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The Bishop Fox Cybersecurity Style Guide , published last week , was developed over the last year and a half to fill a vacuum, says its lead editor, Brianne Hughes. My real goal was to bridge the gap between people who are writing in security, and the people who have to read that.”. MORE
Not likely , but those questions go to the heart of the tension between the gig economy and cybersecurity. Because the companies they contract with aren’t communicating or enforcing best security practices as intensely. MORE
Hackers often talk about practicing good “cybersecurity hygiene” : making sure that basic standards, such as using unique passwords for each log-in, are met. ”—Jacki Monson, chief privacy and information security officer, Sutter Health. READ MORE ON MEDICAL SECURITY. MORE
government-sponsored Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force delivered more than 100 recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security to make medical technology more resistant to hackers. READ MORE FROM ‘NO PANACEA FOR MEDICAL CYBERSECURITY’. MORE
One of the many topics coved at the event was software defined perimeter and cloud security alliance. Next Steps for the Cybersecurity Framework (vormetric.com). On September 30 th Sierra Ventures hosted their 9th CIO summit in Palo Alto, CA. MORE
As Dave Aitel, former NSA cybersecurity analyst and the current chief security technical officer of cybersecurity company Cyxtera tells The Parallax, the details of the indictment indicate the high level of confidence the Justice Department has in its charges. Regardless of U.S. MORE
Smart Cities will become a full-scale cyber war battleground unless Congress mandates cybersecurity. Big Data and Analytics Cloud Computing CTO Cyber Security Cyber War Government Cyberwar smart cityThe biggest danger in Smart Cities is the assumption that IoT sensors communicating over a 5G fabric to Machine Learning and Blockchain systems will be safe from cyberattacks. To the contrary Smart Cities suffer from all the cyber vulnerabilities we have today [.]. MORE
READ MORE ON MEDICAL CYBERSECURITY. Dr. Paul Pugsley’s medical cybersecurity crisis in the Emergency Room was part of a simulation at the CyberMed Summit 2018 to teach doctors about complications that can arise from cyberattacks against medical devices and hospitals. MORE
Dealing with the scale that the internet can deliver, has unfortunately left us with a series of other non-optimal cyber security approaches and solutions. In cybersecurity we’re have a hard time dealing with scale. Out of all the problems to deal with subverting bureaucracy to enable security scaling is the hardest. All three when synchronized create strong feedback loops and learning curves for the enterprise leading to a strengthened cyber security posture. MORE
A new bill winding its way through the Georgia state senate has cybersecurity experts on alert. As Senate Bill 315 is currently written, academics and independent security researchers alike could be subject to prosecution in Georgia alongside malicious hackers. MORE
While the vast majority of security professionals believe a stronger cybersecurity culture would improve their business, nearly all companies—95%—have a gap between their desired culture and reality, according to new research. Security, Information Security, Information Security (Info Sec MORE
The apps can still contact custom domain names for arbitrary tasks like configuration changes, application updates or publishing information. The traffic from a mobile device that is still trying to connect to an old and expired domain exposes lots of personal information — contact data, text messages, pictures, GPS data and call logs all sitting at risk of an attack. MORE
Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, Ransomware, Information Security (Info Sec Yes, ransomware is still a thing. The latest nasty doing the rounds is Phobos—a variant of Dharma and CrySiS. MORE
The alarming number of unfilled jobs in information security has many leaders in the industry wondering how to solve the manpower problem. Awareness is part of the problem — in that the pipelines aren't getting filled fast because many young people don't know about jobs in security. A second problem of awareness, though, is the inherent problem in a majority of security operation centers (SOCs) — programming language. MORE
How secure is your website? Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, User Authentication, Information Security (Info Sec This week brings worrying news about how easy it is to take over accounts at the biggest web hosting providers. MORE
Today, we would like to share two additional layers of security: API enforcement and metadata protection. For more information on how the AWS services mentioned work, see the Background section at the end of this post. cloud-computing netflixsecurity security cloud-security aws MORE
From rampant ransomware to the Equifax breach to geopolitical machinations, it’s hard not to be a cynic about the past 12 months of security and privacy news. And not all federal cybersecurity decisions this year were necessarily harmful to consumers. MORE
Fewer attendees, perhaps, expected him to reference the Hollywood action movies of Jean-Claude van Damme, who happened to be sitting in the front row for the highest-profile speech of Israel’s largest cybersecurity conference. Cybersecurity is a true blood sport,” Netanyahu quipped. MORE
Security, Information Security, IT Operations, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Information Security (Info Sec Neil Simon's play and film The Odd Couple hinged on two characters, Oscar and Felix, who had entirely different priorities but found themselves living together—and creating frustration for each other. MORE
62 Intel Security has released Hacking the Skills Shortage , a report revealing the current cybersecurity workforce crisis. The shortage in cybersecurity skills has done measurable damage to companies. Additional key findings of the survey include: 82% of respondents reported a shortage of cybersecurity skills. 9 out of 10 respondents say that cybersecurity technology could help compensate for skill shortages. Bob Gourley. MORE
How has the security of the Internet of Things evolved in recent years? Security, Information Security, Internet of Things (IoT), Information Security (Info Sec TechBeacon last visited the topic in 2017 and found the picture to be troubling at best. Now, for the first time since 2014, OWASP has updated its own Top Ten list of IoT Vulnerabilities. MORE
A quick conversation with most Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) reveals they understand they need to modernize their security architecture and the correct answer is to adopt a machine learning and analytics platform as a fundamental and durable part of their data strategy. MORE
Security, Information Security, Information Security (Info Sec Farewell, 2018 —we hardly knew you. MORE
Red Owl Analytics is a highly regarded provider of a software solution that enables security and compliance teams to proactively tackle their most pressing problem-- insider risk. Guy finished his Army career as a special assistant to the Director of the National Security Agency. MORE
Burt and cybersecurity pioneer Daniel Geer recently released a must-read white paper (“Flat Light”) that provides a great framework for how to think about information security in the age of big data and AI. Continue reading How machine learning impacts information security MORE
As our companies understand the importance of information technology and acquire more and more valuable information, the bad guys keep trying to find ways to break in and steal customer credit card and personal information. MORE
Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, Containers, Information Security (Info Sec The day we all feared would come has come. MORE
Wondering if information security is the right profession for you? I’ve been working in information security for many years and have had the opportunity to fill a variety of roles. First off, there are many different jobs within information security. MORE
You might think of cybersecurity professionals as tech’s collective “ watchers on the wall ”—the guardians who let you know when doom is coming. Here are six things on the cybersecurity and privacy front we’re glad that organizations are helping consumers become more aware of than ever before. MORE
Google found another security hole in Google Plus. Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, Information Security (Info Sec It happened again , but this time it's 100 times worse. MORE
Security researcher Dylan Houlihan says he notified Panera Bread, a chain of more than 2,000 stores in the United States, of a website vulnerability in August 2017. How to attack security issues like Google and Microsoft just did. MORE
When it comes to election security, it’s hard not to think of the United States as a proverbial dumpster fire. And while some states are taking steps to secure their voting processes, many are not. Why current funding to secure U.S. MORE
Security, Information Security, Information Security (Info Sec), Computer Privacy, Security BlogwatchYet more bad news for Facebook. This week brings revelations that Zuckerberg’s finest really have been selling your private data. MORE
The 10th Cyber & Information Security Research (CISR) Conference, 7-9 April 2015, will be held at the Conference Center, 2nd Floor, Building 5200, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The conference brings together cyber security researchers, program managers, decision makers, security vendors, and practitioners to discuss many challenging tasks and novel solutions pertaining to cyber security. By Charles Hall. MORE
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JANUARY 17, 2019
Burt and cybersecurity pioneer Daniel Geer recently released a must-read white paper (“Flat Light”) that provides a great framework for how to think about information security in the age of big data and AI. Continue reading How machine learning impacts information security
Linux Academy
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Wondering if information security is the right profession for you? I’ve been working in information security for many years and have had the opportunity to fill a variety of roles. First off, there are many different jobs within information security.
The Parallax
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
A new bill winding its way through the Georgia state senate has cybersecurity experts on alert. As Senate Bill 315 is currently written, academics and independent security researchers alike could be subject to prosecution in Georgia alongside malicious hackers.
The Parallax
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
government-sponsored Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force delivered more than 100 recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security to make medical technology more resistant to hackers. READ MORE FROM ‘NO PANACEA FOR MEDICAL CYBERSECURITY’.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Today, we would like to share two additional layers of security: API enforcement and metadata protection. For more information on how the AWS services mentioned work, see the Background section at the end of this post. cloud-computing netflixsecurity security cloud-security aws
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FEBRUARY 12, 2019
While the vast majority of security professionals believe a stronger cybersecurity culture would improve their business, nearly all companies—95%—have a gap between their desired culture and reality, according to new research. Security, Information Security, Information Security (Info Sec
The Parallax
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
The Bishop Fox Cybersecurity Style Guide , published last week , was developed over the last year and a half to fill a vacuum, says its lead editor, Brianne Hughes. My real goal was to bridge the gap between people who are writing in security, and the people who have to read that.”.
The Parallax
DECEMBER 19, 2018
READ MORE ON MEDICAL CYBERSECURITY. Dr. Paul Pugsley’s medical cybersecurity crisis in the Emergency Room was part of a simulation at the CyberMed Summit 2018 to teach doctors about complications that can arise from cyberattacks against medical devices and hospitals.
The Accidental Successful CIO
DECEMBER 20, 2017
As our companies understand the importance of information technology and acquire more and more valuable information, the bad guys keep trying to find ways to break in and steal customer credit card and personal information.
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
The apps can still contact custom domain names for arbitrary tasks like configuration changes, application updates or publishing information. The traffic from a mobile device that is still trying to connect to an old and expired domain exposes lots of personal information — contact data, text messages, pictures, GPS data and call logs all sitting at risk of an attack.
The Parallax
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
You might think of cybersecurity professionals as tech’s collective “ watchers on the wall ”—the guardians who let you know when doom is coming. Here are six things on the cybersecurity and privacy front we’re glad that organizations are helping consumers become more aware of than ever before.
Cloudera Engineering
OCTOBER 23, 2017
A quick conversation with most Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) reveals they understand they need to modernize their security architecture and the correct answer is to adopt a machine learning and analytics platform as a fundamental and durable part of their data strategy.
The Parallax
OCTOBER 23, 2018
When it comes to election security, it’s hard not to think of the United States as a proverbial dumpster fire. And while some states are taking steps to secure their voting processes, many are not. Why current funding to secure U.S.
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The 10th Cyber & Information Security Research (CISR) Conference, 7-9 April 2015, will be held at the Conference Center, 2nd Floor, Building 5200, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The conference brings together cyber security researchers, program managers, decision makers, security vendors, and practitioners to discuss many challenging tasks and novel solutions pertaining to cyber security. By Charles Hall.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, Containers, Information Security (Info Sec The day we all feared would come has come.
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JUNE 27, 2018
Fewer attendees, perhaps, expected him to reference the Hollywood action movies of Jean-Claude van Damme, who happened to be sitting in the front row for the highest-profile speech of Israel’s largest cybersecurity conference. Cybersecurity is a true blood sport,” Netanyahu quipped.
TechBeacon
JANUARY 3, 2019
Security, Information Security, Information Security (Info Sec Farewell, 2018 —we hardly knew you.
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JANUARY 24, 2019
Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, Ransomware, Information Security (Info Sec Yes, ransomware is still a thing. The latest nasty doing the rounds is Phobos—a variant of Dharma and CrySiS.
The Parallax
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Not likely , but those questions go to the heart of the tension between the gig economy and cybersecurity. Because the companies they contract with aren’t communicating or enforcing best security practices as intensely.
Kacy Zurkus - CSO Online
AUGUST 31, 2017
The alarming number of unfilled jobs in information security has many leaders in the industry wondering how to solve the manpower problem. Awareness is part of the problem — in that the pipelines aren't getting filled fast because many young people don't know about jobs in security. A second problem of awareness, though, is the inherent problem in a majority of security operation centers (SOCs) — programming language.
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JULY 27, 2016
Intel Security has released Hacking the Skills Shortage , a report revealing the current cybersecurity workforce crisis. The shortage in cybersecurity skills has done measurable damage to companies. Additional key findings of the survey include: 82% of respondents reported a shortage of cybersecurity skills. 9 out of 10 respondents say that cybersecurity technology could help compensate for skill shortages. Bob Gourley.
The Parallax
DECEMBER 27, 2017
From rampant ransomware to the Equifax breach to geopolitical machinations, it’s hard not to be a cynic about the past 12 months of security and privacy news. And not all federal cybersecurity decisions this year were necessarily harmful to consumers.
TechBeacon
DECEMBER 19, 2018
How has the security of the Internet of Things evolved in recent years? Security, Information Security, Internet of Things (IoT), Information Security (Info Sec TechBeacon last visited the topic in 2017 and found the picture to be troubling at best. Now, for the first time since 2014, OWASP has updated its own Top Ten list of IoT Vulnerabilities.
CTOvision
MAY 4, 2015
Red Owl Analytics is a highly regarded provider of a software solution that enables security and compliance teams to proactively tackle their most pressing problem-- insider risk. Guy finished his Army career as a special assistant to the Director of the National Security Agency.
TechBeacon
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Security, Information Security, IT Operations, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Information Security (Info Sec Neil Simon's play and film The Odd Couple hinged on two characters, Oscar and Felix, who had entirely different priorities but found themselves living together—and creating frustration for each other.
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To fix traditionally paper-heavy and error-prone processes, they needed a secure and easy-to-use product experience that simplified and unified crime data collection and management. Mark43 is on a mission to bring public safety data management into the 21st century.
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JANUARY 17, 2019
How secure is your website? Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, User Authentication, Information Security (Info Sec This week brings worrying news about how easy it is to take over accounts at the biggest web hosting providers.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
Dealing with the scale that the internet can deliver, has unfortunately left us with a series of other non-optimal cyber security approaches and solutions. In cybersecurity we’re have a hard time dealing with scale. Out of all the problems to deal with subverting bureaucracy to enable security scaling is the hardest. All three when synchronized create strong feedback loops and learning curves for the enterprise leading to a strengthened cyber security posture.
TechBeacon
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Security, Information Security, Information Security (Info Sec), Computer Privacy, Security BlogwatchYet more bad news for Facebook. This week brings revelations that Zuckerberg’s finest really have been selling your private data.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 28, 2014
One of the many topics coved at the event was software defined perimeter and cloud security alliance. Next Steps for the Cybersecurity Framework (vormetric.com). On September 30 th Sierra Ventures hosted their 9th CIO summit in Palo Alto, CA.
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JULY 17, 2018
Smart Cities will become a full-scale cyber war battleground unless Congress mandates cybersecurity. Big Data and Analytics Cloud Computing CTO Cyber Security Cyber War Government Cyberwar smart cityThe biggest danger in Smart Cities is the assumption that IoT sensors communicating over a 5G fabric to Machine Learning and Blockchain systems will be safe from cyberattacks. To the contrary Smart Cities suffer from all the cyber vulnerabilities we have today [.].
TechBeacon
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Google found another security hole in Google Plus. Security, Information Security, Security Blogwatch, Information Security (Info Sec It happened again , but this time it's 100 times worse.
The Parallax
APRIL 9, 2018
Security researcher Dylan Houlihan says he notified Panera Bread, a chain of more than 2,000 stores in the United States, of a website vulnerability in August 2017. How to attack security issues like Google and Microsoft just did.
The Parallax
JULY 17, 2018
As Dave Aitel, former NSA cybersecurity analyst and the current chief security technical officer of cybersecurity company Cyxtera tells The Parallax, the details of the indictment indicate the high level of confidence the Justice Department has in its charges. Regardless of U.S.
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