What are the tell tale signs you’ve got ransomware before you receive the actual ransomware threat? Check out this post and this post for the basis for our conversation on this week’s episode which features me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series, co-host Geoff…
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Defense in Depth: Ransomware Kill Chain
Defense in Depth: Ransomware Kill Chain
Cyber Security Headlines – September 30, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – September 30, 2021
Ransomware gangs cause headaches for hacker forums too It may seem like hacker forums are the Wild West of the dark web with virtually no rules. But a recent piece by Cyberscoop details that these sites have etiquette and rules,…
[10-15-21] “Hacking Security Champions” – CISO Series Video Chat
[10-15-21] “Hacking Security Champions” – CISO Series Video Chat
Please join us on Friday October 15th, 2021 for CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Security Champions: An hour of critical thinking about how to turn non-security people into security leaders.” Register for 10-15-21 video chat. Joining me for this discussion will be:…
Five best moments from “Hacking Threat Intelligence” – CISO Series Video Chat
Five best moments from “Hacking Threat Intelligence” – CISO Series Video Chat
Here’s five of our best moments from CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking Threat Intelligence: An hour of critical thinking about what to trust in order to take necessary action.” Our guests for this discussion were: Doug Mayer, vp, CISO, WiRB…
Cyber Security Headlines – September 29, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – September 29, 2021
Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks users out of their accounts Microsoft is investigating an ongoing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) issue preventing some customers from logging into their Microsoft 365 accounts. According to Microsoft, only customers using on-premises MFA servers and either…
Sorry, We’re Full. We Can’t Take Any More Market Segments.
Sorry, We’re Full. We Can’t Take Any More Market Segments.
No, please not another acronym. I can’t take another education cycle on another product segment. Oh, I’m sure Gartner is launching it. And I’m sure they’ll make yet another Magic Quadrant to tell us which companies are in this new…
Cyber Security Headlines – September 28, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – September 28, 2021
Russia muscling Big Tech Earlier this year, Russia followed India’s lead with a law requiring foreign information technology companies operating in the country to open local offices. In light of the recent Russian elections, this on the ground presence was…
Cyber Security Headlines – September 27, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – September 27, 2021
Researcher drops three iOS zero-days that Apple refused to fix Proof-of-concept exploit code for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities (and a fourth one patched in July) was published on GitHub after Apple delayed patching and failed to credit the person who…
Building a Resilient Security Program
Building a Resilient Security Program
Here’s a video I shot of Rick McElroy (@InfoSecRick), principal cyber security strategist, Carbon Black/VMware interviewing Gary Hayslip (@ghayslip), CISO, Softbank Investment Advisers. The two of them talked about what is needed for a resilient security program. Both Rick and Gary will be there…
Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – Sep 20-24, 2021
Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review – Sep 20-24, 2021
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Sep 20-24, 2021, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Brett Conlon, CISO, Edelman Financial Engines Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Friday at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm…