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Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire

A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with a federal investigation into groups of cybercriminals who are settling scores by hiring people to carry out physical attacks on their rivals. Prosecutors say the defendant recently participated in several of these schemes — including firing a handgun into a Pennsylvania home and torching a residence in another part of the state with a Molotov Cocktail.
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Week in review: CISOs’ earnings per year, Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center flaw

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: US-based CISOs get nearly $1 million per year The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a relatively new senior-level executive position within most organizations, and is still evolving. To find out how current CISOs landed in that role, their aspirations, the compensation they receive, and which risks they face and responsibilities they shoulder, analysts with international executive … More → The post Week in review: CISOs’ earnings per year, Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center flaw appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Barracuda names Chris Ross as CRO

Barracuda has unveiled that security, storage and channel veteran Chris Ross has been appointed CRO, responsible for worldwide sales and partnerships. Ross joined Barracuda in 2015 as senior vice president of international sales and brings over 30 years of technology experience to the company. As CRO, Ross will focus on accelerating the company’s current growth trajectory across its geographic sales regions. “We are delighted that Chris has taken on this role at what is an … More → The post Barracuda names Chris Ross as CRO appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Need for Speed: Evolving the Acquisition Experience

The acquisition world is constantly changing and requires a workforce that can keep up. Robert Daugherty, Acquisition & Contracting Product Director at Management Concepts and Melissa Starinsky, Managing Member at Starinsky, LLC discuss ongoing trends in acquisition and how experiential learning can enhance the workforce’s skills.
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Best practices for Kubernetes security in the enterprise market

As part of digital transformation, more and more organizations are transforming their application using cloud native architecture to become more agile and accelerate time to market. They are increasingly adopting containers and Kubernetes to do so. However, the increasing Kubernetes adoption has also increased security risks. In this Help Net Security video, Deepak Goel, CTO at D2iQ, talks about best practices for Kubernetes security in the enterprise market. The post Best practices for Kubernetes security in the enterprise market appeared first on Help Net Security.
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California bill would tighten privacy protections for minors

A proposed California law which passed the state senate this week could drastically boost online privacy protection for minors, but major platforms like Google and Meta have called the bill “too broad,” warning that the work involved in complying with the law would be onerous and have unintended consequences. The essence of the bill, called the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, is that tech companies that collect data on children would be required to treat that data differently than data on other users, and to enact a range of other safeguards designed to protect children’s privacy when using online platforms. To read this article in full, please click here
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Remediant wants to move beyond PAM to secure enterprise networks

Security software provider Remediant wants to move beyond basic privileged access management (PAM) to help CSOs secure enterprise networks. It’s adopting a new approach it calls PAM+, aimed at helping enterprises protecting access to their systems and build on Zero Trust initiatives. Tim Keeler, CTO and co-founder of Remediant, set out the need for the new strategy: “Organizations’ inability to properly manage identities and privileges across the enterprise has left a large number of attack surfaces unprotected and vulnerable to cyberattacks that result in ransomware. A majority of today’s cybercriminals are able to accomplish their mission by leveraging privilege (or admin) account sprawl — a very large and highly exploited attack surface.”  To read this article in full, please click here
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