Today’s columnist, Mathieu Gorge of VigiTrust, expects attacks to emerge around any new COVID-based legislation passed by the Biden administration. He offers some strategies for managing the continued escalation of cyberattacks.
Today’s columnist, Kevin Lee of Sift, offers some ideas on how retailers can prevent fraud around the buy online, pick-up in store trend where fraudsters take over accounts online, then pick up the merchandise at the physical stores, often reselling it for a profit.
A ransomware attack targeted the email systems at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in April 2019. Today’s columnist, David Trepp of BPM LLP, says detailed pen tests will show how systems can handle future attacks on email and other critical systems.
Today’s columnist, Steve Durbin of the Information Security Forum, offers advice to Chris DeRusha, the new federal CISO. Durbin says the Biden administration has a great opportunity to work with the broader security community towards fostering security awareness and the need to protect data privacy.
While Apple gets headlines for discovering zero-days, today’s columnist, Ed Bellis of Kenna Security, says true zero-days are rare. Bellis says the vast majority of vulnerabilities are patched before CVE publication. However, in the rare case when exploits predate the availability of a patch, attackers get a 47-day head start – and that’s something security teams need to focus on.
Underscoring the global nature of the pandemic, a Madagascar man works from home last year on a laptop. Today’s columnist, Darren Guccione of Keeper Security, offers tips for organizations to lock down BYOD devices during the work-from-home era.
From the toll of the pandemic to the attack January 6 on the U.S. Capitol, trust has eroded. Today’s columnist, David Bradbury of Okta, says security teams can play a leading role in regaining consumer trust in a post-pandemic world.
Today’s columnist, Sam Curry of Cybereason, says we have grown desensitized by the flurry of breaches and the reality that most of us have had our identities stolen. Curry asks that we take privacy more seriously and think about the world we are leaving our children.
Video conferencing tools like Zoom grew in importance during the pandemic last year. Today’s columnist, Devin Redmond of Theta Lake, writes about how AI will transform how security teams can more effectively manage these collaboration platforms.
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks at an event in Washington, D.C. Security pros knew that attacks on VPNs had become serious when the FBI and CISA issued a warning last fall. Today’s columnist, Dor Knafo of Axis Security, says companies have to think of remote access as a business continuity issue.
