The Week in Security: Security industry finds strength in numbers as nation-state spectre looms – CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives
New cybersecurity challenges mean new opportunities for the security industry, and Australia’s leading integrators joined forces to discuss Australia’s notifiable data breach (NDB) scheme as they weigh up opportunities to deliver data-security services to customers more effectively.
Concerns about IoT security pushed into a new sphere as the US Food & Drug Administration issued a recall on heart implants so they can get a security-focused firmware update.
Collaboration also proved successful as a group of researchers hijacked a network of hacked sites that was spreading ransomware and banking Trojans.
Even as a lack of security skills was fingered for slowing down Australia’s cybersecurity innovation, industry figures were exploring new ways of engaging with potential cybersecurity players.
One successful effort involved ‘speed dating’ events with cybersecurity students, with potential employers impressed by the number and quality of engaged and interested students coming through the university pipeline.
No matter how robust your security, or how diligent your employees, network credentials are a free pass for cybercriminals. This is mostly because employees are relied upon for their own password management. And with more than 4.8 billion sets of stolen credentials said to be available online, odds are that at least a few of your employees’ user IDs and passwords are just waiting to be used by unscrupulous outsiders. Are you ready to stop them?