Meet the Deputy CISOs who help shape Microsoft’s approach to cybersecurity

Microsoft launched its Cybersecurity Governance Council in 2024, and with it, named a group of deputy chief information security officers that ensure comprehensive oversight of the company's cybersecurity risk, defense, and compliance. These leaders work in tandem with product and engineering...

NSA Chief Ousted Amid Trump Loyalty Firing Spree

Plus: Another DOGE operative allegedly has a history in the hacking world, and Donald Trump’s national security adviser apparently had way more Signal chats than previously known...

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle...

Excellence in Leadership: CRN Recognizes Alex Page Among Its 2025 Channel Chiefs

For the third consecutive year, Rapid7’s Alex Page has been honored as a CRN Channel Chief, a testament to his unwavering commitment to driving growth, fostering innovation, and strengthening our global channel partnerships. CRN’s annual Channel Chiefs list showcases the top leaders throughout th...

Welcoming Our New CFO & President

Fazal Merchant joins our leadership team as we look to what lies ahead...

CISO: funciones y responsabilidades laborales 🛡️

Significado de CISO En el ámbito corporativo, CISO es un acrónimo ampliamente reconocido que denota a "Chief Information Security Officer", que se puede interpretar en español como el Encargado Principal de Salvaguardar la Información. Este encargo representa una posición esencial en el organigra...

Cyber A.I. Group Announces the Engagement of Walter L. Hughes as Chief Executive Officer

Miami, United States, 20th June 2024, CyberNewsWire...

Global Cybersecurity Trends: AI, Geopolitical Risks, and Zero Trust

Trend Micro’s Chief Technology Strategy Officer discusses the biggest cybersecurity trends and what to watch for in 2024...

Celebrating Excellence: Alex Page Recognized As a CRN 2024 Channel Chief

Congratulations to Rapid7’s Vice President of Global Channel Sales, Alex Page, who is named among the newly-announced CRN 2024 Channel Chiefs! Alex, who also received this prestigious accolade in 2023, has been recognized for his outstanding contributions and expertise in driving strategic...

ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever

Plus: A major ransomware crackdown, the arrest of Ukraine’s cybersecurity chief, and a hack-for-hire entrepreneur charged with attempted murder...

Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks

Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasnt shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their top executive ranks. The next time you receive a brea...

Hive Pro Appoints John Lyons as Chief Revenue Officer

Milpitas, CA – 27th March 2023 – Hive Pro, a leading Threat Exposure Management vendor in cybersecurity, today announced the appointment of John Lyons as its new Chief Revenue Officer CRO. With more than 25 years of sales management experience in the IT industry, Lyons will be responsible for...

SEC cyber risk management rule—a security and compliance opportunity

In my practice as a Microsoft Global Black Belt, I focus on the technical and business enablement aspects of protecting organizations from cyber threats with tools like Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Sentinel. In my role as a board member for another publicly traded...

Mikko Hypponen’s opinion on the technological revolution

By Owais Sultan Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at WithSecure Formerly F-Secure, is considered one of the best cybersecurity speakers in… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mikko Hypponens opinion on the technological revolution...

Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in Q4 2022 Security Analytics Platforms Wave report

We’re excited to announce that Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Security Analytics Platforms, Q4 2022. Microsoft achieved the highest possible score in 17 different criteria, including partner ecosystem, innovation roadmap, product security, case management, and architecture. Wi...

The Conviction of Uber’s Chief Security Officer

I have been meaning to write about Joe Sullivan, Ubers former Chief Security Officer. He was convicted of crimes related to covering up a cyberattack against Uber. Its a complicated case, and Im not convinced that he deserved a guilty ruling or that its a good thing for the industry. I may still...

Twitter’s Ex-Election Chief Is Worried About the US Midterms

Edward Perez says that “manufactured chaos” by bad actors will be even riskier thanks to Elon Musk’s own mayhem...

CISA Requests for Comment on Microsoft 365 Security Configuration Baselines

CISA has issued requests for comment RFCs on eight Microsoft 365 security configuration baselines as part of the Secure Cloud Business Application SCuBA project to secure federal civilian executive branch agencies’ FCEB cloud environments. The baselines: • Build on and integrate previous security...

The Uber Data Breach Conviction Shows Security Execs What Not to Do

Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction is a rare criminal consequence for an executive’s handling of a hack...

Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s

Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer CISO roles at some of the worlds largest corporations. Its not clear whos behind this network of fake CISOs or what their intentions may be. But the fabricated LinkedIn identities are...