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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.
Cybersecurity industry veteran Adam Ely is the new Chief Information Security Officer at Fidelity Investments. Ely, a technology executive who held security leadership roles at Walmart, Saleforce Heroku and TiVo, is joining Boston, Mass.-based Fidelity to lead one of the world's largest asset management and retail trading firms.
Many CISOs see themselves as Superman - soaring overhead, cape fluttering, and ready to swoop in and save the day at a moment's notice if a crisis arises. The best CISOs aren't superheroes - or at least, not superheroes cut from the same cloth as the Man of Steel.
Bugcrowd announced the expansion of its executive team with Nick McKenzie joining as Chief Information and Security Officer and Sammie Walker as Chief Marketing Officer. As CMO, Walker will focus on global marketing initiatives designed to accelerate growth and solidify Bugcrowd's reputation as the crowdsourced cybersecurity leader.
What can security leaders do to make sure they're prepared and hone their skills ahead of the next inevitable threat? Now, they can test themselves and their knowledge at a new website, 'The CISO Challenge'. The website features a challenge for InfoSec leaders to test their knowledge in an exciting, high-stakes, realistic series of scenarios.
Much of SecurityWeek's CISO Conversations series discusses how to be a leader. This begs a fundamental question: what makes a good leader - is a good leader born or bred? That's one of the questions we asked our two CISOs - Jennifer Watson of Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Mary Haigh of BAE Systems - for this issue of CISO Conversations dealing with the defense sector.
Smishing is much like email phishing scams, but instead sends deceptive or malicious links through text messages. While these types of scams have been exploiting email accounts for decades, cybersecurity professionals should be especially worried about the dramatic rise in smishing attacks over the past couple of years.
Most recently a consulting Practice Manager and Executive Security Strategist at NTT Ltd., Ireland is a technology leader with management experience in security services, consulting, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, law enforcement and emergency services and three decades of technical experience in information security, IT systems, networks and enterprise operations. "We are so pleased to have Matt Ireland on board," said NTT Research President and CEO, Kazuhiro Gomi.