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    What is phishing-resistant multifactor authentication? It’s complicated.

    Physical keys with cryptographic protocols can deliver higher levels of assurance, but organizations shouldn’t conflate resistance with infallibility.

    By • Oct. 10, 2022
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    CISOs, corporate boards in wide disagreement on cyber resilience

    A study backed by researchers from MIT shows corporate boards are more focused on cyber risk, but are out of alignment with CISOs on key issues. 

    By • Oct. 10, 2022
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    Trendline

    Risk Management

    An esclation of cyber risks facing businesses and government has made cyber resilience a major priority. 

    By Cybersecurity Dive staff
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    Cybersecurity needs a statewide approach, report finds

    Research from Deloitte and state CIOs shows cities often hesitate to work with states on cybersecurity to protect their autonomy, but local government cyber grants could change that. 

    By Michael Brady • Oct. 10, 2022
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    Multifactor authentication is not all it’s cracked up to be

    Text message and email-based authentication aren’t just the weakest variants of MFA. Cybersecurity professionals say they are broken.

    By • Oct. 5, 2022
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    Opinion

    Why user experience is essential to identity protection

    Organizations must strike a delicate balance between maximizing end-user protection and minimizing the security-related obstacles.

    By Kapil Raina • Oct. 5, 2022
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    Security to take an outsized role in IT spending in 2023

    “If you look across all of these categories, security is a line item in all of them,” Spiceworks Ziff Davis’ Peter Tsai said.

    By Matt Ashare • Oct. 4, 2022
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    C-suite, boards are prioritizing cybersecurity, but still expect increased threats

    Senior executives around the world are taking risk management more seriously, PwC research found, but many are still concerned about business resilience.

    By • Sept. 30, 2022
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    Google Cloud research links CI/CD to security prowess

    The benefits of automated processes for application development extend beyond organizational performance and have a positive impact on security.

    By • Sept. 29, 2022
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    Most organizations had a cloud-related security incident in the past year

    Security leaders consider the risk of cloud-based incidents higher than on-premises incidents, yet they expect to move more applications to the cloud. 

    By • Sept. 28, 2022
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    Cyber paradox: Security looms as obstacle and opportunity in cloud migration

    Data protection and compliance solutions are easing cloud adoption even as cyber concerns persist.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 27, 2022
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    How common telecom cyber risks snowball in cloud, open source

    Public cloud plays a central role in the modernization of wireless networks. But more open source software, vendors and vulnerabilities could spell trouble.

    By • Sept. 23, 2022
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    Organizations rapidly shift tactics to secure the software supply chain

    Synopsys’ 13th annual BSIMM study shows rapid increases in automation and use of SBOMs among software producers and other organizations.

    By • Sept. 22, 2022
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    The tools and strategies schools need for ransomware defense

    CISOs empathize with the unenviable position schools are in as they confront ransomware. The right capabilities could make a big difference.

    By • Sept. 22, 2022
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    ‘Shift-left’ software strategy challenged by security and compliance

    Developer burnout and supply chain concerns mount as companies push to begin software testing early in the development process.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 22, 2022
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    US government rejects ransom payment ban to spur disclosure

    Federal authorities strongly discourage organizations from paying ransoms, but Anne Neuberger of the National Security Council explains why it decided against a ban.

    By • Sept. 19, 2022
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    Industrial control systems face more cyber risks than IT, expert testifies

    Most ICS technology was designed more than 20 years ago and built without cyber resilience, Idaho National Laboratory's Vergle Gipson said. 

    By • Sept. 16, 2022
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    Microsoft cloud security exec challenges organizations to ditch outdated practices

    Modern systems and modes of attack demand a dynamic and realistic security strategy, Shawn Bice said. The problem can be managed, not solved.

    By • Sept. 16, 2022
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    State education leaders prioritize cybersecurity, but lack funding

    In a survey by the State Educational Technology Directors Association, 57% of respondents said their state provides a low amount of funding for cybersecurity.

    By Anna Merod • Sept. 15, 2022
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    Security vendor consolidation a priority for majority of organizations worldwide

    Gartner research shows a surge in organizations that want to reduce the complexity of their security stacks.

    By • Sept. 14, 2022
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    US is shoring up gaps in cyber policy, but critical goals remain unfulfilled

    Legislators say the Cyberspace Solarium Commission led to significant national security enhancements, but analysts are calling for urgent momentum on a federal law on data privacy and security.

    By • Sept. 13, 2022
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    Google closes $5.4B Mandiant acquisition

    The Mandiant buy marks the second most expensive acquisition in Google’s history, underscoring the cloud provider’s commitment to become a standalone security brand.

    By • Sept. 12, 2022
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    CISA announces RFI for critical infrastructure cyber reporting mandate

    The agency plans to publish the information request in the Federal Register on Monday and will kick off a national listening tour.

    By • Sept. 9, 2022
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    CISA Director: Tech industry should infuse security at product design stage

    Agency director Jen Easterly outlined a push for faster incident reporting and closer industry collaboration.

    By • Sept. 7, 2022
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    Most organizations remain unprepared for ransomware attacks

    Too many organizations are failing to meet cybersecurity demands. Ransomware attacks abound and humans are still the weakest link.

    By • Sept. 6, 2022
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    Okta CEO pushes for passwordless future in wake of phishing attacks

    Customers that rely on passwords and log-in pages are putting their organizations at greater risk of attack, Todd McKinnon told analysts.

    By • Sept. 2, 2022