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UK Cyber Risks Are ‘Widely Underestimated,’ Warns Country’s Security Chief
2024-12-05 19:24

Richard Horne, the head of the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre, says that hostile activity has “increased in frequency, sophistication and intensity.”

Best practices for implementing threat exposure management, reducing cyber risk exposure
2024-10-04 04:15

In this Help Net Security interview, Sanaz Yashar, CEO at Zafran, discusses the role of threat exposure management (TEM) in modern cybersecurity strategies. As traditional vulnerability management...

How to reduce cyber risk during employee onboarding
2024-09-19 14:02

Onboarding new employees is an important time for any organization but comes with a unique set of security risks. Learn more from Specops Software about these risks and how to mitigate them. [...]

How CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs view cyber risks differently
2024-08-13 03:30

Researchers found that 73% of CISOs expressed concern over cybersecurity becoming unwieldy, requiring risk-laden tradeoffs, compared to only 58% of both CIOs and CTOs. 73% of CISOs feel more pressure to implement AI strategies versus just 58% of CIOs and CTOs.

Understanding cyber risks beyond data breaches
2024-05-20 03:00

While some may associate cyber risks primarily with technology and data breaches, they can also lead to brand or reputational harm, reduced productivity, and financial losses. This Help Net Security round-up presents excerpts from previously recorded videos featuring security experts covering a spectrum of cyber risk trends, ranging from threats to large language models and supply chains to social engineering tactics and the proliferation of celebrity audio deepfakes.

Visualize your critical cyber risks
2024-05-14 09:39

How to empower CISOs and mitigate cyber security risks in a rapidly evolving threat landscape Sponsored Post Defending against the cyber threats of today isn't dissimilar to protecting a medieval...

How to make sense of the new SEC cyber risk disclosure rules
2024-02-20 06:00

SEC's new cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure rules, which require increased transparency around cybersecurity incidents, have been in effect since December 18, 2023. For businesses that already harbor concerns over their cybersecurity protections, visibility, and incident response preparedness, meeting the SEC's new incident reporting rules can be a serious challenge.

Key elements for a successful cyber risk management strategy
2024-01-15 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Yoav Nathaniel, CEO at Silk Security, discusses the evolution of cyber risk management strategies and practices, uncovering common mistakes and highlighting key components for successful risk resolution. We hope to find the 'golden' indicator for which risk will eventually lead to a breach, but until that day, security teams need to holistically incorporate several layers of risk factors to determine business risk and drive justifiable communications.

The growing challenge of cyber risk in the age of synthetic media
2024-01-09 05:00

As AI tools become more widespread, impersonation and deception have become easier. Organizations are combating this issue with policies and technological solutions.

Read the clouds, reduce the cyber risk
2023-12-11 13:52

Webinar In the natural world, there are ten different kinds of cloud - a rare simplicity in meteorological terms. Multi-cloud environments in particular spawn a lot of complexity, and their continuous evolution can also create cyber security blind spots.