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Danny Bradbury
How AI and automation can boost compliance with Australia’s ‘Essential Eight’
Compliance rates with Australia’s complex Essential Eight cyber guidelines are anemic. The fix? Forget traditional compliance. Opt for “continuous compliance,” a more effective approach made even easier by AI and automation, which can regularly assess and update systems and satisfy auditors—whenever they come calling.
The Essential Problem of Australia’s ‘Essential Eight’—and why SMBs Struggle to Comply
Australia's Essential Eight threat-mitigation guidelines were supposed to help organizations in both the public and private sector get up to speed with cybersecurity. It isn't working out for small-to-midsize businesses. Here’s why and what they can do.
Survey: Security Pros Hit Snooze Button on Quantum Computing Alarm
The cybersecurity pros responsible for tracking the quantum computing threat are like the mysterious qubits that fuel this new tech: stuck in two states at once. Aware of the risk but not doing anything serious about it.
What Return-to-Office (RTO) Means for Your Cybersecurity
Ordering employees back to the office isn’t just a matter of returning to some pre-pandemic normal. For security teams, RTO poses a host challenges and shifting priorities. Here’s what to keep top-of-mind.
Seeing Is Believing: How Enterprises Are Using AI to Improve Cybersecurity
AI's ability to chew through scads of data, assess activity, and guide responses makes it a valuable weapon in any cybersecurity arsenal. We explore how leading corporations are using AI and autonomous tools now and what role they’ll play in the near future.
A Comprehensive Guide to Disinformation: From Definitions to the Best Defense Strategies
Now armed with GenAI, a wave of bad actors – cyber gangs, nation-states, bored teens, overzealous celebs and influencers – have the power to inflict swift and serious damage to a business’s reputation and bottom line. Here’s how to identify and shore up your weak spots.
Why the Paris Olympics Can Pose Cyber Threats for Any Business – and How You Can Prepare
The Paris Olympics is bracing for “unprecedented” cyber threats – but not just organizers and sponsors are at risk. All enterprises should be on alert.
The SEC Prepares to Regulate – and Regulate – the Finserv Sector
In a bid to tighten its cybersecurity and technology policy, the SEC is prepping a dizzying slew of regulations. We lay out the proposed new rules, the rancor, and the rocky road ahead.
RSA 2024 Preview: How to Manage Vulnerabilities at Scale
In the first of our three-part sneak-peek at RSA Conference 2024, Focal Point sits down with Tanium’s Melissa Bischoping to discuss vulnerability management – the blunders, best practices, and tools that can help.
CISO Success Story: Predicting Cyber Risk (Accurately) Is Easier With This Guy’s Formula
Ash Hunt of Apex Group piloted a statistic-driven model for predicting cyber risk events. Here’s why playing the numbers is better than hunches.
The Chief AI Officer Is Here. It’s Time to Make Room in the C-Suite
As companies rapidly deploy AI technology, they’ll need a dedicated person in the C-suite to oversee those efforts. If that wasn’t clear before Biden’s executive order, it will be now.
What the Tech Sector Can Learn From TikTok: Trust Is Everything
Experts say that trust in the tech sector depends upon responsible computing. A new Deloitte report recommends how we might bake ethics directly into our technology.
How to Communicate Clearly (and Legally) During a Cybersecurity Crisis
Trying to duck the consequences of a breach is risky. Better to explain what you know, and update those affected about next steps.
Executives Demand Converged Solutions to Cybersecurity
Can you ever have too much cybersecurity in your organization? No, but you can have too many tools. Here’s why security pros are reporting less is more.