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NIS2: Who's in the scope and what security measures are required? (part 2/3)

In this post you'll learn about what industries are affected by NIS2, security requirements the directive sets, and the available enforcement methods if an organization is not compliant.

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23.8.2023

NIS2: Working towards compliance with Cyberday (3/3)

✈️ You want to lift your cyber security management to a new level & get NIS2 compliant with a smart tool like Cyberday? In this post you'll learn how your organization can achieve NIS2 compliance in a smart way by building an own agile ISMS.

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23.8.2023

NIS2: Get familiar with the EU's new cyber security directive (part 1/3)

Learn about the background and reasons behind the EU's new Network and Information Security 2 (NIS2) Directive. How does it affect your company and how should you react to be compliant?

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1.8.2023

SOC 2: Working towards compliance (1/2)

With the help of SOC 2, organisations can provide proof of effectively implemented controls and the use of best practices to protect the data to their customers and stakeholders, which may help to build trust.

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31.7.2023

Personnel information security training and guidelines in Cyberday

Most data breaches start with human error. Still, investments in technical information security are often made more eagerly. We tell you why staff information security training and guidelines are important and how to implement then efficiently.

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13.6.2023

Information security risk management in Cyberday: Identifying risks, evaluation, treatment and closure

Every cyber security framework highlights risk management in its own way. We summarize in this post, what's essential in information security risk management and what kind of an approach Cyberday offers for it.

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13.6.2023

Become a Cyberday partner: Features, benefits and best practices

A good and efficient tool such as Cyberday is a great way to work on the organization's cyber secuirty. However, for some organizations that is not enough and the expertise and support of a consultant is needed. Our partner program offers both!

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6.6.2023

Cyberday Community has been launched!

We just launched a new Community section inside Cyberday. Our goal is to make collaboration with your peers and with us easier and thus help you improve your information security even further!

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24.3.2023

On Authorization and Implementation of Access Control Models

There are dozens of implementations of authorization mechanisms. When there are complex requirements dictated by business processes, authorization mechanisms may often be implemented incorrectly or, at least, not optimally. The reason for that, in my opinion, is the low attention of both the customer and developers to this aspect in the initial stages of the […]… Read More The post On Authorization and Implementation of Access Control Models appeared first on The State of Security.

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15.5.2020
Outdated Access Rights

Clop Ransomware Now Kills Windows 10 Apps and 3rd Party Tools

The Clop Ransomware continues to evolve with a new and integrated process killer that targets some interesting processes belonging to Windows 10 apps, text editors, programming IDEs and languages, and office applications. [...]

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15.5.2020
Ransomware

Picks of 2019 malware - the large, the small and the one full of null bytes, (Thu, Jan 16th)

Although less than two days have gone by since the latest release of MSFT patches, I find that it would actually be hard to add anything interesting to them that hasn&#x27t been discussed before, as the most important vulnerabilities (couple of RCEs and an interesting vulnerability in CryptoAPI) seemed to be all anyone talked about for the last 24 hours. If you didn&#x27t hear anything about it, I suggest you take a look at the ISC coverage of the CryptoAPI vulnerability[1] as well as the Patch Tuesday overview[2]. But for the rest of us, I thought today might be a good day to take a short break from this topic and take a look at what the last year brought us instead.

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15.5.2020
Malware

New York state wants to ban government agencies from paying ransomware demands

Another NY Senate bill would create a cyber security enhancement fund and restricting the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms

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15.5.2020
Ransomware

MAZE Relaunches “Name and Shame” Website, Continues Dumping Data from Reluctant Victims

Sarah Coble reports: A threat group has once again taken to the internet to publish data stolen from alleged victims who...

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15.5.2020
Ransomware

How to Use NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework to Foster a Culture of Cybersecurity

Faced with increasing volume and sophistication of cyber threats, CISOs and security teams need to find ways to ... Read More The post How to Use NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework to Foster a Culture of Cybersecurity appeared first on Hyperproof. The post How to Use NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework to Foster a Culture of Cybersecurity appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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15.5.2020
Employee Negligence

Users still engaging in risky password, authentication practices

IT security practitioners are aware of good habits when it comes to strong authentication and password management, yet often fail to implement them due to poor usability or inconvenience, according to Yubico and Ponemon Institute. The conclusion is that IT security practitioners and individuals are both engaging in risky password and authentication practices, yet expectation and reality are often misaligned when it comes to the implementation of usable and desirable security solutions. The tools and … More → The post Users still engaging in risky password, authentication practices appeared first on Help Net Security.

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15.5.2020
Password Attacks

UN hacked: Attackers got in via SharePoint vulnerability

In summer 2019, hackers broke into over 40 (and possibly more) UN servers in offices in Geneva and Vienna and downloaded “sensitive data that could have far-reaching repercussions for staff, individuals, and organizations communicating with and doing business with the UN,” The New Humanitarian reported on Wednesday. The UN, unfortunately, did not share that discovery with the authorities, the public, or even the potentially affected staff, and we now know about it only because TNH … More → The post UN hacked: Attackers got in via SharePoint vulnerability appeared first on Help Net Security.

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15.5.2020
Unpatched Vulnerabilities

How Much Can a Phishing Scam Cost a Small Organization? For a Texas School District, the Bill Was $2.3 Million

Phishing scam perpetrated by attackers posing as vendors cheated the school district of approximately $2.3 million before the business compromise scheme was discovered about a month later.

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15.5.2020
Phishing