Balancing the requirements and intricacies of both remote and on-site working can be challenging. Here are some considerations and recommended strategies for securing the hybrid enterprise.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Europol, Latvian, and Lithuanian police arrested 108 suspects involved in an international investment scam operation in 3 call centers located in Riga and Vilnius. Operation makes €3 million in profit per month.
Anonymous hacking group leaked a 28 GB data dump containing 35,000 files stolen from the Russia Central Bank in retaliation against the country's invasion of Ukraine.
Hackers recently gained access to internal tools at leading email marketing platform Mailchimp, and made use of them in targeted phishing attacks on owners of crypto wallets.
The cybersecurity industry has seen rapid growth throughout the pandemic with many opportunities for women looking to return to the profession or even to join for the first time. By encouraging women into the cyber workforce, we will come closer to gender parity and create a competitive industry.
Globant SAS confirmed a data breach affecting a "limited" number of customers after Lapsus$ hackers published 70GB of source code allegedly stolen from the company. Screenshots suggested that the leaked customer source code belonged to companies like Apple, Facebook and DHL.
Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act requires critical sector entities to promptly report to the DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) certain cyber incidents and ransomware payments.
Survey expressing anti-Microsoft sentiment was paid for in part and published by Google Cloud. It polled 2,600 currently employed residents of the US, 338 of these government employees.
Proposed federal budget would set aside $9.8 billion in civilian cybersecurity funding in total, which would be in addition to the $10.4 billion the Department of Defense is looking to spend.
Among top considerations during the M&A process should be your technical controls. In specific, you need to pay close attention to the software bill of materials (SBOM), and several other vital areas of your technology-enabled business.










