A new SolarWinds survey has found that 56 percent of public sector information technology decision-makers said they consider the general hacking community as the top security threat in their organizations, while 52 percent of respondents pointed to careless insiders as primary threats. Market Connections, a research firm commissioned to conduct the survey, polled 400 IT […] More
Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia said the rise in ransomware attacks is driving a national response to cyberthreats, CNBC reported Tuesday. “What you’re starting to see is a coordinated national response — maybe even a coordinated international response — because [of] ransomware,” Mandia said. He said an example of that coordination was the effort to shut […] More
A survey by Deloitte has found that 86 percent of C-suite executives in the U.S. say that disruption caused by the pandemic resulted in an increase in cyberthreats within their organizations. Deloitte surveyed 577 C-suite officials worldwide, including 159 executives from U.S.-based companies, for the 2021 Future of Cyber report and found that 14 percent […] More
SpyCloud released its 2021 Ransomware Defense Report on Tuesday to provide an insightful analysis of the perceived threat of ransomware attacks and the maturity of cybersecurity defense systems across leading information technology security companies. Despite the increasing frequency and elevated concern of high-profile attacks, like the 2020 SolarWinds breach and the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, […] More
An annual report from Microsoft has found that Russia accounted for 58 percent of all cyberattacks the company observed in the past year from nation states and that the percentage of agencies involved in defense, national security or foreign policy that are being targeted by Russian threat actors to gather intelligence rose from 3 percent […] More
Bill O’Neill, vice president of Public Sector for ThycoticCentrify, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to explore the advantages of bringing Thycotic and Centrify together to create complex solutions for large enterprises. In addition, O’Neill also discussed recent disruptions in our supply chain management and the lessons we should learn […] More
George Kamis, chief technology officer of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, said there are five steps federal agencies can implement to protect mission-critical data in the cloud against ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks and the first is adopting zero trust. “Zero trust replaces implicit assumptions about who is trusted with explicit decisions made […] More
Bill Harrod, federal chief technology officer for Ivanti, spoke with ExecutiveBiz for its latest Executive Spotlight interview discussing how the company’s recent acquisitions, including the recent purchase of RiskSense, have impacted the development of ransomware and cyber threat solutions, the challenges of merging company cultures and advancing zero-trust architecture. “Automation is another component that’s absolutely […] More
Theresa Payton, founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Fortalice Solutions, said that critical infrastructure buildout initiatives should include bringing in top cybersecurity talent to defend against a ransomware attack. “The only way to beat these ransomware syndicates at their own game is to have the best and brightest building the master key to unlock the […] More
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure team at Forcepoint, said federal agencies should provide cybersecurity training to employees, particularly information technology professionals responsible for dealing with cyber breaches, in accordance with the current administration’s executive order on cybersecurity. Trexler wrote in an article posted Monday on Federal Times that agencies should […] More
A Verizon report has found that 48 percent of public sector respondents whose organizations had suffered a compromise involving a mobile device said the effects of the breach were major. Public sector organizations cited loss of data, increased risk to employee safety and disruption of operations as the top three consequences of a breach they were concerned about.
Matthew Stern, vice president of Cybersecurity and a highly acclaimed CISO for Intelligent Waves, has written a thought leadership piece regarding the reasons and mistakes that lead to failures in cybersecurity practices by CISOs. Stern was recently named CISO of the Year by The Cyber Security Excellence Awards Competition for 2021.
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