CSO Update

Oct 30, 2018

Biggest data breach penalties for 2018

Hacks and data thefts, enabled by weak security, cover-ups or avoidable mistakes, have cost these eight companies a total of nearly $280 million and counting. Read More ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

•	Cyber threats fueled by AI: Security's next big challenge

•	Bruce Schneier's Click Here to Kill Everybody reveals the looming cybersecurity crisis

•	Back to basics: Identity and access management explained

•	7 unexpected ways GDPR and other privacy regulations make security harder

•	The Options Clearing Corporation taps AI to stay ahead of hackers

•	How Microsoft's Controlled Folder Access can help stop ransomware

Cyber threats fueled by AI: Security's next big challenge

Security has always been an arms race. But the addition of AI is like jumping from tomahawks to Tomahawk missiles. Read More ▶

Bruce Schneier's Click Here to Kill Everybody reveals the looming cybersecurity crisis

Everything is broken, and government and corporations like it that way. But when people start dying because of insecure cyberphysical systems, the overreaction from panicked policymakers could be worse than after 9/11.We need to solve this problem now, Bruce Schneier argues in his new book. Read More ▶

Back to basics: Identity and access management explained

IAM products provide IT managers with tools and technologies for controlling user access to critical information within an organization. Read More ▶

7 unexpected ways GDPR and other privacy regulations make security harder

The GDPR and other privacy regulations are creating new opportunities for cyber criminals and roadblocks for security teams, while in some cases putting personal data at greater risk. Read More ▶

The Options Clearing Corporation taps AI to stay ahead of hackers

OCC uses machine learning and AI to understand and model how attackers could enter and move around the network. Read More ▶

How Microsoft's Controlled Folder Access can help stop ransomware

Part of Windows Defender in recent updates of Windows 10 and Windows Server, Controlled Folder Access can prevent malware from accessing or changing designated files. Read More ▶

Editor's Picks

1.	10 essential enterprise security tools (and 11 nice-to-haves)
2.	7 best practices for negotiating ransomware payments
3.	Are long passphrases the answer to password problems?
4.	Bruce Schneier's Click Here to Kill Everybody reveals the looming cybersecurity crisis
5.	Cybercriminals are using blockchain to improve security. Should you?
6.	5 hard truths every CISO should know
7.	What it takes to be a security consultant

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