Given the announcement every day of a new breach, that CISO’s confidence is growing is a bit strange. I think it is more how the media is viewing the numbers. 70 percent of surveyed CISOs feel at risk of a material cyber attack over the next 12 months. That is up from 68 percent last […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The government is escalating their response to cyber attacks and they are having a little bit of success, but as we have seen recently, that means that they are also going against companies that do not have adequate security. In addition, we have seen that they are going the people in those companies who should […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]White House Preps New Cyber Rules for Healthcare After ChangeHealth Breach Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber says that after a decade of pleading with hospitals to protect your data, they are getting ready to roll out regulations. The hospitals say don’t penalize us by making us protect your data; why do we […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]TikTok Sues US Government; Vows to Prevail No surprise here and without taking a side pro or con; ByteDance and TikTok have filed suit in federal court arguing the law violates the US Constitution. TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew says the company expects to win a legal challenge to block the new law. He says […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you have been reading this blog then any conversation about supply chain risk is not news to you. Verizon, which publishes the well respected annual data breach investigations report says that supply chain breaches are up 68 percent from 2022. The number is still suspiciously low to me, however. Most people think of Verizon […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Shoddy security practices. Short of cash. Lack of personnel to deal with threats. Outdated equipment connected to the Internet. Weak passwords. CISA and the FBI say these are just some of the issues that critical infrastructure operators are facing. Anti U.S. (pro-Russian) hackers are intensifying attacks on critical infrastructure such as water, wastewater, dams, energy […]
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