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Posts tagged as “Security”

The new White House memo on Zero Trust

By Dave Sobel on February 1, 2022

Last week, the White House issued a new cybersecurity strategy outlining a vision of a “zero trust” architecture.    The key document was published as a memorandum from…

The exposure risks of data

By Dave Sobel on February 1, 2022

Amidst that landscape,  addressing the threat posed by ransomware is the number one cybersecurity challenge currently facing CISOs, closely followed by configuring cloud security and protecting hybrid, multi-platform…

Revisiting facial recognition and Log4Shell

By Dave Sobel on January 28, 2022

Today I want to update on two previous threads. First, revisiting the company providing facial recognition to the IRS, ID.me.    In a LinkedIn post Wednesday,…

Hacker chatter points to positive developments

By Dave Sobel on January 25, 2022

Bit of good news in the security space — ransomware attacks dropped 37% in December, per the NCC Group’s Strategic Threat Intelligence Team.     This is…

Cyber resilience gaps as CISA issues warnings

By Dave Sobel on January 21, 2022

The World Economic Forum’s new Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022 report highlights the gap between the business suite and information security around a company’s cyber resilience.    …

A novel approach to ransomware recovery

By Dave Sobel on January 13, 2022

The Executive Order intended to boost the federal government’s cyber defenses continues to show action.   NIST has released guidance for system engineers in a document titled…

A new bug-bounty program for SMBs and MSPs

By Dave Sobel on January 12, 2022

Huntress Labs has announced the donation of $100,000 to the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, which is to be used both to hire its first…