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Forget ChatGPT Hearings and Meta Fines—the Surgeon General Is Big Tech’s Biggest Threat
This has been a busy week for Big Tech, what with ChatGPT and Meta each coming under fire, but it may be the boyish, soft-spoken U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who released a troubling advisory today on social media’s harmful effects on kids, delivering the real gut-punch.
Worker distraction is on the rise. Digital employee experience (DEX) platforms can help
Long hours and constant distractions are making work life increasingly stressful. Here’s how smart employers are reducing that burden.
How a Cyber Incident Response Plan Can Save You Millions—and Months of Bad Press
Eight months after weathering a cyberattack, Suffolk County, which had no cyber breach plan, is still picking up the pieces—and officials are investigating how they could have been so unprepared. Don’t make the same mistakes.
What Many Get Wrong About Persistent Engagement and Why It Matters to Business
We talked to Richard J. Harknett, the pioneering professor who’s advising U.S. military and intelligence on persistent engagement, a more active approach to national cybersecurity.
What Businesses Need to Know About Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy
Biden’s new cybersecurity strategy offers an innovative 24/7 approach to cyber vigilance and a two-word mantra for Big Tech: Do more.
How to Fix IT’s Diversity Problem
We talked to Cantex VP Tony Wilkins about IT's diversity problem and how he creates a culture of inclusion. Hint: It’s important to take chances with new hires.
RSA 2023 Preview: Supply Chain Resilience Can Protect You From the Next Global Crisis
In the third of our three-part series leading up to RSA Conference 2023, Interos SVP Andrea Little Limbago reminds us that dealing with supply chain issues is never a one-and-done type of deal.
RSA 2023 Preview: Modern Bank Heists Are All About the Hostages
In the second of our three-part series leading up to RSA Conference 2023, Contrast Security SVP (and World Bank alum) Tom Kellermann talks about the trust we have in financial services—and how cybercriminals count on that.
RSA 2023 Preview: What CISOs (Need to) Know About Board Accountability
In the first of our three-part sneak-peek at RSA Conference 2023, Focal Point sits down with Tanium CISO Chris Hallenbeck to discuss board awareness of cybersecurity and what CISOs can do to help. Here’s a tip: Don’t talk too much.
Report: Last Year’s Top Finserv Cyber Threats to Intensify in 2023
What’s old—classic forms of cybercrime like ransomware, DDoS attacks, and business email scams—will seem new again to financial services targets this year, thanks to advances in malware-as-a-service and artificial intelligence, says a new FS-ISAC report.
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.
Is Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Living Up to Its Hype?
There’s mounting evidence that multifactor authentication (MFA) isn’t exactly the panacea that will fix everyone’s hacking problems. Yes, it’s super effective for user-verification, but hackers are using three sneaky tactics to get around it.