Secure Remote Working During COVID-19 — Checklist for CISOs

Coronavirus crisis introduces a heavy burden on the CISOs with the collective impact of a mass transition to working remotely coupled with a surge of cyberattacks that strive to monetize the general chaos. Security vendors, unintendedly, contribute to this burden by a relentless generation of noi...

Top Three Tactics for CISOs Facing Targeted Attacks

Targeted attacks are an ongoing issue and pose a large risk to your organization. What can you do to stay protected?...

A week in security (December 30 – January 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a dive into edge computing, looked at new web skimmer techniques, and rolled our eyes at silly people doing silly things. Other cybersecurity news: Stills and chills: A Reddit user notices their security camera is grabbing stills from other people’s devices...

The Ultimate 2019 Security Team Assessment Template

Assessing the performance of your security team is critical to both knowing your current posture, as well as planning ahead. 'The Ultimate 2019 Security Team Assessment Template' is the first attempt to capture all the main KPIs of the security team main pillars, saving CIOs and CISOs the time an...

Why Cloud is the Future of Enterprise Cybersecurity

The speed at which cyberthreats have been targeting enterprise networks and endpoints is forcing IT leaders to change the way they think about cybersecurity. One alternative to how enterprises look at security is to treat cloud as an operating system, says Patrick Morley, general manager of VMwar...

10 Steps for Ransomware Protection

Just the thought of ransomware is enough to keep CISOs and security teams up at night. Victims are caught in an awful choice between paying a ransom to a criminal who may or may not release their captured network and data, or potentially spending millions of dollars to remove the ransomware on...

CISO and Security Vendor Relationships are Good for a Laugh in New Comic Videos

It’s not easy being a CISO. One could say “intense” might be the perfect descriptor for the CISO work environment. Tasked with the unenviable job of keeping the organization safe, carrying the burden of failed protection and taking hits for successful breaches, CISOs can never rest. They are...

Gamification Can Transform Company Cybersecurity Culture

Chief information security officers CISOs of Global 2000 enterprises have one of the toughest jobs in the world, defending their organization’s cyberspace and being the guardian of its assets and private information. But CISOs also have a second, even bigger problem: Their own company employees...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with MEDNAX’s Don Cox

With over 30 years of experience in the technology landscape, Don Cox knows what it takes to be a leader in the industry. Currently residing as the CISO at MEDNAX, the physician-led healthcare organization headquartered in Sunrise, FL, Cox is responsible for cyber operations and engineering,...

Beauty Out of Chaos: Elevating Cybersecurity to an Art Form – Part 2

Art and cybersecurity are not two worlds usually seen sharing the same orbit. But at Trend Micro we believe there’s a vision, a mastery of skill and a passion which unites both. It’s an approach we’ve spent the past three decades honing as serious barriers have emerged to challenge IT efforts to...

Cyber Risk Index – A Guide for CISOs and IT Security

Trend Micro has partnered with the Ponemon Institute to develop a new Cyber Risk Index CRI, which is intended to help CISOs and their IT Security teams better understand the current cyber risk compared to similar businesses of their size and industry. The CRI is based on a survey conducted by...

Updating your cybersecurity strategy to enable and accelerate digital transformation

This post is authored by Cyril Voisin, Chief Security Advisor, Enterprise Cybersecurity Group. Nowadays every company is becoming a digital company to some extent. Digital transformation changes the way business is done. For example, it puts more control into the hands of employees, who now deman...

From the ground up to the cloud: Microsoft’s Intelligent Security supporting CISOs’ cloud transformation

Its no secret that Microsoft has embraced the cloud in a big wayfrom enterprise solutions like Microsoft Azure to Office 365 and Windows. But a recent research report by Forrester focuses on an equally important shift in our approach to securityintegrating workforce and cloud security in ways tha...

Overwhelmed by overchoice at RSA Conference 2018

As over 500 companies vied for mindshare at this years RSA conference - a cacophony of vendors pitching thousands of products from brightly colored booths - it reminded me of how challenging it was for me to separate signal from noise when I was managing global networks. And the rapid growth of...

How Microsoft tools and partners support GDPR compliance

This post is authored by Daniel Grabski,Executive Security Advisor, Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity Group. As an Executive Security Advisor for enterprises in Europe and the Middle East, I regularly engage with Chief Information Security Officers CISOs, Chief Information Officers CIOs and Data...

A decade inside Microsoft Security

Ten years ago, I walked onto Microsofts Redmond campus to take a role on a team that partnered with governments and CERTs on cybersecurity. Id just left a meaningful career in US federal government service because I thought it would be fascinating to experience first-hand the security challenges...

September 29, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Autumn” 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 29, 2017 - Headlines NY Regulator Says Equifax Making Progress on...

September 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “The Office” 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 5, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black’s Cb Defen...

August 10, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “PGA Championship” 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! August 10, 2017 - Headlines One easy thing your agency can do to attract more...

Faraday v2.5 - Collaborative Penetration Test and Vulnerability Management Platform

Faraday is the Integrated Multiuser Risk Environment you were looking for! It maps and leverages all the knowledge you generate in real time, letting you track and understand your audits. Our dashboard for CISOs and managers uncovers the impact and risk being assessed by the audit in real-time...