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The CISO makes it clear that the SOC/IR team is empowered to focus on identifying and dismantling adversaries, full stop. The CISO ensures the SOC/IR team has access to experts when it counts.
In his new role as the CISO at Cyble, Rishi Mehta will be handling the Information Security program of the company as part of its core team. "I am delighted to join hands with Cyble. The pace of digital transformation across industries has kept cybersecurity on top of the agenda of organizations, and Cyble is helping organizations mitigate that risk. I look forward to building a culture of security to empower the team at Cyble to establish best-in-class class cybersecurity capabilities that bring success to our customers," says Rishi.
The cyber threat landscape has become more dangerous over the past year and the C-suite is paying greater attention-but all the tools in the world won't help until organizations home in on good cyber hygiene. "We have security company after security company coming out of the woodwork and everyone seems to offer the right solution for all your problems and we all know that's not the case."
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As the technology continues to expand its role in our lives, an important question has emerged: what level of trust can-and should-we place in AI systems? With the rise of new technology and its subsequent regulations, the role of the CISO is expanding to ensure company compliance with regulations like GDPR and education of employees on personal data requirements to keep everyone safe.
Cybersecurity professionals have seen a surge in cyberattacks in the past year, and many blamed the trend on more employees working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published on Thursday by VMware. VMware's 2021 Global Security Insights Report is based on a survey of more than 3,500 CISOs, CTOs and CIOs conducted in December 2020.
More than 90 percent of CISOs rely on outdated, report-based threat intelligence that is often too old to inform decisions, according to Cybersixgill. The survey of 150 CISOs at firms with at least 10,000 employees or $1 billion in revenue was conducted by Global Surveyz in February and March 2021 to foster a better understanding of the state of threat intelligence, and the focus that today's companies are placing on these vital technologies.
Security teams deploy several technologies to protect their attack vectors. Verizon's 2021 data breach report shows phishing is responsible for the vast majority of breaches and Business Email Compromises were the second most common form of social engineering.
The modern CISO. The role of CISO first emerged as organizations embraced digital revolutions and began relying on new data streams to help inform business decisions. As the years have gone by and cyberattacks have become more sophisticated, the role of the CISO has had to advance.
The CISOs aren't OK. A new survey showed the pandemic has ratcheted up job pressure to "Extreme stress" levels among chief information security officers, and it's left them grappling for coping mechanisms ranging from workouts to narcotics. OneLogin released the results of its survey of 250 tech leaders around the world, which found 77 percent of respondents thought the pandemic had increased their work stress, while 67 percent said they were working more hours.