, you showed us our vulnerability. But we really don’t want to fix it now. Could we just pay you off to keep quiet, and…

Cybersecurity News – October 5, 2021

Major telco exchange company hacked The company Syniverse is a common exchange hub for global telcos including AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodaphone, and China Mobile, used…

Cybersecurity News – October 4, 2021

Transnational fraud ring stole millions from Army members, veterans Fredrick Brown, a former U.S. Army contractor, was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison after…

Two-Way Communications Needed for Regulations’ Constant State of Flux

In this preview for this Friday’s [10-8-21] CISO Series Video Chat on “Hacking Regulations,” I talk with Tim Bowden, svp, vulnerability management at Truist. Also…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – Sep 27-Oct-1, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Sep 27-Oct-1, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Steve Zalewski, co-host, Defense in Depth…

Cybersecurity News – October 1, 2021

New leak of Epik data exposes company’s entire server Anonymous has released what it claims to be new data from the controversial web hosting company…

CISO Series Turns 3!

Tomorrow will be the third anniversary of the CISO Series, a media network I launched targeting the cybersecurity industry. We launched with one show three…

Defense in Depth: Ransomware Kill Chain

What are the tell tale signs you’ve got ransomware before you receive the actual ransomware threat? Check out this post and this post for the basis for…

Cybersecurity News – September 30, 2021

Ransomware gangs cause headaches for hacker forums too It may seem like hacker forums are the Wild West of the dark web with virtually no…

[10-15-21] “Hacking Security Champions” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday October 15th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Security Champions: An hour of critical thinking about how to turn…

Five best moments from “Hacking Threat Intelligence” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s five of our best moments from CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Threat Intelligence: An hour of critical thinking about what to trust in order…

Cybersecurity News – September 29, 2021

Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks users out of their accounts Microsoft is investigating an ongoing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) issue preventing some customers from logging into…

Sorry, We’re Full. We Can’t Take Any More Market Segments.

No, please not another acronym. I can’t take another education cycle on another product segment. Oh, I’m sure Gartner is launching it. And I’m sure…

Cybersecurity News – September 28, 2021

Russia muscling Big Tech Earlier this year, Russia followed India’s lead with a law requiring foreign information technology companies operating in the country to open…

Cybersecurity News – September 27, 2021

Researcher drops three iOS zero-days that Apple refused to fix Proof-of-concept exploit code for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities (and a fourth one patched in July)…

Building a Resilient Security Program

Here’s a video I shot of Rick McElroy (@InfoSecRick), principal cyber security strategist, Carbon Black/VMware interviewing Gary Hayslip (@ghayslip), CISO, Softbank Investment Advisers. The two of them talked about…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – Sep 20-24, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Sep 20-24, 2021, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Brett Conlon, CISO, Edelman Financial…

Cybersecurity News – September 24, 2021

Second farming cooperative shut down by ransomware this week Crystal Valley, a Minnesota-based farming cooperative, has been hit by a ransomware attack by an unknown…

Defense in Depth: Can Technology Solve Phishing?

Technology has been a significant player in reducing phishing, but can it truly solve it? Will we always have to rely on humans to be…