Although many companies are deploying extended detection and response, or XDR, their efforts often are coming up short, says Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst at IT-Harvest.
"They’re playing games," is how one security expert describes Conti ransomware-wielding attackers' "gift" of a decryptor to Ireland's crypto-locked health service, while still demanding a ransom to not leak stolen health data. The same could be said of the DarkSide gang's promised retirement.
SolarWinds has uncovered evidence that intruders were in its systems in January 2019, about eight months earlier than originally believed. CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna says the company discovered the clues by analyzing terabytes of data from its virtual build systems.
In a session at RSA Conference 2021, three cybersecurity experts said top priorities among the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission's recommendations that have not yet been carried out are adopting a federal data breach notification law and improving public-private partnerships.
In the wake of recent attacks on supply chains and critical infrastructure, Adrian Mayers says it's time for cybersecurity to be seen as an issue of national defense, and that cybersecurity leaders throughout the private and public sectors must embrace their role to protect national interests.
Since the supply chain attack that targeted SolarWinds was uncovered in December 2020, some members of Congress have been pushing for a nationwide data breach notification law. In a panel discussion at RSA Conference 2021, federal officials and a legal expert offered insights on what such a law might require.
Want to stay well-protected against emerging cybersecurity threats? Keep a close eye on the latest headlines, says BlackCloak's Chris Pierson, who recommends organizations continually refine - and practice - their incident response plan based on the latest real-life attack scenarios.
Investigators at industrial cybersecurity specialist Dragos say an employee of the water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, where a cyberattack was thwarted, had visited an infected website the same day, but that apparently played no role in the security incident.
The COVID-19 pandemic created unique conditions for technology and surveillance practices to erode global privacy. In this discussion of their RSA Conference keynote, Niloo Howe and David Cole share their research, case studies and analysis.
Securing the perimeter has given way to securing the application environment. And with this shift comes a new urgency to inject real-time security solutions in these dynamic new environments. Sameer Malhotra, CEO and co-founder of TrueFort, shares insights.
Troels Oerting, a veteran CISO who most recently served the World Economic Forum, has a storied career. He's been there, done that and mitigated the risk. In this exclusive conversation, he shares his opinions on today's threats, emerging technologies and challenges for the next generation of security leaders.
Tool sprawl is a symptom, and complexity is cybersecurity’s chronic illness. Ashok Sankar of ReliaQuest shares ways to manage this complexity and help organizations rethink how they deploy and measure their cybersecurity defenses.
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