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Does your cyber insurance cover social engineering? Read the fine print
Some cyber insurance policies will pay only a small fraction of damages if an attacker used social engineering. Here's how to estimate the risk.
Why security-IT alignment still fails
Many organizations struggle to get IT and security on the same page and stay in synch as their enterprises speed ahead with digital transformation initiatives. Here's how to overcome some of the most common obstacles.
OpenC2 can accelerate security operations, automation, and orchestration
OpenC2, a standards effort from OASIS, has the potential to accelerate and automate risk mitigation and incident response. Users and vendors should jump onboard.
Vulnerability management woes continue, but there is hope
Prioritizing fixes, workflows, and timely patching are just some of the challenges organizations face, but advanced data analytics may help with vulnerability management.
Whip your information security into shape with ISO 27001
The ISO 27001 standard will help you identify potential threats to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your company data. This simple checklist will help you come to grips with one of the best and most popular...
Cyber risk management challenges are impacting the business
Organizations struggle with continuous monitoring, tracking the threat landscape, identifying sensitive data flows, and communication between cybersecurity and business executives.
12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board
Don't let your board presentation miss the mark. Follow these best practices and common mistakes to avoid when communicating cybersecurity risk to the board.
The buzz at RSA 2019: Cloud security, network security, managed services and more
The buzz at RSA 2019 included talk about cybersecurity and business leaders coming together, managed services, cloud security, network security and more.
IBM sets forth with a strong cybersecurity message
IBM has a strong cybersecurity message, but there's a gap between IBM security and its corporate vision. If IBM can bridge this gap, it can carve out a unique market position.
10 essential steps to improve your security posture
A strong security posture takes more than having the right defenses in place, you also need to establish solid plans to ensure you react to any breach in the right way.
Cyber risk management: There's a disconnect between business and security teams
Business managers want real-time cyber risk management metrics, but cybersecurity teams can only deliver technical data and periodic reports. That gap needs to close.
Bank OZK's vulnerability risk index shows patching priorities everyone understands
Explaining vulnerability risk to non-technical executives can be hard. With his CSO50 award-winning Vulnerability Exception Risk Index, Bank OZK CISO Jason Cathey has devised a way to turn vulnerability data into a simple risk metric....
How ADP identifies and reduces third-party risk
CSO50 award winner ADP's third-party assurance program helps it manage and mitigate risks posed by suppliers and contractors.
Harness the NIST CSF to boost your security and compliance
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is a crowdsourced set of best practices to help you analyze your cyber risk posture and work towards improving it. Learn what it can do for your business, how to tailor and implement it, and how...
Embracing risk management elevates security pros to business leaders. Why do they still find it so difficult?
The transition from an “it’s all about security and protecting the crown jewels” to “we need to mitigate risk and embrace risk management” is a crucial step next step for the information security profession.
Cyber risk management continues to grow more difficult
Primary reasons why cyber risk management is more difficult include increasing workloads, sophisticated threats, and more demanding business executives.
It's time for a new cyber risk management model
An overwhelming attack surface, voluminous vulnerabilities, sophisticated threats, and new business requirements demand a new cyber risk management model.
With supply chain security grabbing headlines, NIST sees new relevance for its guidance
Supply chain is sexy again, and NIST hopes that means more companies take its supply chain risk guidance seriously.
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