BEC and Call – Business E-Mail Compromise Leads to Liability
When William Darby went to work as a securities broker in October of 2018, little did he know that he was going to not only have a bad day, but…
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NSA and FBI Take Different Paths for Cybersecurity
When NSA security researchers learned that the methods used by Microsoft Windows 10 machines to examine digitally signed code (like that used to install patches) had a vulnerability which would…
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Cybersecurity Leadership – It isn’t just 1’s and 0’s
Cybersecurity professionals often come from very technical backgrounds. It is imperative that these professionals understand all the areas of technology: operating systems, networking protocols, architecture, applications and databases. At some…
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TrapX Wins the Security Shark Tank® New York City
CISOs Praise Deception Technology Vendor for Importance to the Business and Ease of Use Security Current™, the premier CISO knowledge-sharing community, today announced that CISOs from across industries selected TrapX…
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Fortanix Lauded for Innovation, Vision and Importance
CISOs Laud Fortanix for Innovation, Vision and Importance to the Business Chicago, Illinois – Security Current, the premier CISO knowledge-sharing community, today announced that CISOs from across industries selected Fortanix® Inc.…
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A new report on the compliance impact of new Federal rules on cybersecurity contractors
The Federal Government is increasing its oversight of federal contractors who gather and store information on its behalf. This is part of a trend in which data collection and storage…
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Update on Iowa
Yesterday, I wrote about two employees of CoalFire who were arrested for performing a physical pen test of various courthouses in Iowa. The article focused on the need to have…
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Are you a Means, Motive or Opportunity CISO?
I was recently asked why there has been a spike in incident alerts during the current month. As I gave my answer, I noticed that I was focusing on the…
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Data Privacy – I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think it Means
On September 10, 2019, leaders of the high tech and business world, through the Business Roundtable, sent a letter to political leaders urging them to pass a comprehensive federal consumer data privacy…
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Scraping Away at Computer “Crime” – Federal Appeals Court Rules Against LinkedIn in online “scraping” case
Your domain is your domain. Your website is your website. You decide who can access your site, who can access your data, and how they can do that. You make…
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