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CISO Series at DigiCert Trust Summit in Las Vegas (10-16-23)

CISO Series Podcast will be recording an episode of our show in front of a live audience to kick off the DigiCert Trust Summit happening…

Creating a Security Culture Through User Experience

CISO Series reporter Steve Prentice recently wrote an excellent article on how to build a culture of security within your organization. We recently shared that…

Cybersecurity News: FBI dismantles Qakbot operation, University of Michigan cuts internet after cyberattack, Microsoft criticizes UN cybercrime treaty

FBI dismantles Qakbot operation that took millions in ransom  On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the dismantling of the notorious Qakbot malware system…

Join CISO Series at Nexus ’23 in Miami (10-11-23)

Check all of the following if they apply to you: I live near or around the area of Miami, Florida (OR I want to go).I’m…

Cybersecurity News: UK flight outage, the malware Big 3, spyware firm breached

UK network outage grounds flights On August 28th, the UK’s National Air Traffic Service, or NATS, announced a “technical issue” caused it to  apply “traffic…

Please Take Some Pens and Our Company Data On Your Way Out

Every company deals with off-boarding employees. Yet it feels like many organizations make basic security mistakes in this process. Is it just a case of…

PREVIEW: CISO Series Podcast LIVE in Nashville 09-11-23

We’re just a couple weeks away from our live recording of the CISO Series Podcast at the 2023 Global CISO Executive Summit hosted by Evanta…

Cybersecurity News: Cisco fixes flaws, Windows BSOD reappears, FBI Barracuda warning

Cisco fixes flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Among the flaws that Cisco fixed this past week are three of high severity, found in NX-OS…

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Health hackers evolve, generative AI cyberattacks, NK spooks drills

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Gerald Auger Ph.D., Chief Content Creator, Simply Cyber Cyber…

Cybersecurity News: Lazarus exploits ManageEngine, Rockwell ThinManager vulnerabilities, Mississippi hospital attack

Lazarus Group exploits ManageEngine to drop new RATS on internet and healthcare North Korea’s Lazarus Group has been observed exploiting a critical vulnerability in Zoho’s…

How Do We Influence Secure Behavior?

We all know that our employees need to be more security aware, but what are the methods to get them there? How can we make…

Cybersecurity News: Tornado Cash indictment, UN cybercrime treaty, Lazarus crypto cashout

Tornado Cash developers face indictment The court for the Southern District of New York announced it charged Tornado Cash developers Roman Semenov and Roman Storm…

Connecting Discovery With Context

In cybersecurity, just knowing what assets an organization has isn’t enough. That needs to be coupled with the context of how those assets relate back…

Cybersecurity News: CISOs’ cybersecurity confidence, Healthcare cyberbreach report, Duo outage

CISOs proclaim cybersecurity confidence, but majority admit to SaaS incidents Cybersecurity company AppOmni has released its new State of SaaS Security Posture Management Report, which…

CISO Series Podcast LIVE in Santa Monica, CA 10-2023

We did it last year and we’re doing it again. CISO Series Podcast is coming to be the closing entertainment on October 5th, 2023 at…

If You Care About Security, Maybe This Guilt Tactic Will Work

Security vendors want to engage with CISOs. Yet many choose tactics that seem blatantly insulting. It might seem obvious that asking a CISO if they…

Cybersecurity News: ChatGPT botnet, Brits tip ransomware targets, Tesla’s insider breach

ChatGPT used in crypto botnet We’ve seen threat actors starting to explore uses for generative AI. Now researchers at Indiana University Bloomington discovered a new…

PREVIEW: CISO Series Podcast LIVE in Washington, DC 9-6-23

Here’s a preview video of the live audience recording of the CISO Series Podcast at the Convene conference in Washington, DC. Joining me on stage…

Cybersecurity News: NK attacks drills, Android APK malware, space industry warning

North Korean hackers suspected of targeting S. Korea-US drills A joint military exercise between South Korea and the U.S. is scheduled to start today, Monday…

Cybersecurity News Week in Review: Ford WiFi vulnerability, LockBit’s publication struggle, Government ZeroTrust confidence

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest, Jon Oltsik, distinguished analyst and fellow, Enterprise Strategy Group…

Cybersecurity News: Cybercriminals finetune AI, Government ZeroTrust confidence, Citrix vulnerability warning

Influence operators fine-tuning AI to deceive targets A range of operators including cybercrime groups is continuing to exploit AI technologies such as deepfakes to take…

Cyber Security Headlines Is Three Years Old TODAY!

Three years ago today I took a chance on launching a new podcast in the middle of the pandemic while all the other CISO Series…

Security Concerns with ChatGPT

Users have tried to upload sensitive company information and PII, personally identifiable information, into ChatGPT. Those who are successful getting the data in, have now…

Cybersecurity News: LockBit struggles, Google’s quantum resilient key, orgs excitedly unprepared for AI

LockBit struggles to publish leaked data Analyst1 Chief Security Strategist Jon DiMaggio published a report showing that the pernicious ransomware group shows signs of “critical…