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An essential aspect of organizational operations is effectively responding to and returning from a disruptive event, commonly called disaster recovery. The primary objective of DR techniques is to restore the utilization of crucial systems and IT infrastructure following a disaster.
"Fortinet's report shows that while OT organizations have improved their overall cybersecurity posture, they also have continued opportunity for improvement. Networking and IT teams are under extraordinary pressure to adapt and become more OT-aware, and organizations are shifting to find and employ solutions that implement security across their entire IT/OT environment to reduce their overall security risk," said John Maddison, EVP Products and CMO at Fortinet. While the number of organizations that did not incur a cybersecurity intrusion improved dramatically YoY, there is still significant room for improvement.
Integrating proprietary and open-source code, APIs, user interfaces, application behavior, and deployment workflows creates an intricate composition in modern applications. Any vulnerabilities within this software supply chain can jeopardize your and your customers' safety.
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The presence of each third-party application increases the potential for attacks, particularly when end users install them without proper oversight or approval. IT security teams face challenges in obtaining comprehensive knowledge about the apps connected to their corporate SaaS platforms, including their permissions and activities.
As part of Google's commitment to building a strong cybersecurity workforce, the Google Cybersecurity Certificate offers an affordable and accessible pathway to a career in cybersecurity. Despite the urgent need to address this threat, there are currently more than 750,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. We launched the new Cybersecurity Certificate to help employers fill critical roles, and to level the playing field for people of all backgrounds to enter the cybersecurity workforce.
Geographically speaking, the most concerned CISOs are located in the U.K., Germany and Singapore, with the U.S. being at 73%. Regarding the business verticals, CISOs in retail, manufacturing and finance feel the most concerned about cyberattacks. CISOs consider business email compromise as the biggest threat to their organizations for the next 12 months.
While organizations have largely overcome the disruptions of the last two years, the effects of the Great Resignation and employee turnover continue to linger, exacerbated by the recent wave of mass layoffs-It's interesting to see that 73% of CISOs believe they have adequate data protection in place yet 74% of UK security leaders had to deal with the loss of sensitive information in the past 12 months. The report discusses global trends and regional differences around three central themes: the threats and risks CISOs face daily; the impact of employees on organizations' cyber preparedness; and the defences CISOs are building, especially as the economic downturn puts pressure on security budgets.
Monitoring assets in ever-changing settings operating in both development and production stages presents challenges. In this Help Net Security video, Daniel Deeney, CEO at Paladin Cloud, discusses how companies face difficulties identifying security threats within cloud environments.
Hence the popularity of Virtual Chief Information Security Officer services. Most service providers only offer a portion of overall CISO duties.