Wisegate recently conducted a research initiative to assess the current state of security risks and controls in business today. One of the key takeaways? A concerning lack of metrics and reporting on the subject. While CISOs claim to be improving corporate security all the time, there is little ability to measure that success. In this Drill-Down report, Wisegate uncovers where most organizations stand when it comes to metrics and reporting, and how it is affecting their businesses on the whole.
Assessing and Managing IT Security RisksChris Ross
Data privacy and protection has become the gold standard in IT. Scale Venture Partners and Wisegate share what they learned from over 100 IT professionals questioned about the risks and technology trends driving their security programs. Read about the move towards data centric security and the need for improvement in automated security controls and metrics reporting.
How to measure your cybersecurity performanceAbhishek Sood
In order for organizations to stay competitive, they must always be improving. This too is true for their cybersecurity.
Being able to properly harvest and digest cybersecurity benchmarking information is critical for today’s CIOs. If you realize that your cybersecurity is not at the level it should be, evaluating it properly can help you raise appropriate resources to fix the issues.
Discover how to get the full picture of your organization's security performance compared to your peers. Learn why benchmarking is so critical for today's CIOs and how to clearly communicate benchmarking data to your board.
With malware attacks growing more sophisticated, swift, and dangerous by the day — and billions of dollars spent to combat them — surprisingly few organizations have a grip on the problem. Only 20 percent of security professionals surveyed by Information Security Media Group (ISMG) rated their incident response program “very effective.” Nearly two-thirds struggle to detect APTs, limiting their ability to defend today’s most pernicious threats. In addition, more than 60 percent struggle with the speed of detection, and more than 40 percent struggle with the accuracy of detection. Those shortcomings give attackers more time to steal data and embed their malware deeper into targeted systems. For the latest threat intelligence reports, visit https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/threat-intelligence-reports.html.
Cyber-security is the number one technology issue in the C-suite and Board Room. No wonder that many senior executives are asking what they can be doing to stem the tide of cyber-attacks on their firms.
Priming your digital immune system: Cybersecurity in the cognitive eraLuke Farrell
Learn how cognitive security may be a powerful tool in addressing challenges security professionals face.
New capabilities for a
challenging era
Security leaders are working to address three gaps
in their current capabilities
—
in intelligence, speed
and accuracy. Some organizations are beginning to
explore the potential of cognitive security solutions
to address these gaps and get ahead of their risks
and threats. There are high expectations for this
technology. Fifty-seven percent of the security
leaders we surveyed believe that it can significantly
slow the ef forts of cybercriminals. The 22 percent of
respondents who we call “Primed” have started their
journey into the cognitive era of cybersecurity
—
they
believe they have the familiarity, the maturity and the
resources they need. To begin the journey, it is
important to explore your weaknesses, determine
how you want to augment your capabilities with
cognitive solutions and think about building education
and investment plans for your stakeholders.
How close is your organization to being breached | Safe SecurityRahul Tyagi
Traditional methods are certainly limited in
their capabilities and this is easily proven by
the multitude of breaches businesses were a
victim of, across the globe. The 2020 Q3 Data
Breach QuickView Report revealed that the
number of records exposed in 2020 has
increased to 36 billion globally. The report
stated that there were 2,953 publicly
reported breaches in the first three quarters
of 2020 itself! 2020 is already named the
“worst year on record” by the end of Q2 in
terms of the total number of records
exposed. With the growing sophistication of
cyber-attacks and global damages related
to cybercrime reaching $6 trillion by 2021, we
need a solution that simplifies
cybersecurity.
To know more about breach probability visit : www.safe.security
Assessing and Managing IT Security RisksChris Ross
Data privacy and protection has become the gold standard in IT. Scale Venture Partners and Wisegate share what they learned from over 100 IT professionals questioned about the risks and technology trends driving their security programs. Read about the move towards data centric security and the need for improvement in automated security controls and metrics reporting.
How to measure your cybersecurity performanceAbhishek Sood
In order for organizations to stay competitive, they must always be improving. This too is true for their cybersecurity.
Being able to properly harvest and digest cybersecurity benchmarking information is critical for today’s CIOs. If you realize that your cybersecurity is not at the level it should be, evaluating it properly can help you raise appropriate resources to fix the issues.
Discover how to get the full picture of your organization's security performance compared to your peers. Learn why benchmarking is so critical for today's CIOs and how to clearly communicate benchmarking data to your board.
With malware attacks growing more sophisticated, swift, and dangerous by the day — and billions of dollars spent to combat them — surprisingly few organizations have a grip on the problem. Only 20 percent of security professionals surveyed by Information Security Media Group (ISMG) rated their incident response program “very effective.” Nearly two-thirds struggle to detect APTs, limiting their ability to defend today’s most pernicious threats. In addition, more than 60 percent struggle with the speed of detection, and more than 40 percent struggle with the accuracy of detection. Those shortcomings give attackers more time to steal data and embed their malware deeper into targeted systems. For the latest threat intelligence reports, visit https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/threat-intelligence-reports.html.
Cyber-security is the number one technology issue in the C-suite and Board Room. No wonder that many senior executives are asking what they can be doing to stem the tide of cyber-attacks on their firms.
Priming your digital immune system: Cybersecurity in the cognitive eraLuke Farrell
Learn how cognitive security may be a powerful tool in addressing challenges security professionals face.
New capabilities for a
challenging era
Security leaders are working to address three gaps
in their current capabilities
—
in intelligence, speed
and accuracy. Some organizations are beginning to
explore the potential of cognitive security solutions
to address these gaps and get ahead of their risks
and threats. There are high expectations for this
technology. Fifty-seven percent of the security
leaders we surveyed believe that it can significantly
slow the ef forts of cybercriminals. The 22 percent of
respondents who we call “Primed” have started their
journey into the cognitive era of cybersecurity
—
they
believe they have the familiarity, the maturity and the
resources they need. To begin the journey, it is
important to explore your weaknesses, determine
how you want to augment your capabilities with
cognitive solutions and think about building education
and investment plans for your stakeholders.
How close is your organization to being breached | Safe SecurityRahul Tyagi
Traditional methods are certainly limited in
their capabilities and this is easily proven by
the multitude of breaches businesses were a
victim of, across the globe. The 2020 Q3 Data
Breach QuickView Report revealed that the
number of records exposed in 2020 has
increased to 36 billion globally. The report
stated that there were 2,953 publicly
reported breaches in the first three quarters
of 2020 itself! 2020 is already named the
“worst year on record” by the end of Q2 in
terms of the total number of records
exposed. With the growing sophistication of
cyber-attacks and global damages related
to cybercrime reaching $6 trillion by 2021, we
need a solution that simplifies
cybersecurity.
To know more about breach probability visit : www.safe.security
SANS 2013 Report on Critical Security Controls Survey: Moving From Awareness ...FireEye, Inc.
The law of unintended consequences strikes again. In an effort to address security risks in enterprise IT systems and the critical data in them, numerous security standards and requirement frameworks have emerged over the years. But most of these efforts have had the opposite effect — diverting organizations’ limited resources away from actual cyber defense toward reports and compliance.
Recognizing this serious problem, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) in 2008 launched Critical Security Controls (CSCs), a prioritized list of controls likely to have the greatest impact in protecting organizations from evolving real-world threats. This SANS Institute survey of nearly 700 IT professionals across a range of industries examines how well the CSCs are known in government and industry and how they are being used.
For the latest threat intelligence reports, visit https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/threat-intelligence-reports.html.
Before the Breach: Using threat intelligence to stop attackers in their tracks- Mark - Fullbright
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Company names mentioned herein are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
It is not to be construed or intended as providing legal advice.
Company names mentioned herein are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners and are for educational purposes only.
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State of Security Operations 2016 report of capabilities and maturity of cybe...at MicroFocus Italy ❖✔
As businesses continue to adopt new cloud and mobile functionality rapidly, we find the
edges of the network even more blurred, and our definitions of data ownership and breach
responsibility continue to evolve. Staffing and training continue to be the foremost challenge
of the modern SOC. This is paving the way to hybrid staffing models and hybrid infrastructures
that require less in-house expertise. As a result, highly skilled security team members can then
be utilized for a more specialized hunt and analytics-focused work.
There is no question this year has been both an exciting and challenging time to be in the field
of cyber security. On one hand, it is disheartening to see the continued decline in the maturity
and effectiveness of security operations, while, on the other, I know that we are in the middle
of an exciting and transformative change in our field. You can feel it. We must go where the
data leads us, and we believe that is to widen our definition of security operations to leverage
analytics, data science, Big Data, and shared intelligence to become more effective in protecting
today’s digital enterprise.
The Accenture Security Index, based on Accenture's High Performance Security research, assesses performance across 33 cybersecurity capabilities within the Banking industry. It is intended to help banking leaders understand the effectiveness of their security measures. To learn more about Banking results, read our blog series: https://accntu.re/2vj59KC
Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Are Top IT Priorities For 2010 And ...Citrix Online
“Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Are Top IT Priorities For 2010 And 2011”
Key Findings:
• Improving business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) capabilities is the No. 1 priority for SMBs and the second highest priority for enterprises for the next 12 months
• IT plans to spend at least 5% more on BC/DR in the next 12 months (only 11% of enterprises and 8% of SMBs plan to decrease spending on BC/DR)
• BC/DR represents between 6% and 7% of the IT budget
Managing Cyber Risk: Are Companies Safeguarding Their Assets?EMC
This white paper summarizes the results of a survey done by RSA, NYSE Governance Series, and Corporate Board Member, in association with Ernst & Young, with 200 audit committee members responding on a variety of issues regarding their cyber risk oversight program.
Learn how an integrated approach, strategic reach and measurement systems of Influencers point to a new kind of security organization and a new breed of leader. For more information on IBM Systems, visit http://ibm.co/RKEeMO.
Visit the official Scribd Channel of IBM India Smarter Computing at http://bit.ly/VwO86R to get access to more documents.
To better understand how organizations manage the planning and securing of their digital assets, McAfee, Inc. retained Evalueserve to conduct an independent assessment of how organizations manage their security policies and processes, and what threats are perceived to pose the greatest
risk to their business. This global study of Enterprise-class organizations highlights how IT decision makers view the challenges of securing information assets in a highly regulated and increasingly complex global business environment. It is also forward-looking, revealing companies’ IT security priorities around processes, practices and technology for 2012 and beyond.
Information Security Governance at Board and Executive LevelKoen Maris
Information security governance is a relative new area it doesn't always receive the required attention such as business support, management support and eventually the necessary budgets to keep Mr Evil out. The reasons why information security is not receiving the required attention are plenty, but a main issue that it is failing to get on the agenda could be that the upper levels of an organisational structure do not receive the information required to get their attention, or that companies are risk taking instead of risk averse or it seems impossible to identify value for the business. Security is about avoiding something, where a new application is about adding functionality in order to increase efficiency, production etc… Unfortunately, security is still seen as a business disabler.
The results of this year’s Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey show that, not surprisingly, cybersecurity represents a major focus for internal audit programs, but it is far from the only pressing issue on internal audit’s plate
SANS 2013 Report: Digital Forensics and Incident Response Survey FireEye, Inc.
Cloud computing and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) workplace policies are expanding the endpoints in IT infrastructures — and more complexity when it comes to investigating cyber attacks. The SANS 2013 Report on Digital Forensics and Incident Response Survey reveals some of the major difficulties that security professionals face in this new environment and how to better prepare for future investigations. Collecting responses from more than 450 security professionals across a range of industries and company sizes, the survey found that nearly 90 percent of respondents had conducted at least one forensics investigation within the last two years. But just 54 percent called their digital forensics capabilities “reasonably effective.” For the latest threat intelligence reports, visit https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/threat-intelligence-reports.html
Information Assurance Metrics: Practical Steps to MeasurementEnclaveSecurity
Show up to a security presentation, walk away with a specific action plan. In this presentation, James Tarala, a senior instructor with the SANS Institute, will be presenting on making specific plans for information assurance metrics in an organization. Clearly this is an industry buzzword at the moment when you listen to presentations on the 20 Critical Controls, NIST guidance, or industry banter). Security professionals have to know that their executives are discussing the idea. So exactly how do you integrate information assurance metrics into action in an organization and actually achieve value from the effort. Learn what efforts are currently underway in the industry to create consensus metrics guides and what initial steps an organization can take to start measuring the effectiveness of their security program. Small steps are better than no steps, and by the end of this presentation, students will have a start integrating metrics into their information assurance program.
Sans 20 CSC: Connecting Security to the Business MissionTripwire
You know the old break-up line, “it’s not you, it’s me….”? As a CISO, what if when you get your few minutes to discuss security with the C-suite, board of directors or mission leadership, it really turns out to be you not them who failed in the communication?
Lack of success in communicating with your C-suite could lead to a breakup sooner or later. I’ve had hundreds of conversations with and about CISOs communicating – - on topics ranging from security breach information, status, performance metrics, risk, visualizations, or overall security posture with their executive leadership.
And largely, it turns out to be no surprise that communicating security information is incredibly difficult, especially with non-technical, disinterested, or time-constrained C-suite executives.
Success with SANS
The initial UMASS Security Program was based on the ISO/IEC 27002 controls framework, then starting in 2011, the SANS 20 CSC were added. Today’s program includes both. The ISO controls focus on program management, compliance and process from an IT auditor’s perspective, while the SANS controls focus on technology means they are better aligned with IT operations.
Prior to 2011, Wilson was having difficulty communicating with executive management (CIOs and others) – it was difficult to translate the purchase and implementation issues surrounding firewalls, anti-virus, and vulnerability scanning into easily familiar business terms and concepts relevant to management and process.
However, when he ditched trying to explain the ISO/IEC 27002 security controls framework in favor of using the SANS 20 CSC, he was able to communicate much more effectively with his C-suite for the first time in a way they could absorb and support.
In addition, he and his team have been able to map out a measurable and actionable security program based on SANS that he regularly succeeds in communicating to his executive team.
Information Security Metrics - Practical Security MetricsJack Nichelson
So exactly how do you integrate information security metrics into action in an organization and actually achieve value from the effort. Learn what efforts are currently underway in the industry to create consensus metrics guides and what initial steps an organization can take to start measuring the effectiveness of their security program.
SANS 2013 Report on Critical Security Controls Survey: Moving From Awareness ...FireEye, Inc.
The law of unintended consequences strikes again. In an effort to address security risks in enterprise IT systems and the critical data in them, numerous security standards and requirement frameworks have emerged over the years. But most of these efforts have had the opposite effect — diverting organizations’ limited resources away from actual cyber defense toward reports and compliance.
Recognizing this serious problem, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) in 2008 launched Critical Security Controls (CSCs), a prioritized list of controls likely to have the greatest impact in protecting organizations from evolving real-world threats. This SANS Institute survey of nearly 700 IT professionals across a range of industries examines how well the CSCs are known in government and industry and how they are being used.
For the latest threat intelligence reports, visit https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/threat-intelligence-reports.html.
Before the Breach: Using threat intelligence to stop attackers in their tracks- Mark - Fullbright
All information, data, and material contained, presented, or provided on is for educational purposes only.
Company names mentioned herein are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
It is not to be construed or intended as providing legal advice.
Company names mentioned herein are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners and are for educational purposes only.
17 U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
State of Security Operations 2016 report of capabilities and maturity of cybe...at MicroFocus Italy ❖✔
As businesses continue to adopt new cloud and mobile functionality rapidly, we find the
edges of the network even more blurred, and our definitions of data ownership and breach
responsibility continue to evolve. Staffing and training continue to be the foremost challenge
of the modern SOC. This is paving the way to hybrid staffing models and hybrid infrastructures
that require less in-house expertise. As a result, highly skilled security team members can then
be utilized for a more specialized hunt and analytics-focused work.
There is no question this year has been both an exciting and challenging time to be in the field
of cyber security. On one hand, it is disheartening to see the continued decline in the maturity
and effectiveness of security operations, while, on the other, I know that we are in the middle
of an exciting and transformative change in our field. You can feel it. We must go where the
data leads us, and we believe that is to widen our definition of security operations to leverage
analytics, data science, Big Data, and shared intelligence to become more effective in protecting
today’s digital enterprise.
The Accenture Security Index, based on Accenture's High Performance Security research, assesses performance across 33 cybersecurity capabilities within the Banking industry. It is intended to help banking leaders understand the effectiveness of their security measures. To learn more about Banking results, read our blog series: https://accntu.re/2vj59KC
Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Are Top IT Priorities For 2010 And ...Citrix Online
“Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Are Top IT Priorities For 2010 And 2011”
Key Findings:
• Improving business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) capabilities is the No. 1 priority for SMBs and the second highest priority for enterprises for the next 12 months
• IT plans to spend at least 5% more on BC/DR in the next 12 months (only 11% of enterprises and 8% of SMBs plan to decrease spending on BC/DR)
• BC/DR represents between 6% and 7% of the IT budget
Managing Cyber Risk: Are Companies Safeguarding Their Assets?EMC
This white paper summarizes the results of a survey done by RSA, NYSE Governance Series, and Corporate Board Member, in association with Ernst & Young, with 200 audit committee members responding on a variety of issues regarding their cyber risk oversight program.
Learn how an integrated approach, strategic reach and measurement systems of Influencers point to a new kind of security organization and a new breed of leader. For more information on IBM Systems, visit http://ibm.co/RKEeMO.
Visit the official Scribd Channel of IBM India Smarter Computing at http://bit.ly/VwO86R to get access to more documents.
To better understand how organizations manage the planning and securing of their digital assets, McAfee, Inc. retained Evalueserve to conduct an independent assessment of how organizations manage their security policies and processes, and what threats are perceived to pose the greatest
risk to their business. This global study of Enterprise-class organizations highlights how IT decision makers view the challenges of securing information assets in a highly regulated and increasingly complex global business environment. It is also forward-looking, revealing companies’ IT security priorities around processes, practices and technology for 2012 and beyond.
Information Security Governance at Board and Executive LevelKoen Maris
Information security governance is a relative new area it doesn't always receive the required attention such as business support, management support and eventually the necessary budgets to keep Mr Evil out. The reasons why information security is not receiving the required attention are plenty, but a main issue that it is failing to get on the agenda could be that the upper levels of an organisational structure do not receive the information required to get their attention, or that companies are risk taking instead of risk averse or it seems impossible to identify value for the business. Security is about avoiding something, where a new application is about adding functionality in order to increase efficiency, production etc… Unfortunately, security is still seen as a business disabler.
The results of this year’s Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey show that, not surprisingly, cybersecurity represents a major focus for internal audit programs, but it is far from the only pressing issue on internal audit’s plate
SANS 2013 Report: Digital Forensics and Incident Response Survey FireEye, Inc.
Cloud computing and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) workplace policies are expanding the endpoints in IT infrastructures — and more complexity when it comes to investigating cyber attacks. The SANS 2013 Report on Digital Forensics and Incident Response Survey reveals some of the major difficulties that security professionals face in this new environment and how to better prepare for future investigations. Collecting responses from more than 450 security professionals across a range of industries and company sizes, the survey found that nearly 90 percent of respondents had conducted at least one forensics investigation within the last two years. But just 54 percent called their digital forensics capabilities “reasonably effective.” For the latest threat intelligence reports, visit https://www.fireeye.com/current-threats/threat-intelligence-reports.html
Information Assurance Metrics: Practical Steps to MeasurementEnclaveSecurity
Show up to a security presentation, walk away with a specific action plan. In this presentation, James Tarala, a senior instructor with the SANS Institute, will be presenting on making specific plans for information assurance metrics in an organization. Clearly this is an industry buzzword at the moment when you listen to presentations on the 20 Critical Controls, NIST guidance, or industry banter). Security professionals have to know that their executives are discussing the idea. So exactly how do you integrate information assurance metrics into action in an organization and actually achieve value from the effort. Learn what efforts are currently underway in the industry to create consensus metrics guides and what initial steps an organization can take to start measuring the effectiveness of their security program. Small steps are better than no steps, and by the end of this presentation, students will have a start integrating metrics into their information assurance program.
Sans 20 CSC: Connecting Security to the Business MissionTripwire
You know the old break-up line, “it’s not you, it’s me….”? As a CISO, what if when you get your few minutes to discuss security with the C-suite, board of directors or mission leadership, it really turns out to be you not them who failed in the communication?
Lack of success in communicating with your C-suite could lead to a breakup sooner or later. I’ve had hundreds of conversations with and about CISOs communicating – - on topics ranging from security breach information, status, performance metrics, risk, visualizations, or overall security posture with their executive leadership.
And largely, it turns out to be no surprise that communicating security information is incredibly difficult, especially with non-technical, disinterested, or time-constrained C-suite executives.
Success with SANS
The initial UMASS Security Program was based on the ISO/IEC 27002 controls framework, then starting in 2011, the SANS 20 CSC were added. Today’s program includes both. The ISO controls focus on program management, compliance and process from an IT auditor’s perspective, while the SANS controls focus on technology means they are better aligned with IT operations.
Prior to 2011, Wilson was having difficulty communicating with executive management (CIOs and others) – it was difficult to translate the purchase and implementation issues surrounding firewalls, anti-virus, and vulnerability scanning into easily familiar business terms and concepts relevant to management and process.
However, when he ditched trying to explain the ISO/IEC 27002 security controls framework in favor of using the SANS 20 CSC, he was able to communicate much more effectively with his C-suite for the first time in a way they could absorb and support.
In addition, he and his team have been able to map out a measurable and actionable security program based on SANS that he regularly succeeds in communicating to his executive team.
Information Security Metrics - Practical Security MetricsJack Nichelson
So exactly how do you integrate information security metrics into action in an organization and actually achieve value from the effort. Learn what efforts are currently underway in the industry to create consensus metrics guides and what initial steps an organization can take to start measuring the effectiveness of their security program.
Improving Cyber Security Literacy in Boards & ExecutivesTripwire
In response to the rapidly evolving threat landscape, Boards of Directors (BoDs) and executives are now more aware of today’s cyber threats and how they might adversely affect their business. However, most executives are nonetheless limited in their knowledge of security and do not know what to ask their security teams.
It is therefore up to security professionals to help their executives become more cyber security literate and thereby assist in framing security considerations as an integral part of any risk/opportunity discussion, as well as a wider enterprise risk management strategy.
Acknowledging this responsibility on the part of information security personnel, Tripwire has asked a number of prominent experts in the field how security teams can improve their executives’ cyber security literacy.
Cyber Risk Management in 2017: Challenges & RecommendationsUlf Mattsson
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14723/234829?utm_source=Compliance+Engineering&utm_medium=brighttalk&utm_campaign=234829 :
With cyber attacks on the rise, securing your data is more imperative than ever. In future, organizations will face severe penalties if their data isn’t robustly secured. This will have a far reaching impact for how businesses deal with security in terms of managing their cyber risk.
Join this presentation to learn the cyber security controls prescribed by regulation, how this impacts compliance, and how cyber risk management helps CISOs understand the degree these controls are in place and where to prioritize their cyber dollars and ensure they are not at risk for fines.
Viewers will learn:
- The latest cybercrime trends and targets
- Trends in board involvement in cybersecurity
- How to effectively manage the full range of enterprise risks
- How to protect against ransomware
- Visibility into third party risk
- Data security metrics
Build an Information Security StrategyAndrew Byers
Organizations are struggling to keep up with today’s evolving threat landscape.
From technology sophistication and business adoption to the proliferation of hacking techniques and the expansion of hacking motivations, organizations are facing major security risks.
Every organization needs some kind of information security program to protect their systems and assets.
Organizations today face pressure from regulatory or legal obligations, customer requirement, and now, senior management expectations.
Building an effective Information Security RoadmapElliott Franklin
As company information security functions continue to grow each year with increasing attacks and regulations, how are you handling the
pressure? Are you constantly battling to run the business projects and reacting to customer requests? Have you blocked off a few hours each week
on your calendar to close your email, turn off your phone and try to build, assess and maintain an effective vision for your security team? This
presentation will discuss a cascading approach to creating such a roadmap that is easily understood by executives and has helped gain quick buy
in for multiple enterprise wide security projects.
Current enterprise information security measures continue to fail us. Why is ...Livingstone Advisory
Conventional information security measures continue to fail our businesses in today’s rapidly changing world of cyber-risk. Adverse cyber-events manifest themselves as the usual suspects including data breaches, information theft, ransom- and malware, viruses, payment card fraud, DDOS attacks or physical loss – to name but a few.
Problem is, the tally of adverse events keeps mounting up. While headline adverse cyber incidents are now reported in the media with regularity, this represents the tip of the cyber-risk iceberg. Most known events are either unreported or hidden from public disclosure. Not helping, is the industry analysis suggesting that, on average, nearly half of all adverse cyber-risk events impacting organisations are self-inflicted and avoidable. No industry is untouched.
Delivered at the CIO Summit in Melbourne, Australia in November 2016, in this presentation, Rob offers valuable strategic insights into the problem and why it continues to be a problem.
He outlines some practical steps that will be helpful for CIOs and CISOs in reshaping their own organisation’s approach in building a more effective and resilient information security capability.
An IT risk assessment does more than just tell you about the state of security of your IT infrastructure; it can facilitate decision-making on your organizational security strategy. Some of the benefits of conducting an IT risk assessment are:
The Significance of IT Security Management & Risk AssessmentBradley Susser
The Significance of IT Security Management & Risk Assessment
An overview of IT Security Management, which is comprised of standards, policies, plans, and procedures as well as risk assessment and the various techniques and approaches to minimize an organization’s financial impact due to the exploitation of numerous organizational assets.
Managing Cyber Risk: Are Companies Safeguarding Their Assets?EMC
This white paper summarizes the results of a survey done by RSA, NYSE Governance Series, and Corporate Board Member, in association with Ernst & Young, with 200 audit committee members responding on a variety of issues regarding their cyber risk oversight program.
Malware & Data Breaches: Combatting the Biggest ThreatChris Ross
In a recent study regarding the current state of security risks and controls in business today, Wisegate uncovered an enlightening fact: CISOs consider malware and sensitive data breaches to be their top risk. Thanks to BYOD and cloud adoption, there’s no way to keep all data in a controlled environment, so CISOs have turned from pure prevention methods to including “detection” as a key initiative. Learn what they are doing and why in this Wisegate Drill-Down report.
Data-centric Security: Using Information Protection and Control (IPC) Tools t...Chris Ross
Wisegate recently conducted a research initiative to assess the current state of security risks and controls in business today. It was instantly clear that the job has changed: With BYOD and cloud adoption causing CISOs to hand off infrastructure control, the name of the game is now using IPC tools to defend the data. Learn about CISOs’ current focus on data leak prevention and encryption in this Wisegate Drill-Down report.
Automation and Orchestration - Harnessing Threat Intelligence for Better Inci...Chris Ross
Wisegate recently conducted a research initiative regarding security risks and controls in business today. They quickly found that, given the current landscape of less secure BYOD and cloud adoption, incident response is the new must-have. A need for better intelligence on the matter is necessary, and many are looking to a future with more automated and orchestrated response to threat intelligence. In this Wisegate Drill-Down report, learn about APIs and new types of staff that current CISOs think will make this shift possible.
Hello, I Must Be Going - Hard Facts on Soft SkillsChris Ross
Wisegate recently surveyed hundreds of senior IT professionals on job satisfaction, career ambitions and the soft skills they need to excel in today’s workplace. A positive effect of the heightened threat environment is that the CISO has gained the respect and ear of the C-suite. Gone are the days of the introverted, disgruntled IT guy – today’s pros are stepping up to the plate and seeking to increase their business savvy, influence and leadership skills. They prioritize learning opportunities over the paycheck and aren’t afraid to go outside their current companies for growth opportunities.
In the first of a series of reports on soft skills, Hello, I Must Be Going shares metrics on what matters most to senior IT professionals including the types of soft skills, company culture and job opportunities they seek.
Maximizing Your IT Career Needed Skills and Next StepsChris Ross
IT, as an aspect of business, is rapidly evolving. It’s moving from being seen as a behindthe-
scenes cost center to a business-critical aspect of every successful enterprise. And as
IT becomes more tightly integrated into the business, the seasoned IT professional is
expected to be able to understand the business, communicate with businesspeople,
negotiate, and even lead.
The increasing expectations of IT leaders is well enough understood that some university IT
programs are including communications, group dynamics, collaborative and interpersonal
communications, and leadership classes in their curricula. This, of course, does not help
current IT practitioners like you.
What does Information Security have in common with Eastern Air Lines Flight 401Chris Ross
On December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades, causing 101 fatalities. The crash occurred because the entire flight crew became preoccupied with a burnt-out nose gear indicator light. Meanwhile, they failed to notice the autopilot had been inadvertently switched from Altitude Hold to Control Wheel Steering mode. In this mode, once the pilot releases pressure on the yoke the autopilot maintains the pitch attitude selected by the pilot until the pilot moves the yoke again. The investigators believe the mode was accidentally switched and then an ever-so-slight forward pressure was applied to the stick, causing the aircraft to enter a slow descent.
What is the parallel with Information Security? Information Security, with its sundry standards and glut of gizmos, has been on a nearly imperceptible descent for years…while those involved and those that should be concerned are focused on the indicator light.
5 Tips Every Job-Hunting IT Pro Should KnowChris Ross
It turns out, even IT professionals who have been at the job for a decade are looking for a new gig. But what are they specifically searching for in that change? In 5 Tips Every Job-Hunting IT Pro Should Know, Wisegate shares insights from a recent survey with hundreds of experienced IT professionals, explaining why, when, and where their career is about to shift. Wisegate’s top takeaways help uncover desires to find bigger corporations, better long term opportunities, a closer connection to the business side of IT, and more. The result? Feedback that would get any IT pro thinking about what they want out of their career long term.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
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Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
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However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
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Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
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Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
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PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
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Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
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Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
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Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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In June of 2014, Wisegate conducted a member-driven research initiative designed to
assess the current state of security risks and controls in business today. Assessing IT
Security Risks addresses many of the top takeaways from this survey. This document is the
first in a series of reports designed to look more closely at four specific issues highlighted
by that survey.
» Metrics and reporting
» Malware and data breaches
» Data-centric security
» Automation and orchestration
Metrics and Reporting
This document might have just as easily been titled, ‘The Lack of Metrics’. It is highlighted
in a simple conclusion reached in Assessing IT Security Risks:
“Overall, [security] teams were optimistic but not overwhelmingly confident.”
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On the surface, this statement appears to hide a contradiction: how can someone be
genuinely optimistic without being simultaneously confident? That apparent contradiction
hides a potentially widespread problem in information security: CISOs are always improving
their company security; there is little ability, however, to measure that success (or indeed,
lack of it).
Without having the metrics of success or failure, security teams can be optimistic in what
they are doing—but cannot ultimately be confident in its effect.
This problem is then compounded. Metrics form the basis of business-level reporting, and
without those metrics IT struggles to effectively communicate security issues to Business.
The Problem Measured
Participants in this survey were asked, ‘do you have metrics in place to track your top three
risks?’ (see Figure 1). Overall, 50% do not have metrics.
…the real problem with security risk management in the enterprise isn’t of
confidence—it’s of measurement; survey respondents don’t really have a good way
of indicating the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of existing programs.
—Assessing and Managing IT Security Risks
Figure 1: Survey Question: Do you have a metric to measure the risk in your top
three areas of concerns?
Source: Wisegate June 2014
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The problem is that there is a general acceptance that all three top risks are growing—more
than 80% of participants believe that major risks are increasing in their industry (see Figure
2).
[Note: These three ‘top risks’ are non-specific—they are whatever the participant
considered to be his or her personal top three risks. Overall, the top three risks are
malware, data breaches and outsider threat.]
Figure 2: Survey Question: Which risks are growing for your specific company and
industry?
Source: Wisegate June 2014
What this means, in effect, is that IT cannot accurately communicate an increasing security
risk to Business; and Business cannot accurately understand that security risk and its
possible impact on the business.
Is This Important?
This lack of communication is very important, for three particular reasons:
» Real security cannot be achieved without full Business buy-in.
» Business is likely to become suddenly very keen on understanding security
following the recent prosecution of FedEx in what can be seen as an extension of
the ‘failure to prevent’ theory. “This bodes ill not only for corporations that fail to
prevent criminal activity, but for corporate compliance officers whose programs,
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when scrutinized under the glare of 20-20 hindsight, may be found deficient.”1
It is
possible that within a relatively short period, individual board members could be
held legally liable for security failures.
» Boards are being urged by the National Association of Corporate Directors to be
more proactive in information security.
The reality is that possibly for the first time, corporate boardrooms are taking cyber security
seriously. The continuous flow of news of major security breaches in major companies is
having an effect. Boards are asking:
» How does our security stack up?
» How do we compare with other companies in our sector?
Without adequate security metrics to answer those questions in the language that Business
understands, IT/Security will miss a major opportunity.
‘Communication is What the Receiver Does’
It is a tenet of communication that you have to listen. There are signs that Business is ready
to listen.
In July 2014 the National Association of Corporate Directors published a new handbook for
its members: Cyber-Risk Oversight2
. Its advice to directors is organized around five key
principles:
1. Directors need to understand and approach cyber security as an enterprise-wide
risk management issue, not just an IT issue.
2. Directors should understand the legal implications of cyber-risks as they relate to
their company's specific circumstances.
3. Boards should have adequate access to cyber security expertise, and discussions
about cyber-risk management should be given regular and adequate time on the
board meeting agenda.
4. Directors should set the expectation that management will establish an enterprise-
wide, cyber-risk management framework with adequate staffing and budget.
5. Discussion of cyber-risks between boards and senior managers should include
identification of which risks to avoid, accept, mitigate or transfer through insurance
as well as specific plans associated with each approach.
1
The Rise of 'Failure to Prevent' Crimes and CCO Liability; New York Law Journal (27 October 2014):
http://newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202674374593
2
Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook (free to NACD members): http://www.nacdonline.org/cyber
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That last point highlights the need for discussion between IT/Security and the board. When
the handbook was first published, Internet Security Alliance President Larry Clinton
commented, "Most business leaders do not spend a lot of time talking about ISO standards
and NIST framework. They talk about things like profitability, growth, innovation product
development, price-to-earnings ratios. This publication, perhaps for the first time, attempts
to put cybersecurity squarely within that business context."
But while Business might be ready to listen, there remains a difficulty for IT/Security to
speak in a language that it understands.
What IT/Security is Doing
IT/Security is taking a risk-based approach to defending systems; but it currently lacks the
means to report the risk status to boards and internal business partners.
“CISOs are measuring tactical things,” explains the Assessing IT Security Risks lead author,
Bill Burns. “What metrics exist are events-driven: how much classified data was blocked
from leaving the system; how many malware hits were stopped at the firewall or by the AV
software. But there exists a huge disconnect between such activity-based metrics and
rolling them up into ‘what is the impact of our security programs on the business’.”
The problem, he suggests, is that there remains a tool-centric rather than risk-centric view
of security—and the tools that are available rarely provide metrics that can be combined
into an overall metrics-based company risk report suitable for delivery to the board. This
leads to a failure of communication between IT/Security and Business—which is, says
Burns, a major challenge for IT/Security.
To a large degree this basic problem is a natural result of the security product market,
which comprises a wide range of distinct point products. The natural desire to use a ‘best
of breeds’ approach (that is, to use the best available solution for each separate risk)
doesn’t lend itself to seamless security metrics. The extent of the problem can be seen in
Figures 3 to 6, taken from the survey. The diversity of different products expected to be
used in the next 3-5 years makes seamless and cohesive reporting across the whole
security discipline difficult to achieve—and almost impossible in a format suitable to
present to business management. This is unlikely to change within the next five years.
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Figure 3: Survey Question: Which endpoint-targeted security controls will be a top-
priority to you in the next 3-5 years (multiple selections allowed).
Source: Wisegate, June 2014
Figure 4: Survey Question: Which mobility / IoT security control will be most
important to your company in the next 3-5 years?
Source: Wisegate, June 2014
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Figure 5: Survey Question: Which of these Messaging, File/Doc Sharing controls
will be a top priority to you in the next 3-5 years (multiple selections allowed).
Source: Wisegate, June 2014
Figure 6: Survey Question: Stack-rank these Infrastructure controls by which will be
a top priority to you in the next 3-5 years.
Source: Wisegate, June 2014
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This volume of different products makes communicating strengths and weaknesses in the
corporate security profile in relation to business impact a difficult proposition. “Although this
sounds harsh,” comments Burns, “it results in a failure of the security teams to
communicate in business terms, and for business people to understand security. There’s a
business gap—and it’s one of the biggest challenges I see for Security.”
The Danger in Poor Communication
The two primary dangers of poor communications are:
» A continuing disconnect between Business and Security, leading to underfunding
and weak policy implementation
» A Business concentration on the one set of industry-wide metrics already available:
compliance checklists
Many security teams already believe they suffer from the first, and many more will
increasingly come up against the latter.
“I think we are finally at the point, with so many large scale breaches,” explains Burns, “that
Business is taking Security seriously. Boards are ready to listen if we can learn their
language to speak to them. What they want to know is, ‘are we doing everything we should
be doing; and are we doing what our peers are doing?’”
It is that latter point that leads Business to concentrate on compliance-based security. If the
only metrics available are the compliance regulations, then conforming strictly to those
requirements serves two purposes: firstly it provides a defense against any possible ‘failure
to prevent’ legal challenges; and secondly it provides a likely ‘peer comparison’ point.
Most security professionals do not believe that conforming to a compliance checklist
provides the best possible security. However, unless Security can develop its own metrics
and reporting, Business will inevitably increasingly rely on compliance instead—possibly to
detriment of real security.
What is IT/Security Doing About this Lack of
Communication?
IT/Security readily acknowledges that communication is a problem. “People accept that this
is a problem, and talk about it,” comments Burns. “But not one of the survey participants
could say, ‘I cracked the nut—this is what you have to do to communicate successfully.’”
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It is a subject that frequently occurs in Wisegate roundtable discussions. For example, in a
recent Wisegate Live Research call, one CISO with a large financial firm noted:
“The higher you go, the more you need to be able to talk about business drivers in
business language that business can understand. The thing that works best seems
to be stories and analogies—they seem to be the best way to share information with
the more senior individuals in your business.”
—“What are the soft skills required for a career in IT and security?” Roundtable
Talking, however, is not reporting, and stories are not metrics. The reality is that IT/Security
mostly does little more than talk about the problem of metrics and reporting.
What Should IT/Security Be Doing?
The survey shows that IT/Security suffers from a lack of adequate metrics. This translates
into poor communication between IT/Security and Business. In the short term this can be
improved by IT/Security aggregating security point solutions to provide a seamless holistic
risk rating; and then creating the metrics to demonstrate the impact of security on business.
In the longer term, the problem provides an opportunity for security users and security
vendors. As the move towards the adoption of security as a service (SaaS) solutions
gathers pace, security teams can start to insist on the provision of usable metrics as part of
the partner agreement.
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