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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO Business Intelligence

By comparison, the previous record-holder for most expensive downtime was the 2017 AWS outage, which cost customers an estimated $150 million. That means, in addition to creating a secure by design philosophy within software companies, the industry also needs a secure by demand philosophy on the buyer side.

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Managing risk by understanding attack surfaces

Network World

At ShmooCon 2017, CSO's Steve Ragan sits down with Gabe Bassett, senior information security data Scientist at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. The two discuss how attack surfaces work within the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) and how companies can use those to assess their risk profiles.

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The new rulers of the cybersecurity realm: Automation, Analytics Artificial Intelligence

Network World

It may be a brave new world in 2017 but it’s also a darn scary one for IT security professionals. By 2020, 60% of enterprise information security budgets will be allocated for rapid detection and response approaches, which is an increase from less than 30% in 2016.

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LayerX Security Raises $24M for its Browser Security Platform, Enabling Employees to Work Securely from Any Browser, Anywhere

CIO Business Intelligence

Today’s modern enterprise employees rely heavily on browser-based services and SaaS applications. Yet, these fundamental work activities expose organizations to a wide range of security risks, like data leaks, identity and password theft, malicious browser extensions, phishing sites and more. LayerX has Fortune 100 clients worldwide.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Prior to joining Fractal, Tiwari was senior vice-president and global CISO at Airtel, where he set up the managed security services initiative Airtel Secure for Business. Before that, he was the chief information security advisor at Microsoft India. . Nitin Mittal joins Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

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NASA Audit: Cyber Risk Skyrockets with 'Work from Home'

SecureWorld News

Significantly, improper use incidents—which result from a violation of an organization's acceptable use policies, such as installing unapproved software or viewing inappropriate material—increased the most, from 249 in 2017 to 1,103 in 2020, a 343 percent growth. 6 key areas where NASA's information security is failing.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

GeekWire

Cohen was most recently CFO for ANGI Homeservices, a digital marketplace created when home improvement directories Angie’s List and HomeAdvisor merged in 2017. Sedlock was most recently chief growth officer at EPSi and spent more than a decade at Mediware Information Systems. Based in Denver, Colo., states and 18 countries.

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