CSO Update

Oct 18, 2018

7 best practices for negotiating ransomware payments

Sometimes companies are forced to meet cyber criminals' ransom or extortion demands. This advice will give you your best chance to get your data back and preserve your reputation. Read More ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

•	Review: Protecting API connections with Forum Sentry

•	Best new Windows 10 security features: More patching, updating flexibility

•	What is the future of authentication? Hint: It's not passwords, passphrases or MFA

•	How to with cybersecurity startups

•	Top cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2018

•	What is enterprise risk management? How to put cybersecurity threats into a business context

Review: Protecting API connections with Forum Sentry

The Forum Sentry API Security Gateway goes beyond access control and deep into security, monitoring all the connections that it forms between systems and enforcing very granular security policies. Read More ▶

Best new Windows 10 security features: More patching, updating flexibility

Here's what you need to know about each security update to Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for the 1809 feature release. Read More ▶

What is the future of authentication? Hint: It's not passwords, passphrases or MFA

Passphrases and MFA are not password saviors. Ultimately, authentication will rely on algorithms to determine user identity and detect fraudulent actions. Read More ▶

How to with cybersecurity startups

Security startups are often ahead of the technology curve and can provide more personalized service. Here's how to find the best of them and minimize risks. Read More ▶

Top cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2018

Looking for hard numbers to back up your sense of what's happening in the cybersecurity world? We dug into studies and surveys of the industry's landscape to get a sense of the lay of the land—both in terms of what's happening and how your fellow IT pros are reacting to it. Read More ▶

What is enterprise risk management? How to put cybersecurity threats into a business context

Cybersecurity risks are now a key part of the ERM process. Here's how infosec professionals should talk about cybersecurity risk and assess its impact. Read More ▶

Editor's Picks

1.	10 essential enterprise security tools (and 11 nice-to-haves)
2.	5 hard truths every CISO should know
3.	The Options Clearing Corporation taps AI to stay ahead of hackers
4.	What is security's role in digital transformation?
5.	What is an RDP attack? 7 tips for mitigating your exposure
6.	Are long passphrases the answer to password problems?
7.	5 cyber security basics you can't afford to ignore

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