ISACA

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Confidence levels in securing the election are low, and declining, according to an ISACA survey of more than 3,000 IT governance, risk, security and audit professionals in the US. While federal, state and local governments continue to harden election infrastructure technical controls and security procedures, 56 percent of respondents are less confident in election security…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Cybersecurity teams continue to struggle with hiring and retention, and very little improvement has been achieved in these areas since last year, according to ISACA. Understaffed and lacking diversity ISACA’s 2020 State of Cybersecurity survey report, unveiled at RSA Conference 2020, finds that enterprises are short-staffed, have difficulty identifying enough qualified talent and don’t believe…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

On a global scale, cybersecurity is suffering from a severe shortage of experts. What is to be done? Organizations, government, academia and professional associations need to work together to develop a sustainable cyber skills strategy. To date, strategic thinking has largely focused on what to defend and how to defend, but less on who is…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Current phishing defense strategies and execution are not hitting the mark

Few professionals are completely confident in their ability to assess the effectiveness of their phishing awareness efforts. In a new paper, Phishing Defense and Governance, released in partnership with Terranova Security, ISACA outlines key takeaways from this phishing research that reached security, assurance, risk and governance professionals, including: Only a slight majority (63 percent) regularly…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Better security needed to harness the positive potential of AI, mitigate risks of attacks

Despite heightened interest in enterprise deployment of artificial intelligence, only 40 percent of respondents to ISACA’s second annual Digital Transformation Barometer express confidence that their organizations can accurately assess the security of systems based on AI and machine learning. This becomes especially striking given the potential for serious consequences from maliciously trained AI; survey respondents…

Network Security, Software Security

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Critical cybersecurity priorities for the next US president

While the US presidential campaign has occasionally focused on cyber security, the topic demands more urgent attention from the individual elected as the 45th President of the United States. ISACA recommends that cyber security be a significant component of the next president’s 100-day agenda, especially given its overlap with geopolitical and economic issues. Bolstering the…