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How Cybersecurity Drives New Market Opportunities and Improves Business Outcomes
As a security executive for several decades, one thing is clear... the proliferation and ubiquity of technology requires a laser focus on safeguarding systems and the valuable information contained within them. Today, the Internet and mobility provide an array of useful services and convenience across every industry and business model. We can easily communicate, send and receive payments, share files, and access systems with a few strokes or swipes from an array of devices.
A future-proof security model for a modern, mobile government
Comment A future-proof security model for a modern, mobile government By Stan Lowe Oct 05, 2020 The shift to telework has required many federal agencies to consider new security approaches to fill in the gaps between traditional network-centric security that is not built to scale to a dynamic telework environment, the IT network architecture, and various cloud architectures.
Building A Telework Health Scorecard To Meet Surge Requirements And Long-Term Resiliency
By Stan Lowe, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Zscaler Over the past months, the U.S. Federal government has deployed solutions to keep employees productive and secure from any location, including at home. The initial rapid response typically included increasing capacity, deploying new remote access options, and enhancing security measures.
Building a Telework Health Scorecard to Meet Surge Requirements and Long-Term Resiliency
By: Stan Lowe, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Zscaler Over the past months, the U.S. Federal government has deployed solutions to keep employees productive and secure from any location, including at home. The initial rapid response typically included increasing capacity, deploying new remote access options, and enhancing security measures.
Data Privacy Day 2020 - Zscaler comments
Ahead of internationally recognised Data Privacy Day – Tuesday 28th January 2020 – Stan Lowe, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Zscaler has made the following comments: "The topic of data privacy has become vastly more important in recent years. As with anything, if a spotlight is shone on it, either through regulatory activity or through the media, it gets a lot of attention. Recently people’s personal privacy and data are rightfully so, in that spotlight.
Scamming and Smishing while Shopping
A few weeks ago, the witches and skeletons that decorated shop windows for Halloween were swept aside and replaced with reindeer and jolly elves. Fir trees supplanted the pumpkins and “Jingle Bells” began drifting from speakers buried under mounts of artificial snow. It all means one thing: the start of the holiday shopping season, which kicks into high gear on Black Friday.
NetSupport RAT installed via fake update notices
Recently, the Zscaler ThreatLabZ team came across two campaigns designed to trick users into downloading a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) via a fake Flash Player update and a font update. These campaigns are designed to inject malicious redirector scripts into compromised content management system (CMS) sites.
UC Browser app abuses may have exposed 500 million users
Recently, when examining the Zscaler cloud for unusual activity, ThreatLabZ researchers found some questionable hits in relation to a particular domain: 9appsdownloading[.]com. Upon analysis, we found these requests being made from a popular browser that's available on Google Play and has more than 500 million downloads to date: the UC Browser app. Fig.
Stories From The DLP Front: How Hackers Can Target Your Employees
Meet Kevin. He works in in his company’s research lab. And he’s the most dangerous person in the world. The funny thing is that Kevin doesn’t know it yet -- nor does his company. But last weekend, Kevin did something that will imperil his work, his company and possibly the known universe: He looked at a picture of his daughter. Bad Guys Want Your Data Data-loss scenarios typically fall into three categories: outsider with intent, insider with intent or insider without intent.
Le nombre de malwares se cachant dans le trafic chiffré est en hausse
Le nombre de malwares se cachant dans le trafic chiffré est en hausse 400 % Il y a eu une augmentation de plus de 400% des attaques de phishing sur les canaux chiffrés en 2018 par rapport à 2017. Les humains, par nature, aiment les habitudes, et ce trait de comportement est un élément sur lequel les cybercriminels comptent depuis des années… Combien d’entre nous utilisent encore le même mot de passe, facile à mémoriser, pour plusieurs comptes en ligne ?
Immortal information stealer
Recently, the Zscaler ThreatLabZ team came across new information-stealer malware called Immortal, which is written in .NET and designed to steal sensitive information from an infected machine. The Immortal stealer is sold on the dark web with different build-based subscriptions. This blog provides an analysis of the data Immortal steals from browsers, the files it steals (and the applications it steals from), and what it does with the stolen data.
Going Cyber Nuclear: Is It Time For A Big Red Button?
It wouldn’t be an actual button (although that would be cool). It's more likely it would be a series of actionable software-script “launch codes,” jointly executed from multiple locations by designated officials and authorized by national command authority. But the impact would be near-instant: The United States of America’s internet would be cleaved off from the rest of the world, isolating U.S. network traffic from outside bad actors. Yes, it’s extreme. And it may not even be possible.
Malware hiding in SSL-encrypted traffic is on the rise; companies must not be lulled into a false sense of security
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Operational security drives mission results
INDUSTRY INSIGHT Operational security drives mission results By Stan Lowe Feb 22, 2019 What does cybersecurity operational “excellence” look like for federal agencies? Traditionally, cybersecurity has been a compliance-driven activity, with agencies focusing more on complying with regulations -- and showing they’ve done so -- than actually securing government from operational threats.
Don't Buy A Breach: Ten Cybersecurity Red Flags To Look For During M&A Due Diligence
We’ve heard the pundits’ criticism: Marriott should have known better. The hospitality company’s recent and well-publicized security breach occurred when hackers exploited network-security vulnerabilities in its Starwood division, a subsidiary that Marriott purchased only three years ago. And actually, it’s the news of the breach that’s recent. The breaching itself began in 2014.
Operational Excellence: The Key to Federal Agencies’ Compliance
By Stan Lowe, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Zscaler In many realms of life, there’s a difference between compliance and excellence. For instance, you could build a house that complies with all local zoning and coding regulations, but that wouldn’t necessarily make it a place anyone would want to live.
Safer Internet Day - comments from Zscaler
Tomorrow, Tuesday 5th February, marks Safer Internet Day, which is commemorated around the world. Stan Lowe, Global CISO at Zscaler has made the following comments on the importance of the day for both citizens and businesses. "On February 5th, Safer Internet Day will be commemorated around the world, aiming to promote the safe and positive use of digital technologies, particularly among our youths.
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