Andrew S. Fastow, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Enron Corp., yesterday was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in the conspiracy that led to the collapse of Enron in 2002, the Justice Department announced.Fastow, who cooperated with government prosecutors in the trials that led to convictions in May on fraud and conspiracy charges for former Enron chief executives Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Fastow was sentenced on two counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud before Judge Kenneth Hoyt at U.S. District Court in Houston, Texas. The New York Times made a copy of Fastow’s plea agreement. Lay died in July before his sentencing could take place. Skilling’s sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 23, The Times reported. Keep checking in at our CSO Security Feed page for updated news coverage. Related content news Google Chrome zero-day jumps onto CISA's known vulnerability list A serious security flaw in Google Chrome, which was discovered under active exploitation in the wild, is a new addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Known Exploited vulnerabilities catalog. By Jon Gold Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Zero-day vulnerability brandpost The advantages and risks of large language models in the cloud Understanding the pros and cons of LLMs in the cloud is a step closer to optimized efficiency—but be mindful of security concerns along the way. By Daniel Prizmant, Senior Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks Oct 03, 2023 5 mins Cloud Security news Arm patches bugs in Mali GPUs that affect Android phones and Chromebooks The vulnerability with active exploitations allows local non-privileged users to access freed-up memory for staging new attacks. By Shweta Sharma Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Android Security Vulnerabilities news UK businesses face tightening cybersecurity budgets as incidents spike More than a quarter of UK organisations think their cybersecurity budget is inadequate to protect them from growing threats. By Michael Hill Oct 03, 2023 3 mins CSO and CISO Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe