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Roey Eliyahu, CEO, Salt Security

A Fresh Look at API Security

Information Security Media Group • June 1, 2020

API attacks are on the rise, and Gartner predicts that APIs will be the top threat vector by 2022. Roey Eliyahu, CEO of Salt Security, discusses the trend and how to build a more effective API security strategy.

Governance & Risk Management

Third-Party Risk Management: How to Grow a Mature Program

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COVID-19

Mobility and the Government Challenge

Information Security Media Group • March 10, 2020

Federal government agencies face unique cybersecurity risks, and as a result they often place tight restrictions on mobile devices in the workplace. Michael Campbell of Privoro says it's time to loosen these restrictions because they are negatively impacting missions, recruitment and retention.

Account Takeover

The Financial Services Security Disconnect

Nick Holland • March 5, 2020

A key disconnect exists between awareness of financial services fraud schemes and mitigation, according to the latest "Faces of Fraud" survey sponsored by Appgate. Mike Lopez, vice president at the firm, describes some key findings.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Social Engineering's Role in Cyber Fraud - And What We Are Doing About It

James Hatch, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence • March 26, 2020

As outlined in our Vision for Tackling Cyber Fraud last year, social engineering - a prime example of industrialized criminal deception - is leaving modern society vulnerable in two separate ways.

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Bringing Outsiders Into Your Compliance Team: Four Considerations

Richard Graham - Head of North American Business Solutions, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence • February 11, 2020

Money Laundering investigators are in high demand: banks and other financial institutions have spent almost two decades hiring more and more of them.

Finance & Banking

Is AI The Ultimate Weapon in The Fight Against Financial Crime?

Gareth Evans • December 20, 2019

No matter how good the lock on your door, sooner or later someone can break in. When they do, how do you monitor them?

Finance & Banking

Cyber Ground Truth in the Financial Sector

Information Security Media Group • December 18, 2019

3rd Party Risk Management

Is your Organization Suffering From Third-Party "Compliance Drift"?

Tony Howlett • December 13, 2019

Third-party vendors accessing your most critical systems and networks can also bring in security incidents along with all those wonderful things they promised in the sales presentation.

Cybercrime

NCSC Investigated 658 Serious Cybersecurity Incidents

Mathew J. Schwartz • October 23, 2019

The National Cyber Security Center, the U.K.'s national computer emergency response team, investigated 658 serious cybersecurity incidents in a 12-month period and supported nearly 900 victim organizations - most of whom learned they had fallen victim after being alerted by the center.

CISO Trainings

The Ultimate Missing Link in Cyber: Continuous Compromise Assessment

Information Security Media Group • October 16, 2019

According to Ricardo Villadiego, Lumu Technologies' Founder and CEO, organizations are "sitting on a gold mine: their own data". Under the single premise that organizations should assume they are compromised and prove otherwise, Lumu seeks to empower enterprises to answer the most basic question: Is your organization...

3rd Party Risk Management

Security Leaders Share Secret Sauce for Success with Digital Transformation

CyberArk • October 8, 2019

Join three industry practitioners to learn about the most pressing challenges of today.

Active Defense & Deception

Deception Technology: Making the Case

Information Security Media Group • September 19, 2019

Deception technology has emerged as a hot practice - but not one that is necessarily on every enterprise's budgeting radar. Don Gray, CTO of PacketViper, talks about the emergence of deception technology and how security leaders can make the case - and find the budget - for its usage.