CSO Update

Mar 29, 2018

1.4B stolen passwords are free for the taking: What we know now

The 2012 LinkedIn breach, along with other old third-party breaches, is still paying dividends for criminals, who now have free access to 1.4 billion previously exposed email addresses and passwords. Read More ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

•	SamSam group deletes Atlanta's contact portal after the address goes public

•	How the Facebook privacy debacle is connected to the movement of IAM to containers

•	Tax scams target businesses, too: attacks just the tip of the phishing spear

•	Review: Intellicta brings issue tracking to compliance rules

•	Are you letting GDPR's privacy rules trump security?

•	The future of computer security is machine vs machine

White Paper: Veeam Software

Availability for Today's Multi-Cloud Enterprise

In today's era, organizations are increasingly adopting multiple cloud services, including public, private and hybrid clouds to meet increased agility, innovation and cost management goals. Veeam ensures Availability in these environments by providing data protection to, from and within multi-cloud environments. Read More ▶

SamSam group deletes Atlanta's contact portal after the address goes public

An image shared with local media during the early stages of a SamSam ransomware infection in Atlanta exposed the contact portal assigned to the city by the group responsible for the attack. When questioned about their actions via the exposed portal, the SamSam group later deleted the contact form, calling the questions and comments spam. Read More ▶

How the Facebook privacy debacle is connected to the movement of IAM to containers

Trust by Design can help us to build better and safer IAM platforms where the privacy of personal data is respected. Read More ▶

Tax scams target businesses, too: attacks just the tip of the phishing spear

There are too many people unaware of the issue and too many organizations that believe they are immune or that your business won't be a target. Read More ▶

Review: Intellicta brings issue tracking to compliance rules

The Intellicta Platform from TechDemocracy acts like a security information and event management (SIEM) console, but for compliancy issues. It pulls information from a series of network collectors and correlates that data into a continuously-monitored compliancy dashboard. Read More ▶

Are you letting GDPR's privacy rules trump security?

An extreme approach to protecting privacy can actually make personal data less safe. Don't overreact. Read More ▶

The future of computer security is machine vs machine

Better security automation at the OS level and via cloud services will force hackers to respond in kind. Read More ▶

White Paper: Veeam Software

Best Practices in Cloud-powered Data Protection

Protecting organizational data in the cloud is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Organizations assessing how to leverage cloud-powered data protection and cloud-enhanced availability should know not only that is cloud not a "tape killer," but also that three distinct types of cloud-based data protection services are prevalent today-and each has its own strengths. Read More ▶

CSO Insider

1.	14 top tools to assess, implement, and maintain GDPR compliance
2.	What are the GDPR requirements?
3.	Third-party security vetting: Do it before you sign a contract
4.	Separation of duties and IT security
5.	Review: Bricata adds threat hunting to traditional IPS/IDS

Editor's Picks

1.	Rogues' gallery: 7 insiders who breached security
2.	Why you don't need an RFID-blocking wallet
3.	The 6 best password managers
4.	8 hot cyber security trends (and 4 going cold)
5.	The 10 Windows group policy settings you need to get right