The FBI has arrested an alleged leaker of sensitive and highly classified U.S. military documents on the Ukraine-Russia conflict, arresting a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman and accusing him of posting the documents on a Discord server. That individual, Jack Teixeira, was an IT worker for the Air National Guard, working as a Cyber Defense […]
Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT) has earned ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 Process Certification for its software development lifecycle. The ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 certification underscores HBT’s commitment to following best practices and standards in developing secure, cyber-resilient products, says the company. What are the ISA/IEC 62443 standards? The ISA/IEC 62443 standards define requirements and processes for implementing and maintaining electronically […]
Threat researchers at email security firm Armorblox have found that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have increased dramatically by 72% year-over-year. In its second, annual 2023 Email Security Threat Report, the company says it continues to see high volumes of language-based and socially engineered attacks targeting organizations of all sizes and across industries. Vendor compromise […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency along with its counterpart agencies from several different countries have published a new guide urging software manufacturers to take steps to ship products that are built with security from the ground up. The guidance, “Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Security-by-Design and -Default, comes […]
FleetDM, a provider of open-source mobile device management solutions, is launching a new cross-platform programmable device management solution designed to give medium-to-large organizations control of remote workstation security with GitOps and workflow automation. The San Francisco-based company bills the mobile device management (MDM) solution as more accessible and cost-effective, but also scalable and customizable for […]
Cisco is adding an air-gapped, cloud-based Webex collaboration experience for National Security and Defense environments, offering government agencies an enhanced layer of security without sacrificing user experience. According to Cisco, the solution aligns with the U.S. government’s approach to security for cloud products, including air-gapped cloud deployments that are isolated from public networks and operated […]
LinkedIn and Microsoft are bringing three new verification options to over 200 million LinkedIn users designed to help organizations be more confident that the people they are collaborating with are real and their work affiliations on their profiles are accurate. According to Microsoft, organizations can use Verified ID, part of the Microsoft Entra identity security […]
Security and risk management (SRM) leaders must reassess their strategy when investing in technology and human-centric elements for their cybersecurity programs, according to analyst firm Gartner. According to Richard Addiscott, senior director analyst at Gartner, a human-centered approach to cybersecurity is essential, and must focus on people in control design. One in which, “focus[es] on […]
Ransomware, supply chain attacks and nation-state threat actors have grabbed mainstream headlines in recent years, and organizations are largely recognizing that they must invest more in cybersecurity to defend against those emerging techniques. However, new research shows that some organizations are prioritizing defending against those trending, newsworthy threats at the expense of the threats actually […]
Microsoft is rolling out the new Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) that is now natively integrated directly in Windows, eliminating the need for IT admins to download it as an MSI package from the Microsoft Download Center. The product has been available on the Download Center for man years and has been used to […]
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