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6 ways to prevent insider threats every CISO should know
Too often, organizations focus exclusively on external risks to security. Infosec expert Nabil Hannan explains what CISOs can do to effectively assess and prevent insider threats.
Nabil Hannan • April 6, 2021 -
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With 5G, security by design is a must
New tech means new security strategies. Deloitte's Wendy Frank and Shehadi Dayekh explain why this is especially true with 5G. Security by design, they advise, is a critical approach.
Wendy Frank and Shehadi Dayekh • March 19, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
3 ways CISOs can align cybersecurity to business goals
To work effectively with the C-suite, CISOs can take three steps to align business goals with cybersecurity needs to reduce risk, guest contributor Mike McGlynn advises.
Mike McGlynn • March 19, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How attackers counter incident response after a data breach
It's not over until it's over. Explore how attackers use backdoors and evasion techniques to counter incident response measures even long after a data breach is disclosed.
Andrew Kempster • March 16, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How security teams can prepare for advanced persistent threats
Daniel Clayton explains how any organization can devise its cybersecurity strategy to account for advanced persistent threats, which have started changing the threat landscape.
Daniel Clayton • March 11, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Strengthening supply chain security risk management
In the wake of several supply chain attacks, Pam Nigro discusses how companies can work to reduce risk by broadening how to manage third-party vendors' access to company data.
Pam Nigro • March 11, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Rebuild security and compliance foundations with automation
Instead of patchwork security fixes, financial organizations need to embrace automation, create and deploy secure software and address implementation problems.
Ehsan Foroughi • March 4, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
6 ways to prevent cybersecurity burnout
Consider investing in training for new employees, offering mentoring and setting goals, automating where possible and more to help prevent cybersecurity burnout.
Nabil Hannan • Feb. 27, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Dispelling 4 of the top cloud security myths today
Booz Allen's Jimmy Pham and Brad Beaulieu dispel four major cloud security myths, exploring why staying in the cloud rather than returning to on premises may be the more secure option.
Jimmy Pham and Brad Beaulieu • Feb. 26, 2021 -
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What is CIEM and why should CISOs care?
Cloud infrastructure entitlement management offers companies an edge in the cloud permissions gap challenge. Mahendra Ramsinghani explains how CIEM differs from SIEM.
Mahendra Ramsinghani • Feb. 19, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How SolarWinds attack will change CISOs’ priorities
Following cybersecurity best practices used to be enough, but after the SolarWinds supply chain attack, CISOs now have to rethink all their security protocols.
Vishal Salvi • Feb. 12, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
4 tips to help CISOs get more C-suite cybersecurity buy-in
CISOs can get more cybersecurity buy-in with cohesive storytelling, focusing on existential security threats, leading with CARE and connecting security plans to business objectives.
Neil Daswani and Moudy Elbayadi • Feb. 12, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
The security battle over entitlements and permissions creep
IT must continually keep track of entitlements and permissions for all their cloud services, with methods such as CI/CD tools, increased visibility and continuous monitoring.
Raj Mallempati • Jan. 30, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
2021 cybersecurity predictions: Oh, where cybersecurity may go
Jonathan Meyers sees 2021 bringing cybersecurity challenges to the forefront, like more cyberattacks on local governments, BYOD security issues and AI and ML overhype.
Jonathan Meyers • Jan. 27, 2021 -
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4 ways to minimize the risk of IT supply chain attacks
Mark Whitehead breaks down the importance of taking a zero-trust cybersecurity approach when it comes to protecting networks and data accessible by third-party partners.
Mark Whitehead • Jan. 25, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Standardize cybersecurity terms to get everyone correct service
Some cybersecurity terms can refer to multiple service offerings, which can be confusing for companies looking to implement them as well as the companies providing them.
Nabil Hannan • Jan. 22, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Combine ML with human intelligence for your security strategy
As hackers target the ever-increasing complexity of company networks, enterprises need to find a balance between machine learning and human intelligence when protecting systems and data.
Rohit Dhamankar • Jan. 19, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
7 cybersecurity priorities CISOs should focus on for 2021
For 2021, Vishal Salvi argues that CISOs should tie cybersecurity to business agendas better, invest in cloud security, implement IT hygiene, modernize security architecture and more.
Vishal Salvi • Jan. 8, 2021 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
The enterprise case for implementing live-fire cyber skilling
Companies continue to grapple with the cybersecurity skills gap, but Adi Dar offers a way to ensure security teams are properly trained through the use of live exercises.
Adi Dar • Dec. 31, 2020 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How to address the skills gap of security and IT personnel
In part two of Jonathan Meyers' look at the skills gap challenge companies face in cybersecurity, he offers recommendations to consider when ensuring your teams have the skills needed.
Jonathan Meyers • Dec. 18, 2020 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
3 reasons why CISOs should collaborate more with CFOs
C-suite may not always understand ROI of security efforts, which is why Nabil Hannan suggests that CISOs work more closely with CFOs to learn how to best communicate security's value.
Nabil Hannan • Dec. 11, 2020 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
5 myths about putting security into CI/CD pipelines
Companies looking to introduce security testing earlier into software development must look past myths and understand what to realistically expect before creating their strategy.
Dan Cornell • Dec. 8, 2020 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
The challenge of addressing the IT and security skills gap
In the first of a two-part series, Jonathan Meyers examines the issues surrounding the security skills gap that companies must contend with due to limited budgets, training and more.
Jonathan Meyers • Dec. 3, 2020 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Cybersecurity for remote workers: Lessons from the front
Tackle the security challenges COVID-19 wrought by using this playbook from an experienced disaster-zone responder.
Rich Mogull • Nov. 2, 2020 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
AI in cybersecurity ups your odds against persistent threats
AI capabilities can identify and take down cyberthreats in real time but are only part of what your team needs to come out on the winning side of the cybersecurity battle.
Ben Cole • Nov. 2, 2020
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