Richard spent several decades serving Presidents of both parties and understands what is necessary to implement effective security programs. Join us as he provides pragmatic tips for working with the Board of Directors to effectively communicate the investment need and articulate the benefits in terms the Board can support. To view the article from...
In the Leadership & Communications section for this week: What Is Security?, How to Team Up with IT for Cybersecurity, Executive Cybersecurity Leadership Program launches, and more!
The Business Information Security Officer, or BISO, is relatively new and somewhat controversial role. Does this role act as the CISO's non-technical liaison to the business units or as the CISO's deputy to oversee strategy implementation at a granular level? Is this new role a necessary career path for future CISOs or an entry point into security?...
Said one red teamer that works with financial institutions on table top exercises to simulate a Russian cyberattack, many conventional security rules are being “flipped on their head" as U.S. financial firms try to raise security awareness and test employees about potential fraudulent incursions.
According to results of a new study, financial customers are “too complacent about the risk certain fraudsters pose, with only 5% worrying about real-time payments fraud, and many unwilling to accept new fraud management measures,” according to a release on the report. This comes as bad actors take advantage of widespread adoption of digital first banking amid the pandemic.
Lots of web hacking can be done directly from the browser. Throw in a proxy like Burp plus the browser's developer tools window and you've got a nearly complete toolkit. But nearly complete means there's still room for improvement. We'll talk about the tools to keep on hand, setting up practice targets, participating in bug bounties, and more resou...
Agency leaders from the United States, United Kingdom and Europe discussed greater international cooperation and improved cyber postures during Thursday's Munich Cyber Security Conference.
Finally, in the Enterprise Security News, Securonix raises $1B in Vista-led round (it’s like they ate a unicorn!), Salt Security becomes a Unicorn, has not been eaten (yet), Legit Security raises a totally legit $26.5M Series A, Vicarius and Calamu raise Series As ,Permit.io, KSOC, Titaniam, Canonic Security, Allure Security, and SecureThings all p...
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