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Industry News: ESG5

    Training and Technology Are Critical to Ensuring Cybersecurity for Private Equity Firms

    2021-10-05

    Private Equity Wire: Over the past 18 months, the shift towards working from home has exposed private equity firms to a far higher threat of cyberattacks, and many have wanted to review their cybersecurity options to ensure good defences against cyber-attack, says George Ralph, Global Managing Director and CRO of business IT consultancy RFA, who specialise in cloud, data, and cybersecurity solutions.

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    CSC Finds Majority of World's Largest Companies Susceptible to Phishing and Brand Abuse Due to Improper Domain Security

    2021-09-28

    Financial Post: CSC, a world leader in business, legal, tax, and domain security, released its annual Domain Security Report: Forbes Global 2000 Companies, which found that despite the shift to modernize business environments and operations among the Global 2000 companies, web domains remain dangerously under protected.

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    Why Marketing Poses a Cybersecurity Threat and What to Do About It

    2021-09-23

    Forbes: Humans: we'd like to believe they're all good at the core. Unfortunately, there are a few bad apples in the bunch — or at least very opportunistic apples. When it comes to cybersecurity, the bad apples are hackers who are out to invade, profit from or damage a business. 

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    Does Remote Working Mean Weaker Cybersecurity for Platforms?

    2021-09-21

    International Adviser: Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams and e-signatures are just some of the digital solutions that have become part of our daily lives in the last year and a half or so. They were unknown before the plethora of lockdowns we’ve all gone through.

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    Challenges CISOs Face In a Rapidly Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape

    2021-09-21

    Help Net Security: Marlin Hawk released a research report which explores industry trends and insights of CISOs around the world, the challenges they face in a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, as well as their role and place within organizations.

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    Under Pressure: COVID-19 Forced Many Execs to Sideline Cybersecurity

    2021-09-16

    Dark Reading: After polling some 1,000 senior cybersecurity leaders, EY found that CISOs and other security leaders are struggling with inadequate budgets, regulatory fragmentation, and disconnection with the functions that need them the most. The results are detailed in the results of EY's Global Information Security Survey 2021 (GISS).

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    One In Three Suspect Emails Reported by Employees Really Are Malicious

    2021-09-09

    ZDNet: All the time spent ticking boxes in cybersecurity training sessions seems to be paying off after all: according to a new report, about a third of emails reported by employees really are malicious or highly suspect, demonstrating the effectiveness of the well-established maxim "Think before you click". 

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    Crypto Hacks Highlight Need for More Cybersecurity

    2021-09-01

    ETF Trends: That’s a positive for a variety of exchange traded funds, including the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR). Following large-scale ransomware attacks this year on energy pipelines, meat packing plants, and other assets, the case for cybersecurity spending — and investing — has never been stronger.

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    Why Cybersecurity and Regulatory Compliance Are One and the Same

    2021-09-01

    IT Pro Portal: Across any industry, cybersecurity and regulatory compliance are crucial areas for business leaders to keep on top of. Both present a set of diverse, rapidly evolving challenges, each with their own unique twists and turns. 

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    Managing Cybersecurity Risk: Four Options for CEOs, CFOs and Risk Officers

    2021-08-26

    Forbes: Cybersecurity risk, once the focus of technology professionals, is now a boardroom topic. CEOs, CFOs, risk officers and audit committees are seeing cybersecurity risk come into the scope of their roles.

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