Cyber has been an historically hermetic practice. A dark art. Full of mysteries and presided over by magicians both good and bad. This is a bit of an exaggeration, yet there is some truth to it. Many in our industry knew that the SEC was evaluating the role that cyber risk management and incident disclosure plays in the pricing mechanism for an equ...

Bob Ackerman argues that, from an investment perspective, cybersecurity is like life sciences - a complex, nuanced field that is difficult field to invest in part-time. So his firm, Allegis Cyber, became one of the first to focus exclusively on investing in cyber startups. In this segment, we'll discuss one of Allegis's recent investments, SixMap, ...

I like how ChatGPT describes this segment: "Picture a dimly lit room filled with the nostalgic hum of old computers and the subtle clinking of ice in glasses as our hosts delve into the intricacies of vulnerability management. These battle-hardened experts peel back the layers of digital defense, recounting their experiences from the front lines of...

Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of cyber risk management. Why is cyber risk management so elusive and what can we do to solve it? In part 1, we discuss the challenges of cyber risk management and quantification. Do risk scores really work? What do CEOs and Boards really need to unders...

Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of cyber risk management. Why is cyber risk management so elusive and what can we do to solve it? In part 2, we get our hands dirty by walking through ways to quantify cyber risks in business terms. What risks are truly worth mitigating vs. accepting or ...

The new PCI DSS standard puts more focus on application security, with more tools, testing and documentation required of developers.

The next version of the PCI DSS will likely mean more work for pen testers and give them more leeway in conducting tests, but it also puts them under greater scrutiny. Here’s what’s new in PCI DSS 4.0.