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ReliaQuest’s Experts Weigh In: 2021 Cybersecurity Predictions
This past year has certainly thrown some curveballs at security professionals. With new threats tied to current events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the United States presidential election, organizations have had to re-evaluate their security strategies and shift priorities, and this new focus will undoubtedly carry into the new year. Perhaps the greatest reveal that […]
Solorigate, SUNBURST aka FireEye and SolarWinds Compromise – Recommended Actions to Limit Your Exposure
Threat Advisory On December 13th, a disclosure was made for a compromise in the SolarWinds IT Management software suite code base that made a supply chain attack possible for all SolarWinds customers. Attackers implanted backdoors in legitimate, signed DLL files contained in update packages for SolarWinds Orion in March and June of 2020 that were then used to breach customers who upgraded to the affected versions (versions 2019.4 HF 5 […]
CISOs, Are You Prepared to Answer These Questions in Your Next Board Meeting?
One of the greatest challenges in maturing security programs stems from difficulty showing ROI on your security investments and communicating your security posture and effectiveness in a way that makes sense at the board-level. If you start talking about the number of events per second, firewalls blocked, or MTTR, eyes will start to glaze over […]
With WFH Sorted, These 19 CISOs Share Next Priorities
At this point, most organizations have successfully transitioned employees to work remotely, re-baselined normal and are getting back to security as usual if not business as usual. The group of 19 CISOs we convened earlier this week shared the positive outcomes they are seeing, and today we’ll talk more about how the crisis shines a light on […]
Three Tips on Measuring and Communicating Risk in a Changing Threat Landscape
Amid the current economic and operational volatility, the need for properly measuring and communicating risk has increased. Security leaders are finding themselves in the spotlight more now than ever before, faced with questions and concerns about risk and the security of their organization. What new security metrics can be used to demonstrate an organization is […]
What 19 CISOs Say About the Long-Term Positive Impact of the Virus
The spread of COVID-19 has challenged businesses – and security teams – around the world with operational scenarios that a couple of months ago seemed unthinkable. That’s why we partnered with security leaders and industry experts on a recent webinar series to offer actionable help. The sessions tackled best practices for thriving amid pandemic-related changes, […]
Three Security Metrics that Matter Most to Boards
Imagine the United Nations General Assembly with no translators – and people speaking dozens of different languages. That’s what it can be like when security teams and board members share metrics and data. The communications gap leaves many CISOs struggling to explain the value of security investments – and if you can’t communicate that value, […]
Best Practices for Increasing Visibility Across Cloud and SaaS Applications
As enterprises are accelerating the adoption of digital transformation, the attack surface is rapidly expanding into cloud and multi-cloud environments. In order to effectively detect and respond to threats, visibility that spans across on-premises and cloud infrastructure is a must. How can you gain visibility into cloud and SaaS applications? 1. Explore new solutions to […]
Three Takeaways From Top CISOs on Successfully Securing Their Newly Remote Workforces
In the past week, the spread of COVID-19 has compelled many businesses to suddenly shift their office-based workforces to remote ones. This has quickly changed the game from a security perspective: an evolving attack surface, proliferating endpoints, new network behaviors, and more. That’s why ReliaQuest quickly convened a couple of leading CISOs – Chris Lugo […]
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