The cybersecurity conference Black Hat roared back to Las Vegas last week in spite of a renewed mask mandate and a virtual event alternative. My mission: Uncover what’s next in the world of enterprise cybersecurity. I spoke to a handful of promising vendors, asking each of them one basic question: “WTF?” As in: “Vendors have […]

ERISA-covered plans hold millions of dollars or more in assets and maintain a large amount of personal data on participants, therefore, such plans can be tempting targets for cyber-criminals. Recognizing this, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S. Department of Labor issued its first-ever cybersecurity guidance concerning employee benefit plans this spring.  Further, […]

According to the survey report “The Future of Cybersecurity in the Asia Pacific and Japan” published in March 2021 by Sophos, 52% of organizations in India have fallen victim to a successful cybersecurity attack in the last 12 months. Of these successful breaches, 71 percent of organizations admitted it was a serious or very serious […]

There’s an old saying in the American West: “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting.” The idea that access to water, especially the clean, drinkable kind, is something that’s worth fighting for is coming to the fore once again, as recent incidents have exposed the vulnerability of U.S. water and wastewater systems to attacks […]

Boards across the world now recognise that nothing short of an audit renaissance will make them feel satisfied about their oversight on cybersecurity challenges. The feared trillion-dollar number has entered the fear factor gauge as infrastructure breakdowns, halting of operations, ransomware demands and egregious data leakages have grabbed headlines all over the world. Some of […]

CHICAGO, July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — According to the new market research report “Railway Cybersecurity Market by Type (Infrastructural & On-board), Offering, Security Type (Network, Application, Endpoint, System Administration and Data Protection), Application (Passenger & Freight), Rail Type and Region – Global Forecast to 2027″, published by MarketsandMarkets™, the Railway Cybersecurity Market is estimated to be USD […]

CHICAGO, July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — According to the new market research report “Railway Cybersecurity Market by Type (Infrastructural & On-board), Offering, Security Type (Network, Application, Endpoint, System Administration and Data Protection), Application (Passenger & Freight), Rail Type and Region – Global Forecast to 2027″, published by MarketsandMarkets™, the Railway Cybersecurity Market is estimated to be USD […]

~~ . ~ A June 24 media report says that Japan’s National Police Agency will create a cybersecurity bureau ー including a cyber investigation team ー in the next fiscal year to address cyberattacks. The enhancement of cybersecurity bodies is obviously welcome, but there remain some concerns.  Defective Mechanism to Respond to Cyberattacks  While the […]

EV via Unsplash @ev The power to do everything online is something of an ideal. Buying groceries, seeing your doctor via telehealth: the possibilities are endless. Especially with the shutdowns of the last 18 months, logging in for instant access to both essential and entertaining platforms has been a lifesaver. And yet, this world-at-our-fingertips reality […]

By Manish Israni In today’s digital-first world, businesses are rethinking their approach to security. Instead of a traditional reactive approach of band-aid security solutions, CISOs are now looking for scalable, long-term strategies that could proactively protect their enterprise environment and prevent cyber criminals from taking advantage of vulnerabilities that got exposed during crisis situations like […]