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Industry News: ESG5

    Economic Challenges Tighten CISO Compensation: IANS Study

    2023-10-10

    CSO: The ongoing economic challenges are severely impacting CISOs, many of whom are struggling to get any salary hikes at all while new job postings for the role are on a decline, according to an IANS study.

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    The Cybersecurity Paradox: Keeping Data Both Secure And Accessible

    2023-10-10

    Forbes: In the fight to keep hackers out of your network and applications, a robust cybersecurity program focuses a lot on access management and authorization. 

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    Arctic Wolf Acquires Cybersecurity Automation Platform Revelstoke

    2023-10-10

    TechCrunch: Arctic Wolf, a cybersecurity company that’s raised hundreds of millions of dollars in debt and equity, announced that it plans to acquire Revelstoke, a company developing a security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platform, for an undisclosed amount.

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    Gutsy Gains $51M Seed Round, One Of Cybersecurity’s Largest This Year

    2023-10-10

    Venture Beat: Emerging from stealth today with one of cybersecurity’s largest-ever seed rounds of $51 million, startup Gutsy’s vision is to revolutionize security governance through process mining. 

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    Know Your Breach: Really Simple Systems

    The Target: Cloud customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Really Simple Systems.

    The Take: Personally identifiable information (PII), including medical records, identification documents, real estate contracts, credit reports, legal documents, tax documents, and non-disclosure agreements.

    The Vector: Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and promptly notified Really Simple Systems about a non-password-protected database that contained over 3 million records. The documents appeared to be associated with internal invoices, communications, and customer’s stored CRM files.

    While some immediate corrective actions were implemented, specific folders remained open for an extended duration before their access was limited. This incident highlights the pressing requirement for strong password encryption measures to protect customer data and thwart unauthorized access to sensitive information.

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    CEOs Lack Confidence in Their Organizations’ Ability to Protect Against Cyberattacks

    2023-10-05

    Business Wire: Three-quarters (74%) of CEOs are concerned about their organizations’ ability to avert or minimize damage to the business from a cyberattack—despite the fact that 96% of CEOs said that cybersecurity is critical to organizational growth and stability, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

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    BlackBerry Plans IPO for Its Internet of Things Business

    2023-10-04

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackBerry Ltd., wrapping up a strategic review of its options, plans to hold an initial public offering for the company’s Internet of Things division, separating the business from its main cybersecurity operations. 

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    Cybersecurity Breaches at UK Pensions Soar More Than 4,000% in 1 Year

    2023-10-03

    Chief Investment Officer: Cybersecurity breaches reported by British financial services companies more than tripled in the 12-month period ending June 30, with the pension sector reporting the biggest increase at 4,000%, according to research from international law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

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    New SEC Cyber Rules to Push Publics and Their Third Parties to Strengthen Programs

    2023-10-03

    PR Newswire: Following the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) adoption of new rules for cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure by public companies, 64.8% of public company executives say their organizations will strengthen their cybersecurity programs, according to a new Deloitte poll.

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    Strategic Cyber Ventures Backs Evo Security with a $1M Investment for Identity and Access Management Cybersecurity Solutions Tailored for MSPs

    2023-10-03

    PR Newswire: Strategic Cyber Ventures, a leading cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, is excited to announce a $1 million dollar investment into Evo Security's latest funding round. Evo Security builds enterprise-grade identity and access management products tailored for IT Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

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