Socure names Chad Kalmes as CISO
Socure announced the hiring of Chad Kalmes as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). In this role, Kalmes will direct Socure’s strategy and operations across the Security, Technology, and Risk & Compliance functions and continue to foster a cul.....»»
Cybersecurity and quantum readiness
Avast CISO Jaya Baloo explains what quantum computing is, talks about its promises and potential pitfalls, and urges organizations to be pragmatic about preparing for its advent. She lays out the steps that can be taken immediately and those that can.....»»
Sports betting giant BetMGM reveals data breach, customer data stolen
Over 1.5 million BetMGM customers affected by the incident, with names and addresses stolen and put up for sale......»»
Hackers obtained LastPass customer data vaults in recent data breach
LastPass informs users that the August data breach gave hackers access to users' names, addresses, and data vaults.On November 30, LastPass notified users that it was investigating an August "security incident" leading to user data theft.Now, the Las.....»»
Apple product names illustrated by cool interactive visualization
Some Apple product names are simple and timeless – like MacBook Air or AirPods – while others are, uh, less so. I’m looking at you, iPhone 14 Pro Max. If you want to get a feel for how Apple names its products, data visualization researcher N.....»»
CISO roles continue to expand beyond technical expertise
Marlin Hawk has tracked and analyzed the profiles of 470 CISOs year-over-year to understand the changing dynamics in this critical leadership position. The research shows the CISO seat to be relatively industry-agnostic—with 84% of CISOs having a c.....»»
"Big muscles and wrinkled skin": The Hercules pseudoscorpions
Frida Kahlo, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hercules—they are all among the namesakes of the new pseudoscorpions recently described in the Arachnology Department at the Museum der Natur Hamburg. The prominent names suit the little animals because they a.....»»
Ransomware predictions for 2023
In this Help Net Security video, Dave Trader, Field CISO at Presidio, talks about the evolution of ransomware attacks and outlines what we can expect in 2023. The lack of fundamental cybersecurity practices and controls, including critical vulnerabil.....»»
AWS CISO: Why our new Security Lake is a game-changer for the industry
Security needs to be the path of least resistance, AWS CISO CJ Moses tells us......»»
What is a "name microaggression?" And could you be doing it without knowing?
In our recent study of 150 non-English speaking background migrants and refugees living in Australia, nearly 80% revealed using their birth names in their CVs led to fewer call-backs or no response at all......»»
Toyota names new head of production engineering and manufacturing
Takefumi Shiga, a longtime Toyota executive, will succeed Toshio Niimi as executive vice president for production engineering and manufacturing with Toyota Motor North America, effective Jan. 1......»»
Black Twitter"s expected demise would make it harder to publicize police brutality and discuss racism
Before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile and Sandra Bland were propelled into the media spotlight, their names were Twitter #hashtags......»»
CISOs’ priorities for the coming year
BlueFort Security has announced the results of its 2022 CISO survey, which revealed that while CISOs are still experiencing challenges around visibility, intelligence and control, 47% are proactively focused on digital transformation and cloud migrat.....»»
GM advertising agency Campbell Ewald names its first woman CEO
Kari Shimmel, 41, CE's chief strategy officer since late 2018, will immediately step into the role of CEO, succeeding Kevin Wertz, who is stepping down as CEO but will remain in a consulting role......»»
Dolphins Whistle Their Names with Complex, Expressive Patterns
A new study quantifies how dolphins vary their “signature whistles”.....»»
CISOs in investment firms help fast-track cybersecurity startups
In this Help Net Security video, Frank Kim, CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, discusses the growing role of CISOs in investment firms and how their role as advisors helps drive cybersecurity startups. Frank works closely with cybersecurity startup fo.....»»
May Mobility names senior Intel executive as COO
Autonomous shuttle developer named Kathy Winter, a veteran self-driving vehicle technology executive at Intel, Delphi and other companies, as COO......»»
Cloud security starts with zero trust
In this interview for Help Net Security, Mark Ruchie, CISO at Entrust, talks about cloud security and how zero trust should be implemented to guarantee overall cloud protection. Organizations are increasingly moving their operations to the cloud, thu.....»»
How Many Yottabytes in a Quettabyte? Extreme Numbers Get New Names
Prolific generation of data drove the need for prefixes that denote 1027 and 1030.....»»
European Space Agency names new astronauts, agrees record budget
The European Space Agency announced five new career astronauts as well as history's first astronaut recruit with a disability on Wednesday after adopting a record budget to fund its projects......»»
Major tax services are sending your data to Meta and Google
A new report claims Meta and Google are being sent your tax filing information, including names, amounts along with ad tracking data, a serious privacy breach......»»