Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity in the Boardroom: A Strategic Driver for Growth

Cybersecurity has struggled for many years to make it onto the boardroom agenda. The perception of it as a purely technology function with limited strategic importance has led many organizations to take a short-term, check-box approach to managing cyber risk. This grossly undervalues the role cyber can and should have. In fact, one 2023 study finds that half (51%) of global business decision makers (BDMs) still consider “it a necessary cost but not a revenue contributor,” while 38% see it as a barrier rather than a business enabler.…

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ETI-NET and XYPRO Enhance the Digital Resilience of HPE NonStop Systems

Expanding on their leadership positions in HPE NonStop Backup Storage Management and Cybersecurity Threat Detection, the latest partnership delivers enhanced levels of HPE NonStop digital resiliency.

ETI-NET, the leading provider of HPE NonStop backup systems data and monitoring management, and XYPRO Technology, the leading provider of HPE NonStop Cybersecurity and Compliance software, have established a new level of partnership to enhance digital resiliency.…

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Welcome to the Era of BadGPTs

A new crop of nefarious chatbots with names like “BadGPT” and “FraudGPT” are springing up on the darkest corners of the web, as cybercriminals look to tap the same artificial intelligence behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Just as some office workers use ChatGPT to write better emails, hackers are using manipulated versions of AI chatbots to turbocharge their phishing emails.

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2024 Top 5 Cybersecurity Predictions

Steve Tcherchian, CISSP, PCI-ISA
Chief Product Officer
XYPRO Technology Corporation
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2024 promises to be a year marked by unprecedented challenges and innovations. Picture this: a bustling metropolis where the heartbeat of daily life synchronizes with the hum of digital connectivity. Now, imagine the sudden jolt when schools, utilities, critical infrastructure, entertainment giants, financial institutions, and your vacation destination all find themselves under siege by malicious hackers, disrupting the rhythm of normalcy.…

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Are we on the path to a National Data Privacy Law?

For years, US lawmakers have avoided making tough calls about what data privacy protections we should give consumers and how they should be enforced. That finally may be changing.

Last week, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee greenlit a watershed privacy bill that strikes compromises on a series of major issues that have long vexed congressional negotiators. It marks the first time a federal consumer privacy bill has made it out of a US congressional committee, a historic feat.

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The Struggle with Threat Intelligence

Driven by a vast majority of security professionals who consider cyber threat intelligence a valuable resource in finding and dealing with security threats, the adoption of threat intelligence services and capabilities continues to take off.

Yet, security analysts continue to slowly adopt the technology needed to make better use of threat data. In fact, “taking advantage of cyber threat intelligence” represented one of the top security challenges for nearly 30% of respondents according to the 2021 State of Security Operations Report published by CyberRes.…

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