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Aligning security and business strategies

CIO

By Sean Duca, vice president and regional chief security officer for Asia Pacific and Japan at Palo Alto Networks Some economists predict that we could soon face a global recession. During the 2008–2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and subsequent recession, researchers noted that cybercrime rates increased dramatically.

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Addressing the insecurity of verified identities

CIO

Cybersecurity has been identity-centric since the first username and password appeared. The locked office door separated business assets from the rest of the world, making it the unsung cybersecurity hero in this early era. Today, we can’t rely on deadbolts to do the heavy lifting for enterprise security. Do more of the same?

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: 6 Things That Matter Right Now

Tenable

26 | The “platformization” of hybrid cloud security. Tackling IT/OT cybersecurity challenges. Tips for complying with HIPAA’s cybersecurity rule. 1 - IDC sees shift to “platformization” of hybrid cloud security. That’s according to IDC’s “Worldwide Cloud Workload Security Forecast, 2022-2026.” . And much more!

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From Solar Sunrise to Solar Winds: The Questionable Value of Two Decades of Cybersecurity Advice

Haft of the Spear

While the Ware Report of 1970 codified the foundations of the computer security discipline, it was the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection report of 1997 that expanded those requirements into recommendations for both discrete entities as well as the nascent communities that were growing in and around the Internet.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Curb Your Enthusiasm Over ChatGPT-type Tools at Work, Says U.K.’s NCSC 

Tenable

1 – NCSC: Be careful when deploying AI chatbots at work When adopting AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, organizations should go slow and make sure they understand these tools’ cybersecurity risks. National Cyber Security Centre. That’s the advice dispensed this week in a pair of blogs by the U.K.

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Naturally Better Security: Leveraging the power of nature to enhance Internet security

CTOvision

Nature is now providing engineers with the missing link that can help with the most vexing challenge of our age: enabling both security and functionality in our interconnected IT systems. The next generation of cybersecurity is being enabled by the quantum nature of the universe itself. All encryption keys require random numbers.

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What Is cloud security?

Lacework

Cloud computing describes the practice of accessing software, databases, and resources via the Internet instead of on local (also known as ‘on-premises’) hardware. At this time, establishing server securing meant focusing on physical measures and preventing unauthorized individuals from accessing the hardware. What Is Cloud Security?

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