Today’s columnist, Grant Wernick points out that while 56% of companies plan to replace their old infrastructure, only 39% plan to address security – a big mistake, says Wernick, who writes that the combination of work-from-home with the move to the cloud has forced companies to focus on security.
Dr. Anthony Fauci kicks off the nation’s vaccination effort late last year. Today’s columnist, Kimberly Sutherland of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, points out that as more people get vaccinated, young adults and seniors are most susceptible to identity theft scams related to vaccines and public displays of vaccination cards.
The famous insider case where two General Electric employees were convicted and sent to prison for stealing trade secrets serves as a reminder of what can happen. Today’s columnist, David Balaban of Privacy-PC, offers insights on how to spot potential insider threats.
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks to a group in Washington, D.C. Today’s columnist, Perry Carpenter of KnowBe4, writes that with the FBI reporting an increase of 300,000 in internet crime complaints in 2020, SOAR tools can strike a nice balance between automation and human analysis.
Today’s columnist, Ciaran Martin of Oxford University, says the Colonial Pipeline attack showed the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. Martin argues that security people know we have to fix a broken system struggling with expansive vendor promises and corporate managers who can’t talk to tech people. Start by asking the right questions.
Today’s columnist, Rick Holland of Digital Shadows, says companies should start moving forward on President Biden’s Executive Order and work to develop more thorough software bills of materials.
Forrester’s zero trust concept has grown in acceptance as we come out of the pandemic. Today’s columnist, Ben Smith of RSA, says companies will need to consider zero trust as employees return to the office.
Today’s special columnist, Lior Div of Cybereason, says Colonial Pipeline reportedly paying a $5 million ransom could up the ransomware game with even more attacks on networks and higher ransom demands.
Today’s columnist, Keith Ibarguen of Cofense, drew from the lifesaving cancer treatment he received at the Mayo Clinic to go on and apply the multidisciplinary approach used by the medical staff at Mayo to his work as a security software developer.
Today’s columnist, Grant Geyer of Claroty, offers some actionable advice in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack.
