Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2022

According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities , FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect their networks against attacks exploiting the flaws in the catalog.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Interviewer note: Damian Garcia, our head of GRC (governance, risk and compliance) consultancy, discusses this in more detail in this interview. Specifically, he explains how to monitor and review risks.] Worse, those criteria bore no relationship to any risk. At the end of the day, security is about risk.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

According to iDefense, in 2006 the group was responsible for crafting a rootkit that took advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word, and was used in attacks on “a large DoD entity” within the USA. Chengdu404’s offices in China. Image: DOJ.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Just the person to talk to about: The impact of AI on security; User education and behavioural economics; and How ISO 27001 can help address such risks and concerns. How significant are those risks? Yes, that increases the risk of that vulnerability being exploited, but you’re not creating a new weakness in your systems.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

“Seems like a potentially significant national security risk, considering that many end users might have elevated clearance levels who are using PIV cards for secure access,” Mark said. “The Army Reserve started using CAC logon in May 2006,” Danberry wrote on his “About” page. Image: Militarycac.com.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Launched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to determine consumers’ genetic ancestry and risk of developing certain illnesses, using saliva samples sent in by mail. Related: Your DNA is a valuable asset, so why give it to ancestry websites for free?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2024

It’s a regression of an 18-year-old flaw (CVE-2006-5051) that was reintroduced in October 2020. To reduce risk, restrict SSH access via network controls, enforce segmentation, and do extensive regression testing to avoid known vulnerabilities from resurfacing. To minimize risks, patch your systems as soon as possible.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. Our focus has been on reducing the risk of business disruption, protecting attack surfaces and delivering identity-based digital innovation with ease.” Back in Silicon Valley, Oracle was playing catchup.

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ChiefTech

JANUARY 12, 2008

service model risk blown away - Google and Postini I noticed in this case study about a law firms decision to pick Google Apps for email and collaboration over Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino , that they mention Google has acquired a company called Postini (actually back last year ). Please seek advice for specific circumstances.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk. Despite the plethora of cyber-risk guidance that has surfaced in recent years, however, there is no “silver bullet” for cyber incident response and prevention.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 24, 2019

But, in the world of cybersecurity, we do not deal in absolute guarantees but in relative risks. All systems fall short of optimality and have some residual risk of vulnerability a point which the tech community acknowledges when they propose that law enforcement can satisfy its requirements by exploiting vulnerabilities in their products.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This article looks at the top IoT security solutions, current commercial features, associated risks, and considerations for organizations choosing an IoT vendor. IoT Device Risks and Vulnerabilities IoT Security: Not Going Away. Read more : Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them. Cradlepoint.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

But, in the world of cybersecurity, we do not deal in absolute guarantees but in relative risks. All systems fall short of optimality and have some residual risk of vulnerability -- a point which the tech community acknowledges when they propose that law enforcement can satisfy its requirements by exploiting vulnerabilities in their products.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Also, WhiteHat has been generating this report annually since 2006. These applications flaws were always there, mind you – WhiteHat found that more than one-third of all application security risks are inherited rather than written – but now they are being flushed out as DevOps and SecOps merge into DevSecOps.

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Hanzo Learning Center

OCTOBER 17, 2017

A white paper by Carl Weber fired a warning shot in 2006, when software had grown quickly into Software-as-a-Service:

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Hundreds of firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze; the smoke billowed for more than 48 hours, darkening the Hampshire sky; surrounding homes and businesses were evacuated due to the risk of explosion, and those further afield advised to keep windows and doors shut; and some firefighters needed treatment for smoke inhalation.

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ChiefTech

MAY 20, 2007

Further Reading Articles and Papers Book Reviews and More Intranet 2.0

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Two different Luxembourg-based companies, and their beneficial owners, brought actions before the Luxembourg District Court arguing that the general public’s access to the information should be restricted, because the disclosure would create a disproportionate risk of interference with the fundamental rights of the beneficial owners.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. BVP Investments.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Orange and Infobip/Anam therefore took advantage of their joint expertise in telecommunications security to develop a robust A2P SMS protect solution, which identifies current and emerging risks, and proactively safeguards telcos, businesses, and end-users on most channels.” Roberto Kuti? and Izabel Jeleni?

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ChiefTech

JANUARY 29, 2007

Euan thinks he failed in the challenge, but actually provides a good argument against coming up with a formula for Enterprise 2.0: " I was wary about getting involved because there is a real risk of Enterprise 2.0 This IMHO is not good and is what led to KM disappearing up its own proverbial and being devalued.If

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ChiefTech

JANUARY 29, 2007

into a context that they can understand and relate to it in terms of change management, transformation complexity, risks and opportunities and so forth. By taking ownership of the term, it allows people within an organization to put Enterprise 2.0 Good point, particularly as most people cant even agree on what Web 2.0

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

But in the process of adjusting the bucket’s configurations comes the greatest risk to your cloud security. Cloud vendors have been criticized for not emphasizing the risk of misconfiguration and cloud bucket vulnerability, but the primary culprit continues to be user error. Amazon Web Services (AWS). In 2019, One GCP breach of 1.2

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 10, 2008

Does your organisation under the value, benefits and risks of collaborating on-line with you partners and clients? Have you implemented the appropriate IT systems to help minimise the risks your organisation is exposed to from on-line collaboration with your partners and customers?

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

As a result, they have become more risk averse and are heading for a showdown with the newer generation of employees who have an expectation of just wanting a wide open pipe of connectivity and want IT to get out of their way. Further Reading Articles and Papers Book Reviews and More Intranet 2.0

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ChiefTech

JANUARY 24, 2007

But this will in turn create all sorts of risks. For example, the clever spreadsheet "macro" that they shared with a few users on the network drive will suddenly be available to everyone on the company intranet as an enterprise tool. However, as weve seen with other social software applications it is the actual social nature of Web 2.0

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ChiefTech

MARCH 20, 2007

One highlight of the day was to briefly meet Dave Snowden in person, who is here in Singapore for the International Risk Assessment & Horizon Scanning Symposium. More on the symposium later. Also, thanks to Wikitravel for some good eating advice tonight for where Im staying in Singapores China Town.

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ChiefTech

DECEMBER 5, 2007

It all sounds very familiar - if youve been around intranets long enough, youll remember people like Gartner warning us about " wild west intranets " back in the late 1990s. Further Reading Articles and Papers Book Reviews and More Intranet 2.0

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ChiefTech

DECEMBER 16, 2007

However, when we consider the number of large organisations running on uncontrolled spreadsheets, despite the known risks , this suggests that perhaps people are more willing to trade off perfection for practical usefulness than we think. Of course in some enterprise situations system "perfection" is not only desirable, but essential.

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ChiefTech

OCTOBER 14, 2007

I particularly concur with his comment about " overloading of wiki risks making the term no longer useful as descriptor of an editable web page, but rather confused as a general descriptor for an enterprise 2.0 However, its well worth reading Ray Simss analysis of these slides and also another wiki case study, Avenue A | Razorfish.

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ChiefTech

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

philosophy of social and technical controls, and pragmatic risk management that recognises that some spreadsheets are more important than others. Further Reading Articles and Papers Book Reviews and More Intranet 2.0

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ChiefTech

AUGUST 2, 2007

Also, on the issue of learning new software I think one of the challenges for champions driving the adoption of enterprise social software is to keep it simple - there is always the risk that once we introduce social software inside the firewall it will mutate from liteware to bloatware. The lower learning overhead of Web 2.0

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ChiefTech

JUNE 8, 2007

in Australia that the business community here really is quite risk adverse and conservative. In fact, even where a Web 2.0 tool - like a wiki - is running in classic grass roots fashion on a desktop PC under someones desk, its under the desk of someone in IT! However, the tide may be turning on that front. Someone else commented at Web 2.0

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ChiefTech

DECEMBER 7, 2007

At a business and technology level, there is no doubt that operating a stratanet introduces a number of potential problems and risks, but nothing that is unsurpassable if Facebook (+ Microsoft ) and the business community decided to fix them. And again, what effort will this require on the part of the user to manage?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM): Best used to effectively manage cloud resource entitlements, reduce access risks, and maintain compliance. Amazon did the same thing for cloud infrastructure (IaaS) with the launch of AWS in 2006, and platform as a service (PaaS) offerings began to appear around the same time.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Product History Internet Security Systems developed X-force in 1996 and ISS was later acquired by IBM in 2006, after which the X-Force brand became part of IBM Security. For a comparison with other TIP products, see the complete list of top threat intelligence companies.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

With the current level of fines relatively low, the major risk to date for non-compliance has been the risk of having one’s website blocked within Russia. Taking into account the substantial increase of fines, and growing enforcement practice, data operator’s risk calculation may change.

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