Cyber Insurance and Proactive Security: Not an either or proposition.
Earlier last month, CNA Financial reportedly paid a $40 million ransom after a ransomware attack and the CEO of Colonial Pipeline Co. admitted that his firm paid $4.4 million to a criminal gang after a ransomware attack led the company to shut down its 5,500 mile-long pipeline for nearly a week. It’s not clear whether Colonial Pipeline and CNA […]
APJ Webinar: “Inside-Out” Third Party Security Assessments – A New Approach
Third Party Cyber Risk Management (TPCRM) is incomplete!
Overview In this blog article, let us take a look at the current approach to Third Party Cyber Risk Management (TPCRM), what it leaves on the table and what is really desirable. Most organizations today work closely with their business ecosystem which is key for business continuity. This business ecosystem includes but is not limited […]
Don’t stop at “VA” for your cloud, but assess complete security posture.
Organizations have increased public cloud usage, as there are obvious benefits (elasticity, pay-as-you-go subscription model, etc.). While adoption across cloud layers (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) varies across organizations, one thing for sure is that IaaS usage is most prevalent. Organizations end up shifting to the cloud in an urgency and likely with a “lift and shift” […]
Vulnerability management for your remote workforce using ThreatWorx
In an earlier blog article, we had a look at the challenges that organizations are facing with vulnerability management (VM) for their remote workforce. We briefly described what a Next Generation Vulnerability Management solution should look like for these scenarios. To summarize a Next Generation VM needs to be a cloud-based service which can provide […]
Vulnerability management for remote workforce
Businesses always have had some remote workforce, but the current pandemic has resulted in an increased remote workforce. For most organizations nearly 90-100% workforce is now operating remotely (mostly work from home [WFH] cases). Functioning of this remote workforce is critical for business continuity. This has resulted in many sudden adjustments for IT and Security […]
Need for machine curated vulnerability intelligence
It is my pleasure to share this blog article authored by Rohit Ghai, who we are fortunate to have as our advisor. Rohit is renowned in the industry and he currently serves as President, RSA Security. Recruiting machines to fight the vulnerability crisis A central pillar in any cyber resilience strategy is the idea of […]
A deep dive into US GAO Critical Infrastructure Protection report
In our earlier blog US Electric Grid is “becoming more vulnerable to cyberattacks” says US GAO, we talked about US GAO assessment report [GAO-19-332] pertaining to Critical Infrastructure Protection at Electric Grids. In this blog, we will do a deep dive to better understand specifics from the report. For a high level overview of the […]
US Electric Grid is “becoming more vulnerable to cyberattacks” says US GAO
In an earlier blog article titled “Energy Sector at risk of Cyber Attacks”, we described an attack at a Western Utility company and how the attack leveraged a known software vulnerability for which a patch was available but not applied. The energy sector needs to pull up its socks as is evident from recent NIST […]
Understanding NIST CyberSecurity Practice Guide for Energy Sector Asset Management
In an earlier blog in May 2019 titled “Energy sector at risk of cyber attacks!”, we talked about how the energy sector is at the cusp of cyber attacks across the globe. This is a shared sentiment, as is evident from the recent special publication 1800-23 from NIST (link to complete publication for those interested) […]