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Ask a CISO Anything (3-10 to 3-17-21)

Hey everyone, myself and my co-hosts from CISO Series are hosting an AMA on the r/cybersecurity subreddit right now and it’s lasting all week until…

Best Moments from “Hacking Systemic Risk” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here is a six minute highlights video from last week’s CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Systemic Risk: An hour of critical thinking around the inherent…

Cybersecurity News – March 10, 2021

Microsoft March Patch Tuesday fixes 82 flaws, 2 zero-days Yesterday was Microsoft’s March 2021 Patch Tuesday. With this update, Microsoft has fixed 82 vulnerabilities, with…

Unnecessary Research Reveals CISOs Hate Cold Calls

In a study we never actually conducted, our fellow security leaders said unequivocally that there never has been a time they welcome a phone call…

Cybersecurity News – March 9, 2021

SUPERNOVA malware linked to threat actor Spiral A new report from the security firm Secureworks linked the SUPERNOVA web shell used as a backdoor on…

PREVIEW [3-12-21] “Hacking Board Metrics” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short preview video of our CISO Series Video Chat happening this Friday, March 12th, 2021 entitled “Hacking Board Metrics: An hour of critical…

Cybersecurity News – March 8, 2021

REvil ransomware gang uses extended voice calls to pressure victims The group recently posted a notice on a hacker forum offering to their network of…

Cybersecurity News – March 5, 2021

Fake (right-wing) news does better than real news on Facebook Fake news gets more engagement than real news on Facebook, but only if it’s coming…

[3-19-21] “Hacking Pentesting” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, March 19th, 2021 for “Hacking Pentesting: An hour of critical thinking to convert red team exercises into risk reduction”. REGISTER…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review-March 1-5, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, March 1-5, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, John Overbaugh (@johnoverbaugh), vp,…

Defense in Depth: How Much Log Data Is Enough?

You’re a CISO struggling with an influx of log data into your SIEM. What’s the data you want to keep, and for how long? You…

Cybersecurity News – March 4, 2021

Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act signed into law Virginia governor Ralph Northam signed the act into law, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Companies…

Best Moments from “Hacking Fraud” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here are six minutes of the best moments of CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Fraud: An hour of critical thinking on identifying fraud’s variances and…

Cybersecurity News – March 3, 2021

Microsoft announces end-to-end encryption support for Teams, plus passwordless logins Microsoft announced that it is adding end-to-end encryption support to Microsoft Teams later this year.…

One Day You’ll Grow Up to Know Less Than You Do Now

We know so little when we’re born. We’re just absorbing information. But then we get older, and get the responsibility to secure the computing environment…

Cybersecurity News – March 2, 2021

Gab user data leaked The group Distributed Denial of Secrets claims to have pulled 70 gigabytes of user data from the social network Gab through…

PREVIEW [3-5-21] “Hacking Systemic Risk” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short preview video of this Friday’s [March 5th, 2021] CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Systemic Risk: An hour of critical thinking around the…

Cybersecurity News – March 1, 2021

Ryuk ransomware now self-spreads to other Windows LAN devices The ransomware variant was discovered by the French national cyber-security agency while investigating an attack in…

Cybersecurity News – February 26, 2021

Biden orders review of supply chain security The president’s executive order has a few goals: to address shortages of critical imported components such as batteries…

[3-12-21] “Hacking Board Metrics” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, March 12th, 2021 for “Hacking Board Metrics: An hour of critical thinking about improving executive communications for better decision making”.…

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review|February 22-26, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, February 22-26, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Naomi Buckwalter (@ineedmorecyber), director…

Defense in Depth: Should Finance or Legal Mentor Cyber?

Cybersecurity leaders are constantly looking for ways to improve how they think about risk, and how they communicate risk. But they’re not the only ones.…

Cybersecurity News – February 25, 2021

Microsoft and FireEye push for breach reporting rules The companies pushed for a new breach reporting requirement to the US Senate Intelligence Committee in written…

Best Moments from “Hacking Cloud Vulnerabilities” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here are five minutes of the best moments of CISO Series Video Chat, ”Hacking Cloud Vulnerabilities: An hour of critical thinking of the risk and…