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Zero Trust Security for NIS2 compliance: What you need to know

CIO

Over 100,00 organizations are expected to be impacted by Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) cybersecurity standards that European Union (EU) member states must implement by October 2024. [i] This concept of least-privilege access is fundamental to Zero Trust Security practices.

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Cybersecurity firm Fortanix secures capital to provide confidential computing services

TechCrunch

Companies (and VCs ) spend billions of dollars on cybersecurity, but primarily focus on protecting infrastructure or endpoints. According to one 2021 survey, 61% of security leaders in the enterprise believed their cybersecurity teams to be understaffed. ” Kumar founded Fortanix alongside Anand Kashyap in 2016.

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Today’s TechCrunch Live: Why cybersecurity is still hiring and spending with Vanta and Sequoia

TechCrunch

While it seems like every company is cutting, some industries are on an upward swing, including cybersecurity. Christina Cacioppo started Vanta in 2016 and has raised $202.95 The company is fascinating to me because it does the most boring but important work around compliance and security automation.

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The NIS2 Directive: why cyber-resilience is the new normal for European organisations

CIO

Due to be adopted as law by member states by October 2024, the EU Network and Information Systems (NIS2) Directive is the most important cybersecurity legislation ever enacted across member states. At that time, cybersecurity was seen primarily as a problem faced by individual organizations. This is hugely ambitious.

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Vanta lands $40M to automate cybersecurity compliance

TechCrunch

Vanta , a security compliance automation startup, today announced that it raised $40 million in an extension of its Series B funding round that closed in June, which valued the company at $1.6 Cacioppo founded Vanta in 2016 to — in her words — “help companies achieve and maintain a strong security posture.”

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Is ad fraud a cybersecurity problem?

The Parallax

Should chief information security officers at companies hit by ad fraud take a stronger role in stopping it? In a 2016 analysis, Hewlett Packard Enterprise identified it as the most lucrative form of cybercrime. The range of companies affected by ad fraud is vast and deep, and it affects every business vertical across the globe.

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From fear to abundance: Rethinking job security in the age of generative AI

CIO

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO at DataStax Along with the exciting possibilities of generative AI (genAI), there have been concerns around job (in)security and displacement. Instead of viewing it as a threat to job security, organizations can leverage genAI as a tool to empower their workforce and augment their capabilities.