8 best practices for CISOs conducting risk reviews

The Deputy CISO blog series is where Microsoft Deputy Chief Information Security Officers CISOs share their thoughts on what is most important in their respective domains. In this series, you will get practical advice, tactics to start and stop deploying, forward-looking commentary on where the...

SEC Drops SolarWinds Case After Years of High-Stakes Cybersecurity Scrutiny

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC has abandoned its lawsuit against SolarWinds and its chief information security officer, alleging that the company had misled investors about the security practices that led to the 2020 supply chain attack. In a joint motion filed November 20, 2025,...

New IDC research highlights a major cloud security shift

Cloud security is at a tipping point. While moving to the cloud powers both growth and speed for organizations, it can also bring new risks. According to IDC’s latest research, organizations experienced an average of nine cloud security incidents in 2024, with 89% reporting a year-over-year...

How CISOs Should Plan Security Budgets for 2026

Build a defensible 2026 security budget with data, not guesswork. We share practical tips, ROI levers, and fresh insights from our survey of 300+ CISOs and security leaders...

Meet the Deputy CISOs who help shape Microsoft’s approach to cybersecurity: Part 2

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

8 Ways to Avoid CISO Burnout

Times have changed In recent years the job of Chief Information Security Officer CISO has become more and more frenetic and involved. Already stretched CISOs have the added responsibilities of employee management in a time of a global pandemic, staff retention when priorities have changed and...

Free Download: The Ultimate Security Pros' Checklist

You are a cybersecurity professional with the responsibility to keep your organization secured, you know your job chapter and verse, from high level reporting duties to the bits and bytes of what malware targeted your endpoints a week ago. But it's a lot to hold in one's mind, so to make your lif...

Key Compliance Concepts for Financial Services

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX was introduced following a number of financial scandals involving huge conglomerates and obliges companies to establish internal controls to prevent fraud and abuse, holding senior managers accountable for the accuracy of financial reporting. The financial crisis in 200...

AWS Helping to Unlock Potentially Life-saving Innovation for the Healthcare Sector – While Keeping Sensitive Information Locked Down

Marnie Wilking – CISO, VP Information Assurance, Orion Health Many of the next significant, potentially lifesaving discoveries that will happen in healthcare will be the direct result of big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Making the shift to big data, machine learning and...

Developing an effective cyber strategy

The word strategy has its origins in the Roman Empire and was used to describe the leading of troops in battle. From a military perspective, strategy is a top-level plan designed to achieve one or more high-order goals. A clear strategy is especially important in times of uncertainty as it provid...

Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everybody’s Business

What can individual users do to preserve cybersecurity at work? Your organization is spending on cybersecurity tools, you have an awareness program, and if you look you will find that there are standards and procedures for choosing and maintaining products to help keep information secure. But wha...

Latest Security Flaw in Skype Enables IP address & Location Tracking

Latest Security Flaw in Skype Enables IP address & Location Tracking The serious breach in the widely-used, internet video chat program means that any evil computer nerd could easily hunt down users' whereabouts, according to a study co-authored by an NYU-Poly professor. The flaw in Skype could...

Sony hacked again - 93,000 accounts compromised with brute-force attack

Sony hacked again - 93,000 accounts compromised with brute-force attack Sony has warned users against a massive bruteforce attack against PlayStation and Sony network accounts. The attack – which used password and user ID combinations from an unidentified third-party source – succeeded in...

Sony Hires Ex- Homeland Security Official after PlayStation Hack

Sony Hires Ex- Homeland Security Official after PlayStation Hack Sony has hired a former official at the US Department of Homeland Security for the new post of chief information security officer, months after a massive hacking attack leaked information on 100 million user accounts on its games...

[Full-disclosure] NetPerformer FRAD ACT Multiple Vulnerabilities

NetPerformer Frame Relay Access Device FRAD ACT Multiple Vulnerabilities .= Arif Jatmoko =. Release Date : 8 July 2006 Product Affected : - NetPerformer FRAD ACT SDM-95xx version 7.xx R1, earlier, and possibly newer - NetPerformer FRAD ACT SDM-93xx version 10.x.x R2, earlier, and possibly newer -...