September 6, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Magellan” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 6, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Why the CIO will report...

The CIO Will Report to the CISO: The Why

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Introducing the Qualys New Look and Positioning

Dear Customer, Partner and Security Professional, I would like to thank all of you for your support during our ongoing journey to a world where we are making security invisible and an integrated component of the Digital Transformation of our enterprises. With your help and the dedication of our...

The CIO Will Report to the CISO

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cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Open Redirect vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/pl.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.openbugbounty.orgname=demo= Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at 18.10.2016 Latest check for patch:| 18.10.2016 01:57 GMT Vulnerability type:| Open Redirect Vulnerability status:| Publicly...

Anthem Data Breach - A Message from Coalfire's Healthcare Practice Director

Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak on a panel at a healthcare conference. In attendance were CIOs, CISOs, VPs of IT, and members of legal counsel. The individuals attending the session represented organizations ranging from small- to medium-sized business associates all the way up t...

Target Accelerates Chip-and-Pin Roll Out, Hires New CIO

As Target continues to deal with the consequences of its massive data breach last year, the company is accelerating plans to move to a full chip-and-pin system for its branded credit and debit cards, and also plans to have terminals capable of accepting chip-and-pin cards in all of its nearly 2,0...

What every CIO should know about the new ISO 27001:2013 framework

Originally released in 2005, the ISO 27001 standard has recently been updated with additional guidelines for assessing risks within information management systems. These changes constitute the first revisions to the standard in eight years and have major implications for organizational compliance...

DoD Inspector General Calls Out Army CIO For Poor Mobile Device Security

The CIO of the U.S. Army failed to put in place a comprehensive security program capable of protecting data stored on commercial mobile devices such as iPhones and Androids, leaving sensitive information in key Army installations exposed. The Inspector General of the Department of Defense took th...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7812)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : - A USB string descriptor overflow in the auerwald USB driver was fixed, which could be used by physically proximate attackers to cause a...

Federal CIO Criticizes Gov't Contractors, Urges Consolidation of Data Centers

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra warned of “an IT cartel” of vendors in a discussion with President Barack Obama and his scientific advisors on Friday, according to a report from Network World. During a talk with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology PCAST,...

CIO said - London Olympics Will Be 'ready' For Cyber-attacks !!

London Olympics will be well prepared for attempted cyber attack, according to CIO Gerry Pennell London 2012. Speaking in London to start in 2012, and Atos Origin IT testing organization, Technology Lab, Pennell said the attacks at the Olympics - is also trying to overthrow the Games, to influenc...

Skype: Client Error Causes Global Outage

In response to a 24 hour outage that occurred last week on their internet voice and video chat platform, Skype’s Chief Information Officer has revealed that an error in some versions of the company’s software client is to blame. CIO Lars Rabbe, writing on Skype’s ‘The Big Blog,’ confirmed reports...

Medicaid CIO: Security for Many Companies Is 'Embarassing'

The level of information security in systems run by some companies that want to be linked electronically with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS is so rudimentary that it is “almost embarrassing,” said Julie Boughn, CMS’ chief information officer. Read the full article. Federal...

How to Plan for Smartphone Security in the Enterprise

From eWEEK Chris De Herrera One of the major challenges CIOs face is the deployment and security of smartphones in the enterprise. It’s important for CIOs to assess how their organization should secure the smartphones employees use to access corporate resources. Here, Knowledge Center contributor...