CISOs: unsupported, unheard, and invisible
A study conducted among CISOs worldwide from various industries sheds light on their strategies amid a challenging threat environment, identifies obstacles from business functions, and highlights their requirements for achieving success. “Our resea.....»»
Financial organizations fail to act on firmware breaches
In this Help Net Security video, Michael Thelander, Director Product Marketing at Eclypsium, discusses how financial organizations are failing to act despite the majority experiencing a firmware-related breach. 92% of CISOs in finance believe adversa.....»»
Week in review: CISOs’ earnings per year, Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center flaw
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: US-based CISOs get nearly $1 million per year The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a relatively new senior-level executive p.....»»
Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy advocates refused
Fog Reveal is "almost invisible" when attempting to search for it online. Enlarge (credit: Tasos Katopodis / Stringer | Getty Images News) Much is known about how the federal government leverages location data by serving warra.....»»
APIs and zero trust named as top priorities for CISOs in 2023
Staying competitive with cyberattackers and more adept at real-time attacks is the challenge every CISO will face in 2023 and beyond. Staying competitive with cyberattackers and more adept at real-time attacks is the challenge every CISO will fac.....»»
How CISOs can safeguard security in CI/CD environments
DevOps is a staple at every forward-thinking organization these days. The agile development and release formula helps companies address customer issues and marketplace innovation demands quickly. However, DevOps does not mesh well with traditional se.....»»
CISOs see little need for a point solution to cover ransomware risk
Nearly half of enterprises have fallen victim to a ransomware attack, of which nearly all have had little choice but to heed their attackers, according to the Q2 CISO Circuit report from YL Ventures. The financial disruption, privacy implications and.....»»
Developers have been working on a tool to run macOS Ventura on unsupported Macs
When Apple announced macOS Ventura in June at WWDC 2022, the company also revealed that multiple older Macs were officially discontinued, including the beloved “trash can” Mac Pro and the very first MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. However, a group o.....»»
Devs are making progress getting macOS Ventura to run on unsupported, decade-old Macs
Widening gap between supported and unsupported hardware makes things tricky. Enlarge / OpenCore Legacy Patcher lead Mykola Grymalyuk has macOS Ventura running on Macs as old as the 2008 Mac Pro tower. (credit: Mykola Grymalyuk).....»»
Noise pollution is hurting animals, and we don"t even know how much
From construction projects to busy roads, airplanes and railways, human noise is everywhere. It is an invisible cause of stress, posing serious risks to human health and well-being. However, noise also harms animals living in close contact with human.....»»
How government CISOs tackle digital transformation initiatives
In this interview for Help Net Security, Dan Tucker, Senior VP at Booz Allen, and leader of the firm’s cloud and data engineering solutions for citizen services, talks about government digital transformation efforts, security challenges, and offers.....»»
EV battery fires prompt Indian 2-wheeler makers to use LFP
Until recently, India's electric EV 2-wheeler market seemed unstoppable. Hordes of companies, most hitherto unheard of in the automobile sector, had begun to announce plans to sell electric scooters and motorcycles. Many of them still do, but custome.....»»
Engineers developed an "invisible finger" to control your touchscreen devices remotely
Researchers from the University of Florida and the University of New Hampshire presented work on an "invisible-finger" attack at Black Hat USA 2022 in Las Vegas last week. Using some complicated science, a robotic arm, and multiple antenna arrays, th.....»»
The future of NASA"s laser communications
NASA uses lasers to send information to and from Earth, employing invisible beams to traverse the skies, sending terabytes of data—pictures and videos—to increase our knowledge of the universe. This capability is known as laser, or optical, commu.....»»
SecurityScorecard provides a combination of services and platform to help CISOs manage cybersecurity risks
At Black Hat USA 2022, SecurityScorecard announced the integration of its Professional Services offering with its ratings platform to provide a single point of orchestration to manage cybersecurity risks. SecurityScorecard’s Professional Services t.....»»
Balbix integrates with ServiceNow to automate and improve cyber risk quantification
Balbix has integrated with ServiceNow so customers can automatically augment cyber risk data with business context and integrate remediation efforts with their existing security and IT workflows. CISOs can eliminate thousands of hours from the time r.....»»
5 key things we learned from CISOs of smaller enterprises survey
As business begins its return to normalcy (however “normal” may look), CISOs at small and medium-size enterprises (500 – 10,000 employees) were asked to share their cybersecurity challenges and priorities, and their responses were compared the.....»»
Traceable AI adds eBPF to its security platform to improve observability and visibility into all API activity
Traceable AI adds extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) data to its platform. Traceable helps CISOs, DevSecOps, and DevOps teams obtain deeper observability and visibility into APIs without additional instrumentation or latency — advancing compani.....»»
The building blocks of Unilever Taiwan"s sustainability implementation
COVID-19 is a wake-up call for a new era of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activism. Both the coronavirus and the carbon atom are invisible, but their effects are not. They have different impacts around the world but they both hurt it in.....»»
A "nano-robot" built entirely from DNA to explore cell processes
Constructing a tiny robot from DNA and using it to study cell processes invisible to the naked eye.... You would be forgiven for thinking it is science fiction, but it is in fact the subject of serious research by scientists from Inserm, CNRS and Uni.....»»
IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report finds invisible ‘cyber tax’
IBM releases its annual "Cost of a Data Breach Report, which finds the cost of of intrusions is increasing and creating a cyber tax. IBM releases its annual "Cost of a Data Breach Report, which finds the cost of of intrusions is increasing and cr.....»»