This white paper discusses the results of a CIO UK survey on a“Trust Paradox,” defined as employees and business partners being both the weakest link in an organization’s security as well as trusted agents in achieving the company’s goals.
http://tatainteractive.com/ - A comprehensive cyber security-training program in an organization needs to be multi-tiered and nuanced to be effective. Tata Interactive Systems cybersecurity training curriculum leverages games and simulations to improve the profile of your business. It is also ideal for students who are currently working full-time and are aspiring cybersecurity professionals. TIS can help you to learn more, please visit!
Most security breaches are caused by human error and poor security discipline. For instance, in April 2011, it was discovered that the personal and confidential data of 3.5 million teachers, state workers and retirees in the state of Texas was lying unprotected on the Internet closely for a year.
Cyber-criminals are assaulting every part of the enterprise. But not all cyber-attacks are created equal. In the minds of senior executives, the greatest danger of cyber-attacks is damage to the reputation of the firm with its customers.
In January-February 2016, the EIU, surveyed 1,100 senior executives on data security practices within their firms. The survey’s primary objective was to analyse the differences, if any, between the C-suite and senior IT executives on data security.
The survey sample was recruited from companies with between $500 million and $10 billion in revenues, and is equally representative of the Americas, Asia-Pacific and European regions. The panel came from 20 industries, with no single industry accounting for more than 14% of the total.
This was a survey of senior executives. The C-suite segment, sometimes referred to herein as senior management or corporate leadership, consisted exclusively of C-suite executives (eg CEOs, CFO, COOs). The security segment, sometimes referred to herein as the security executives, consisted of the CIO and those who identified themselves as Chief Data Officers or Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs).
Each panel was asked an identical set of 20 questions, and the results have been reviewed for insight and commentary by a panel of independent experts.
http://tatainteractive.com/ - A comprehensive cyber security-training program in an organization needs to be multi-tiered and nuanced to be effective. Tata Interactive Systems cybersecurity training curriculum leverages games and simulations to improve the profile of your business. It is also ideal for students who are currently working full-time and are aspiring cybersecurity professionals. TIS can help you to learn more, please visit!
Most security breaches are caused by human error and poor security discipline. For instance, in April 2011, it was discovered that the personal and confidential data of 3.5 million teachers, state workers and retirees in the state of Texas was lying unprotected on the Internet closely for a year.
Cyber-criminals are assaulting every part of the enterprise. But not all cyber-attacks are created equal. In the minds of senior executives, the greatest danger of cyber-attacks is damage to the reputation of the firm with its customers.
In January-February 2016, the EIU, surveyed 1,100 senior executives on data security practices within their firms. The survey’s primary objective was to analyse the differences, if any, between the C-suite and senior IT executives on data security.
The survey sample was recruited from companies with between $500 million and $10 billion in revenues, and is equally representative of the Americas, Asia-Pacific and European regions. The panel came from 20 industries, with no single industry accounting for more than 14% of the total.
This was a survey of senior executives. The C-suite segment, sometimes referred to herein as senior management or corporate leadership, consisted exclusively of C-suite executives (eg CEOs, CFO, COOs). The security segment, sometimes referred to herein as the security executives, consisted of the CIO and those who identified themselves as Chief Data Officers or Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs).
Each panel was asked an identical set of 20 questions, and the results have been reviewed for insight and commentary by a panel of independent experts.
1. How often do you see non-sanctioned cloud services in use?
2. Are we protecting ourselves against insider threats?
3. Do we have a cyber security task force in place?
4. Is our BYOD policy secure?
5. Do you feel limited by your security budget or staff size?
Perception Gaps in Cyber Resilience: What Are Your Blind Spots?Sarah Nirschl
Protecting enterprise systems against cyber threats is a strategic priority, yet only 42% of executives are confident they could recover without impacting their business from a cyber event. Find out the hidden risks of shadow IT, cloud and cyber insurance.
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.
We found that while cyber security was named as the topmost future tech adoption for organizations in 2019, cyber security is now the second tech priority for 2021 but with a higher budget than previously allocated. We also discovered that cloud security currently holds more importance with CISOs, CTOs and CIOs than data security and privacy.
In this report we share our insight on the recruitment of cyber security professionals including information regarding the key drivers in the cyber security market, permanent and contract recruitment trends, transferable skills, the top job titles, salaries and qualifications analysis, a heat map of skills demands/talent pools across the UK, concluding with recommendations on attracting and retaining cyber security talent.
Pandemic has taken a fair share of the toll on every economy, affecting millions of businesses across the globe. As organizations are adopting technology and innovation to fulfil their quest for growth, they must comprehend, the ghost of cyberattack will come to haunt them sooner or later. Cyber breaches will not only cause brand degradation, but also lead to loss of digital assets, and change in consumer behaviour. As a result, companies are considering corporate cyber insurance as a part of their cybersecurity strategies. Click on the link to read what cyber insurance is and why companies direly need it.
In today’s interconnected world, few things terrify CEOs and CTOs more than electronic security (well, a breach of that security, anyway). Most of our records, personal information, corporate information, and sensitive data exist online or on Internet-connected hardware. Mobile, with all it’s advantages for enterprises, actually poses one of the largest emerging threats to those enterprises’ data security. As such, we wanted to share some statistics that demonstrate the severity of the problem and highlight the importance of mobile security for your business.
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.
Harvey Nash UK & IRE Cyber Security Survey 2016Bryan Smith
A complete breakdown of our Recent (2nd annual) Cyber Security Survey. Responses canvassed form over 200 like minded Professionals - and now here, free for you to see the issues, changes & shortages affecting your local Industry. As told from the people you'd want to hear from.
To implement data-centric security, while simultaneously empowering your business to compete and win in today’s nano-second world, you need to understand your data flows and your business needs from your data. Begin by answering some important questions:
•
What does your organization need from your data in order to extract the maximum business value and gain a competitive advantage?
•
What opportunities might be leveraged by improving the security posture of the data?
•
What risks exist based upon your current security posture? What would the impact of a data breach be on the organization? Be specific!
•
Have you clearly defined which data (both structured and unstructured) residing across your extended enterprise is most important to your business? Where is it?
•
What people, processes and technology are currently employed to protect your business sensitive information?
•
Who in your organization requires access to data and for what specific purposes?
•
What time constraints exist upon the organization that might affect the technical infrastructure?
•
What must you do to comply with the myriad government and industry regulations relevant to your business?
Finally, ask yourself what a successful data-centric protection program should look like in your organization. What’s most appropriate for your organization?
The answers to these and other related questions would provide you with a clearer picture of your enterprise’s “data attack surface,” which in turn will provide you with a well-documented risk profile. By answering these questions and thinking holistically about where your data is, how it’s being used and by whom, you’ll be well positioned to design and implement a robust, business-enabling data-centric protection plan that is tailored to the unique requirements of your organization.
All product and company names mentioned herein are for identification and educational purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
This is the Swipp Plus Quick Start guide. This user guide outlines the steps needed to create a Swipp Plus account, create Swipp widgets and manage your control panel and dashboard. It also shows how to integrate Swipp widgets into Wordpress, Blogger and other common blog and content management systems.
1. How often do you see non-sanctioned cloud services in use?
2. Are we protecting ourselves against insider threats?
3. Do we have a cyber security task force in place?
4. Is our BYOD policy secure?
5. Do you feel limited by your security budget or staff size?
Perception Gaps in Cyber Resilience: What Are Your Blind Spots?Sarah Nirschl
Protecting enterprise systems against cyber threats is a strategic priority, yet only 42% of executives are confident they could recover without impacting their business from a cyber event. Find out the hidden risks of shadow IT, cloud and cyber insurance.
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.
We found that while cyber security was named as the topmost future tech adoption for organizations in 2019, cyber security is now the second tech priority for 2021 but with a higher budget than previously allocated. We also discovered that cloud security currently holds more importance with CISOs, CTOs and CIOs than data security and privacy.
In this report we share our insight on the recruitment of cyber security professionals including information regarding the key drivers in the cyber security market, permanent and contract recruitment trends, transferable skills, the top job titles, salaries and qualifications analysis, a heat map of skills demands/talent pools across the UK, concluding with recommendations on attracting and retaining cyber security talent.
Pandemic has taken a fair share of the toll on every economy, affecting millions of businesses across the globe. As organizations are adopting technology and innovation to fulfil their quest for growth, they must comprehend, the ghost of cyberattack will come to haunt them sooner or later. Cyber breaches will not only cause brand degradation, but also lead to loss of digital assets, and change in consumer behaviour. As a result, companies are considering corporate cyber insurance as a part of their cybersecurity strategies. Click on the link to read what cyber insurance is and why companies direly need it.
In today’s interconnected world, few things terrify CEOs and CTOs more than electronic security (well, a breach of that security, anyway). Most of our records, personal information, corporate information, and sensitive data exist online or on Internet-connected hardware. Mobile, with all it’s advantages for enterprises, actually poses one of the largest emerging threats to those enterprises’ data security. As such, we wanted to share some statistics that demonstrate the severity of the problem and highlight the importance of mobile security for your business.
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.
Harvey Nash UK & IRE Cyber Security Survey 2016Bryan Smith
A complete breakdown of our Recent (2nd annual) Cyber Security Survey. Responses canvassed form over 200 like minded Professionals - and now here, free for you to see the issues, changes & shortages affecting your local Industry. As told from the people you'd want to hear from.
To implement data-centric security, while simultaneously empowering your business to compete and win in today’s nano-second world, you need to understand your data flows and your business needs from your data. Begin by answering some important questions:
•
What does your organization need from your data in order to extract the maximum business value and gain a competitive advantage?
•
What opportunities might be leveraged by improving the security posture of the data?
•
What risks exist based upon your current security posture? What would the impact of a data breach be on the organization? Be specific!
•
Have you clearly defined which data (both structured and unstructured) residing across your extended enterprise is most important to your business? Where is it?
•
What people, processes and technology are currently employed to protect your business sensitive information?
•
Who in your organization requires access to data and for what specific purposes?
•
What time constraints exist upon the organization that might affect the technical infrastructure?
•
What must you do to comply with the myriad government and industry regulations relevant to your business?
Finally, ask yourself what a successful data-centric protection program should look like in your organization. What’s most appropriate for your organization?
The answers to these and other related questions would provide you with a clearer picture of your enterprise’s “data attack surface,” which in turn will provide you with a well-documented risk profile. By answering these questions and thinking holistically about where your data is, how it’s being used and by whom, you’ll be well positioned to design and implement a robust, business-enabling data-centric protection plan that is tailored to the unique requirements of your organization.
All product and company names mentioned herein are for identification and educational purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.
This is the Swipp Plus Quick Start guide. This user guide outlines the steps needed to create a Swipp Plus account, create Swipp widgets and manage your control panel and dashboard. It also shows how to integrate Swipp widgets into Wordpress, Blogger and other common blog and content management systems.
Saludos! En nuestro afán de seguir mejorando los productos y servicios del SME, este año, le estamos realizando unos cambios al estudio Marcas que Marcan que estamos seguros serán de gran beneficio para las empresas que participen. Marcas que Marcan 2012 contará con una muestra de 1,350 entrevistas y el estudio incluirá resultados, tanto cuantitativos como cualitativos, entre otros. Participar en este estudio les permite obtener datos del uso y actitudes (U&A) de los consumidores, en su categoría de producto, por una fracción del costo que representa comisionarlo directamente a una empresa de investigación.
Además, llevaremos a cabo un estudio nuevo, denominado La Marca Enredada, dirigido a medir el impacto de las marcas en las redes sociales
For digital media companies, effective cybersecurity programs a mustGrant Thornton LLP
In digital media trust is everything, without it your business model doesn’t work. Cybersecurity can be a key component, ensuring the integrity of your services. Check out this brief guide to securing your data.
This white paper examines the need for strong authentication and explores the return on investment that can be realized in order to help organizations move toward more effective security.
Why Accountants Can’t Afford to Ignore Cyber Security in 2023incmagazineseo
Discover why accountants must prioritize cyber security in 2023 – essential insights to safeguard sensitive financial data and ensure business resilience.
Consumer trust has become the new battleground for digital success. To win, organizations need to master the fundamentals of data ethics, manage the "give-to-get" ratio and solve the customer trust equation, our recent research reveals.
Consumer trust has become the new battleground for digital success. To win, organizations need to master the fundamentals of data ethics, manage the "give-to-get" ratio and solve the customer trust equation, our recent research reveals.
Protecting Corporate Information in the CloudSymantec
Keeping Your Data Safe: Protecting Corporate Information in the Cloud is an insights-driven thought leadership study conducted by WSJ. Custom Studios in collaboration with Symantec Corporation. The goal of this research is to better understand worldwide cloud adoption across leading organizations and the challenges associated with its use. This survey also explores attitudes toward security as well as the behaviors that can lead to potential data loss and security breaches.
An online survey was conducted from February to March 2015 among 360 global business and IT executives with 180 respondents from the United States, 60 from the United Kingdom, 60 from Germany and 60 from Japan. Of these, 15% are CEOs, presidents or owners; 14% are CIOs/CTOs/CSOs; 5% are other C-level executives; 13% are heads of business units or EVPs/VPs/directors; 23% are IT/security professionals; and 30% are managers or other business professionals (e.g., engineering, research and development, sales, legal and compliance, etc.).
Continuous Cyber Attacks: Engaging Business Leaders for the New Normal - Full...Accenture Technology
Business theft and fraud have morphed into significant new threats as companies battle well-funded, highly motivated digital adversaries. Cyber defense rules have clearly changed.
Executive leaders must recognize how exposed their organizations are today and take steps to establish a holistic, end-to-end security strategy capable of protecting their most valuable assets and business operations.
Booz Allen's U.S. Commercial Leader and Executive Vice President, Bill Phelps, recently released his list of 10 Cyber Priorities for Boards of Directors. As we peer into how business, technology, regulatory, and cyber threat realities are evolving in the coming year, here is a reference guide for board members to use in validating their company's cybersecurity approach.
Cyber Risk Quantification for Employees | Safe SecurityRahul Tyagi
Humans
the weakest link in cybersecurity
“Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.”
Companies are built by the people it hires, yet, if you
ask the Chief Information Security Officer about their
weakest link, more often than not, they will say that it’s
the very same people that make the company.
Furthermore, according to a report by CybSafe’s
analysis of data from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), human error was the cause of
approximately 90% of data breaches in 2019!
How to quantify human risk in your organization visit : https://www.safe.security/safe/people/
Under cyber attack: EY's Global information security survey 2013EY
Under cyber-attack, EY's 16th annual Global Information Security Survey 2013 tracks the level of awareness and action by companies in response to cyber threats and canvases the opinion of over 1,900 senior executives globally. This year’s results show that as companies continue to invest heavily to protect themselves against cyber-attacks, the number of security breaches is on the rise and it is no longer of question of if, but when, a company will be the target of an attack.
For further information, visit: http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Services/Advisory/Cyber-security
Wilton & Bain and Kaspersky Lab were delighted to host a lively, informative and convivial evening to discuss the challenges of Cybersecurity in today’s data age. We were joined by Paul Johnson CIO at Aldermore, one of the UK’s foremost challenger bank success stories, who provided an insight into the challenges faced by industry.
Similar to The Trust Paradox: Access Management and Trust in an Insecure Age (20)
INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG TERM RETENTION OF BACKUPS IN THE CLOUDEMC
CloudBoost is a cloud-enabling solution from EMC
Facilitates secure, automatic, efficient data transfer to private and public clouds for Long-Term Retention (LTR) of backups. Seamlessly extends existing data protection solutions to elastic, resilient, scale-out cloud storage
Transforming Desktop Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop and EMC XtremIOEMC
With EMC XtremIO all-flash array, improve
1) your competitive agility with real-time analytics & development
2) your infrastructure agility with elastic provisioning for performance & capacity
3) your TCO with 50% lower capex and opex and double the storage lifecycle.
• Citrix & EMC XtremIO: Better Together
• XtremIO Design Fundamentals for VDI
• Citrix XenDesktop & XtremIO
-- Image Management & Storage
-- Demonstrations
-- XtremIO XenDesktop Integration
EMC FORUM RESEARCH GLOBAL RESULTS - 10,451 RESPONSES ACROSS 33 COUNTRIES EMC
Explore findings from the EMC Forum IT Study and learn how cloud computing, social, mobile, and big data megatrends are shaping IT as a business driver globally.
Reference architecture with MIRANTIS OPENSTACK PLATFORM.The changes that are going on in IT with disruptions from technology, business and culture and so IT to solve the issues has to change from moving from traditional models to broker provider model.
Force Cyber Criminals to Shop Elsewhere
Learn the value of having an Identity Management and Governance solution and how retailers today are benefiting by strengthening their defenses and bolstering their Identity Management capabilities.
Container-based technology has experienced a recent revival and is becoming adopted at an explosive rate. For those that are new to the conversation, containers offer a way to virtualize an operating system. This virtualization isolates processes, providing limited visibility and resource utilization to each, such that the processes appear to be running on separate machines. In short, allowing more applications to run on a single machine. Here is a brief timeline of key moments in container history.
This white paper provides an overview of EMC's data protection solutions for the data lake - an active repository to manage varied and complex Big Data workloads
This infographic highlights key stats and messages from the analyst report from J.Gold Associates that addresses the growing economic impact of mobile cybercrime and fraud.
This white paper describes how an intelligence-driven governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) model can create an efficient, collaborative enterprise GRC strategy across IT, Finance, Operations, and Legal areas.
2014 Cybercrime Roundup: The Year of the POS BreachEMC
This RSA fraud report summarizes cybercrime in 2014 and includes the number of phishing attacks globally, top hosting countries for phishing attacks, the financial impact of global fraud losses, and a monthly highlight.
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.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
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.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
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.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
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.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with Parameters
The Trust Paradox: Access Management and Trust in an Insecure Age
1. O
rganisations are struggling to
cope with two obvious forces:
the need to maintain trust, and
the reality of cyber breaches:
the fact that a serious attack
on the organisation is a daily possibility.
With this as the backdrop, we pose the
fundamental question: do you really know
who has access to your company’s most
important assets, and do you really trust
them?
Trust is a prerequisite of business; it always
has been. For markets and industries
to function, there needs to be a high
level of trust between businesses and
their employees - whether temporary,
permanent or contracted - as well as
partners and suppliers.
However, managing and protecting
information and access continues to be
a thorny issue for many CIOs, who have
to operate in an increasingly exposed
and porous security environment. With
technologies such as BYOD and the
internet of things, businesses are actively
enabling a growing number of people to
access data from a wide variety of devices.
This has created a greater number of
attack vectors for cybercriminals, whilst
making core business systems more
vulnerable than ever before.
The Trust Paradox
Access Management and Trust in an Insecure Age
Nevertheless, the vast majority of CIOs are
certain they are securing their organisations
sufficiently, and have control of their access.
You might be one of them.
In an exclusive CIO UK survey, 122 Senior
IT Decision Makers in organisations
with 500+ employees expressed great
confidence in their organisations’ security.
Most of them (94%) told us they have
an information security strategy in place,
with just 5% of respondents feeling their
organisation is not well protected against
today’s security threats.
However, the business headlines tell
a different story. In 2014, there were
high-profile data breaches in every major
business sector including retail, finance,
technology, communications, entertainment
and health.
The big question is: if leading corporations
can be breached - ones that you would
expect to have the tightest security and
access controls - are we really as secure as
we believe? Furthermore, how can we be
more secure whilst enabling, rather than not
limiting the business?
Other questions we need to ask ourselves
are: if organisations believe they are
protected against cyber crime, which comes
from within and the outside, then why
are so many companies being hacked?
What are organisations missing, and what
controls are needed to have an impact on
People, Process, and Technology?
Many large enterprises struggle to stay
on top of access control, and to meet
the stringent regulatory and industry
compliance demands. It gives rise to a
range of problems: employees might have
access to information without needing
approval; there could be many accounts
still present without active owners;
and users could be keeping hold of
unnecessary access.
Constant personnel moves can pose
other problems: there could be an influx
of users after mergers and acquisitions,
making access control a complex
operation. Alternatively, it could be that
internal and external moves are not
94%have an information
security strategy in
place
2. 60%expect an attack
from inside the
organisation.
being managed effectively, leaving the
organisation vulnerable to compromise
from the inside.
This is the reality of business, and this is
the security landscape in which we now
operate. So, are we really as secure as we
believe?
EMPLOYEE ACCESS
MANAGEMENT AND TRUST
T
rust is a cornerstone of corporate
computing, and this is reflected
in the survey results. The CIOs
surveyed displayed high levels of
confidence regarding their protection,
with 95% saying they are adequately
protected.
94% of UK organisations have an IS
strategy in place, and 93% feel they
are either very effective or effective at
governing employees’ access.
It is also clear that access management is
high on the security agenda, with almost
all the CIOs saying it will be on their agenda
during the next 12 months.
On the surface, these results are excellent.
They exude confidence, and paint a
very encouraging picture of enterprise
security today. But are things really that
straightforward?
We suggest that there is a ‘Trust Paradox’
here. In other words, you need to trust your
employees and business partners in order
to get anything done. (99% of respondents
agree that trust is important – or very
important - when securing organisation
assets, and very few said it was not very
important.)
However, at the same time, 60% of
respondents expect an attack to come from
inside the organisation, with far fewer, 39%,
saying a security breach would come from an
external source.
Together, these results pose an interesting
conundrum: trust is vitally important, but
organisations don’t necessarily trust their
employees when it comes to security.
There are several reasons why this may
be the prevailing perception. Firstly, CIOs
and senior IT and security leaders need to
display high levels of confidence, both in the
organisation’s security and its employees.
They also need to convince business heads
that the organisation is secure. Security
and trust are a matter of perception as well
as reality. We know from recent, high-
profile security breaches that they can rock
consumer confidence, as well as making
employees uneasy, not to mention business
partners and investors.
Secondly, media coverage tends to focus on
big, external hacker attacks and not internal
breaches. Perhaps this helps to play down
the internal threat in peoples’ minds. CIOs
in the survey rightly identify the potential
for an internal security breach, but other
findings in the research suggest they are
not being proactive enough in managing
employee access.
Thirdly, there may be a false sense of
security amongst UK organisations. Just
because your company hasn’t been hit yet,
it doesn’t prove you’re secure: an attack is
always imminent. Security analysts have
noted an almost 100% increase in targeted
internet-based attack campaigns between
2013 and 2014. Furthermore, internet
security breaches rose by almost two thirds
year on year, and a high proportion of
major web sites have been found to contain
critical vulnerabilities.
99%agree that trust is
important.
3. Regarding the internal threat, consider
this common scenario: a company hires a
contractor for a three-month project, with
HR and IT departments involved. They
need to give them access to information,
and work with the hiring manager to review
their access. So far, so good. But what
happens when the contractor leaves? Who
updates their access? What audit controls
are in place? For many, this can be a point of
weakness in the organisation.
For situations like these, tools are available
to mitigate risk. Malcolm Marshall, KPMG’s
global head of cyber security, says, “These
solutions are often seen as blockers to a
company, restricting access and making
it harder to do a job, but, by combining
software such as RSA IMG with consultancy
services to enhance people and process
changes, you can affect increased security
with improved efficiency and transparency.”
“With this in mind, KPMG work closely with
RSA to provide an offering that drives the
business forward, whilst reducing the risk of
uncontrolled access. The effect is a justifiable
confidence in the systems in place, which
whilst not infallible will reduce the risk and
decrease the required level of trust.”
100%increase in targeted
internet-based attack
campaigns
Another area of the survey that prompted
questions is around how frequently
organisations review their employee’s level of
access. A third of respondents said they did
this annually, 14% bi-annually, and just under
a third quarterly. Surprisingly, 16% review
their access less frequently, with some of
them not reviewing access at all.
It may be worth asking: is it really enough
to review employee access so infrequently?
A lot can happen in a year! Are we at risk of
being more reactive than proactive?
Surely if CIOs are expecting the attack
to come from within, then they need to
continually, or at least more regularly review
things like levels of access?
The survey also revealed a lack of
expectation of a threat from competitors,
with just 2% saying that if they were to have
a security breach, the most likely source
would be the competition.
In reality, IP theft is a hidden and unreported
crime. Estimates have put the cost of IP theft
from US corporations at around £200bn per
year, with a large proportion of the attacks
coming from China.
REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE
C
ontrolling employee access and
achieving governance has grown
more complicated over time, due to
the diverse mix of applications and
access scenarios that have developed to date.
Consequently, identity and access management
can be extremely complex and time-consuming
for IT leaders and their teams.
Although some companies may have
implemented comprehensive and agile tools to
control user identity and access, and thereby
manage their internal risk effectively, many do
not. Access management remains patchy for
many companies, with a lack of linkage between
access controls and governance polices.
Access management and auditing is also a
costly affair for many organisations: both
financially and in terms of hours, because it can
be a heavily manual process.
Consider your own organisation. Do you
have a clear path to governance, with unified,
enterprise-wide, and policy-based visibility and
control?
Are your access management processes
sufficiently dynamic, and do they cover
applications, unstructured data, privileged
accounts, and access to information by contract
and temporary staff as well as permanent
employees?
According to our survey, 83% of CIOs said they
can prove to the regulators or auditors they
are in control of their employees’ access (11%
weren’t sure and 6% said they could not).
Interestingly, 27% said an audit finding would
trigger a review of their employees’ level of
access, with over a fifth saying they would carry
one out on the back of a regulator request or
“Whereverthethreatcomesfrom,
information and IP is arguably
the most important asset within
an organisation. At a base level,
the IP thefts are following some
form of exploitation of trust, so
reducing the footprint of trust
reduces the likelihood of theft.”
Matt White, Senior Manager at KPMG in
the UK
4. inquiry. 20% said adoption of new technology
would lead them to review access levels, and
the same proportion would do it after mergers
and acquisition activity.
Considering the high risk of an insider threat
to the organisation, is it sufficient to be this
reactive, rather than proactive in monitoring
and reviewing employees’ level of access?
We suspect that the financial and time costs
of auditing access control and management
can be very high for most organisations,
keeping in mind that many of the respondents
only review their employees’ level of access
annually (32%) or quarterly (29%).
White says, “Reporting for auditors and
regulators often requires the collating
of multiple information sources, usually
across many departments and geographies.
Frequently a manual process, requiring input
from a number senior employees, the end
to end process is both time consuming and
costly.”
“Once more by combining process
improvement with technology you can
increase efficiency and reduce staff overhead.
KPMG Access Manager brings together
industry leading technology from RSA and
the award winning consultancy from KPMG
to simplify the management of access and
subsequently streamline the reporting for
auditors and regulators.”
So, what does it cost your organisation to
provide information to audit or regulatory
authorities? In addition, do you have controls
in place today that allow you to support a
dynamic environment: one that puts you in
charge of employee access and means you
can proactively combat attacks from inside or
outside the enterprise?
If the answer is that the financial and time
costs are higher than they should be, or
the security environment is not sufficiently
dynamic, automated or integrated, then
perhaps it’s time for a change.
CONCLUSION
A
lmost all the CIOs we surveyed
said they think trust is important in
securing their assets. They felt their
business was adequately or very
well protected, but if there were a security
breach, the most likely source would be
inside the organisation.
Regardless, a fifth of respondents are not
confident their employees have the right
level of access to assets, and the majority
chooses to review levels of access annually
or twice a year, rather than continually. This
points to a Trust Paradox: people are, as is
often the case, the weakest link in the chain.
Perhaps we need to focus more closely
on the trusted relationship between the
organisation and its people, rather than
relying on blind trust and false confidence
in current IS systems and strategies.
There is clearly room for improvement, and
eight in 10 senior IT decision-makers we
asked seem to be aware of this: putting
access management on their agenda over
the next 12 months.
The Trust Paradox needs to be mitigated
rather than eliminated with the right blend
of trust, processes and technology.
Enterprises can become more secure if
they implement Processes that are more
proactive, ongoing and analytical, and
Technologies that feature automated, end-
to-end, integrated security. These tools
and methodologies are available today
to mitigate the business risks outlined in
this paper. By improving employee access
management and security, you can raise
trust levels across the organisation.
Moreover, by putting the right tools and
methodologies into place, you will be able
to change culture in your organisation to
keep up with advances in technology and
the changing nature of the workforce, as
you continue to digitise your operations.
This whitepaper is brought to you by CIO UK
in association with KPMG and RSA.