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Industry News: ESG5

      Microsoft Will Hold Executives Accountable for Cybersecurity

      2024-05-08

      Dark Reading: Microsoft will make organizational changes and hold senior leadership directly accountable for cybersecurity as part of an expanded initiative to bolster security across its products and services.

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      The Art Of Cybersecurity Governance: Safeguarding Beyond Code

      2024-05-08

      Forbes: In today's interconnected digital landscape, cybersecurity isn't only about intricate coding, firewalls and endpoint detection and response software. It transcends technical prowess, encompassing an entire governance ecosystem to ensure an alignment between security programs and business objectives.

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      Cybersecurity Professionals Say Generative AI Can Be Exploited in Cyberattacks — But It Can Also Be a Powerful Defense

      2024-05-08

      Yahoo Finance: Generative AI has become a double-edged sword for the security of connected networks. On one hand, generative AI can speed up cybersecurity problems, making it easier and cheaper for bad actors to conduct identity attacks.

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      US Deploys Commerce and Communications Against Cyber Threats, Blinken Says

      2024-05-07

      CSO Online: The US government is doing everything it can to manage the cybersecurity challenges of quantum computing, cloud strategies, and generative AI and trying to secure sensitive technology hardware, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.

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      Synopsys to Sell Unit for as Much as $2.1 Billion to Private Equity Firms

      2024-05-06

      Yahoo Finance: Chip-design company Synopsys Inc. is selling its software integrity business to two private equity firms for as much as $2.1 billion in cash. Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners are buying the cybersecurity-focused business and will run it as a new, as-yet unnamed independent company, according to a statement.

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      New EY Research Reveals Cybersecurity Fears are on the Rise Among US Workers, With a Vast Majority Concerned About AI in cybersecurity

      2024-05-06

      PR Newswire: Widespread concerns are growing among US employees about escalating cybersecurity threats in the workplace, with 53% worried their organization will be the target of a cyber attack and a third (34%) worried that they may be the ones leaving their organization vulnerable due to their actions, according to new data from Ernst & Young LLP.

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      Know Your Breach: OWASP

      The Target: The OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on improving the security of software. It provides freely available resources, tools, and documentation to help organizations develop, deploy, and maintain secure software applications.

      The Take: The incident impacted OWASP members from 2006 to around 2014 who provided their resumes as part of joining OWASP. Exposed resumes contained names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and other personally identifiable information.

      The Vector: In late February 2024, the Foundation received a few support requests and became aware of a misconfiguration of OWASP’s old Wiki web server. The misconfiguration led to a data breach involving old member resumes.

      This breach highlights the extreme importance of timely software updates for known software vulnerabilities, not only in systems directly under a firm’s control, but in third-party systems the firm relies upon as well. The longer a firm, or its vendors, hold out on deploying the most up-to-date software for their systems, the greater the chance an attacker will exploit the issue.

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      Cyber Firms Island, Corelight Raise Big

      2024-04-30

      Crunchbase: Cybersecurity venture funding saw a small bounce back in the first quarter of the year and a couple of large raises may indicate that trend continuing.

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      US Merger Rules May Rein In Private Equity Cybersecurity Spending

      2024-04-30

      Yahoo Finance: In April 2024, UK cybersecurity company Darktrace agreed to be bought by US private equity (PE) company Thoma Bravo in a $5.3bn deal.

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      Survey: Human Factors Create Significant Cybersecurity Risks for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Despite Increased Technology Investment

      2024-04-30

      Business Wire: Small and medium-sized business (SMB) leaders report that they are investing more time, attention, and budget on cybersecurity, but human factors are getting in the way – including lack of awareness, training and inconsistent policy adherence.

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