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Nearly all enterprises believe cybersecurity will improve a sustainable development strategy and the specific role of a Chief Sustainability Officer, according to new research from Kaspersky's latest, "The State of Industrial Cybersecurity in the Era of Digitalization." In 2019, 40% of large enterprises planned to report on cybersecurity risks to boards of directors annually, but this year, according to a Gartner report, 100% will do so.
A former Uber security executive has been charged for his role in the cover-up of a massive 2016 data breach, in which attackers accessed the company's Amazon Web Services accounts and stole data associated with 57 million passengers and drivers. In October 2016, two hackers gained access to Uber data stored on Amazon Web Services accounts, using Uber software engineer credentials found on GitHub, and stole a database that contained personally identifiable information associated with 57 million Uber users and drivers.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan has been charged over his alleged role in the cover-up of the 2016 data breach that resulted in the information of millions of Uber drivers and users getting stolen by hackers. During his time at Uber - he served as the company's CSO between April 2015 and November 2017 - the ride-sharing giant's systems were breached and the attackers managed to steal information belonging to 57 million users and drivers.
In response to White House warnings that 5G infrastructure equipment built by Huawei could be subverted by China to conduct espionage, Andy Purdy of Huawei Technologies USA says his company has pledged full transparency and urges competitors to follow suit. Security concerns that come with 5G and national rollouts;.
In interviews at RSA 2020, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Andy Purdy, CSO for Huawei USA, offer different points of view on 5G security. With the U.S. late to the 5G race, Chertoff says that America needs to work more closely with its allies and telecom equipment makers in Europe and Asia to make next-generation technology that competes with equipment from China's Huawei more price competitive as well as improve security.
In interviews at RSA 2020, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Andy Purdy, CSO for Huawei USA, offer different points of view on 5G security. With the U.S. late to the 5G race, Chertoff says that America needs to work more closely with its allies and telecom equipment makers in Europe and Asia to make next-generation technology that competes with equipment from China's Huawei more price competitive as well as improve security.
Mike Convertino, the former CISO of Twitter, Crowdstrike and F5 Networks as well as CTO of the Security Product Group at F5, has joined Arceo as Chief Security Officer and he is on a mission. Collectively, the global cyber security market is expected to reach approximately $150 billion in 2020 - but hacks and breaches continue unabated and CISO's are unfairly treated in the process.
AtScale, provider of the adaptive analytics fabric, announced it has named Dustin Webber – a renowned cloud security visionary and entrepreneur – chief security officer. In this role, Webber will...
Warning Amplifies Previous US Intelligence Agency AlertsThe chief security officer for the U.S. Democratic Party is recommending that all party officials avoid using mobile devices made by Chinese...
Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos has announced that he’s leaving the company on August 17 and will be joining Stanford University full-time as a teacher and researcher. “I have had the...