risk mitigation

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of cybersecurity industry leaders have experienced burnout in the last 12 months — and who can blame them? The shift to remote and hybrid work models has increased organizations’ reliance on cloud services, limiting security teams’ visibility into employee network and endpoint environments. But reduced visibility places company data at greater risk…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Lacework, the data-driven cloud security company, today announced an expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud. Several new features will allow joint customers to innovate even faster in Google Cloud environments with the confidence that their cloud environment is even more secure. Customers can now choose to have the full Lacework platform, which provides data-driven…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

As the market for cybersecurity insurance evolves and matures, insurance giant Lloyd’s of London is preparing to exclude most nation-state attacks from its coverage policies. In the wake of such changes, organizations are reassessing their cyber insurance strategies. While the Lloyd’s announcement does not explicitly exclude all nation-state or nation-inspired cyberattacks, it does solidify some…

Network Security

Issued by: CIO Security

As organizations grow, functions that started as one person’s job get split across multiple organizational units and multiple executives, often without thoughtful planning. Specialization enables experts to dig deep into each job but creates several problems: A lack of a single accountable executive (or worse, having multiple executives, each of whom manages part of the…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Industry leaders struggle to balance digital innovation and security

Companies are struggling with the tug-of-war between advancing digital innovation and ensuring secure digital experiences that maintain user trust and mitigate risk. As part of a study of more than 350 global information technology leaders conducted by Forrester Consulting for Akamai, the results also show that the companies defined as being the most digitally mature – best balancing innovation and security…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

Why You’re Doing Cybersecurity Risk Measurement Wrong

Measuring risk isn’t as simple as some make it out to be, but there are best practices to help you embrace the complexity in a productive way. Here are five. Broadly speaking, cybersecurity is risk identification and risk mitigation in the cyber domain. Measuring risk quantitatively is good because it helps security teams measure their…