Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blogs June 19, 2023 A Guide to pen testing and red teaming: What to know now Penetration testing and red teaming are essential cybersecurity practices that bolster an organisation’s security posture by uncovering vulnerabilities within their systems, networks, and people or business processes. These methodologies have distinct objectives, scopes, approaches and technologies employed. Blogs June 30, 2023 A house divided: Key differences in cybersecurity implementation for IT and OT This blog post was authored by Justin Turner - Director, Security and Privacy on the technology insights blog. Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in any U.S. state where college football is popular, has likely seen a “house divided” bumper sticker or license plate cover, with contrasting university logos. Many of us (and our friends and families) enjoy spirited rivalries (Roll… Blogs June 30, 2023 Metrics’ role in cyber transformation We’ve all heard the saying, “what gets measured gets done,” meaning that regular measurement and reporting helps to keep organisations focused on the information that matters. But with so many data points available to measure security, it is difficult to know where to begin. Security practitioners must constantly question what data they collect and why. Only by providing relevant measures can we… Blogs September 27, 2023 Accelerating digital banking transformation with cloud technology By 2025, core banking workload deployment on cloud is expected to be 14% of total IT spend.Banks are grappling with outdated applications; data is siloed and trapped within legacy systems and not accessible for customer insights and tailored experiences and services.Regulatory changes in Australia, the UK and U.S., in GDPR and APRA standards for data privacy and operational resiliency, are also… Blogs November 3, 2023 Tackling gender bias: Women in cybersecurity Cybersecurity is distinguished not only by a talent shortage but also by having a predominantly male workforce. Women are in the minority on most cybersecurity teams that have women at all, so when they experience gender bias, they’re likely to be isolated. Flash Report May 14, 2021 President Biden executive order to strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity will impact federal agencies and public and private sector organisations On May 12, President Joe Biden issued the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. This executive order (EO) is the most recent action by the administration to strengthen U.S. national cyber defenses and address cybersecurity threats and attacks that continue to grow in magnitude, impact and frequency. It is intended to protect networks in the federal, public and private… Blogs September 7, 2021 A Hacker’s View: Social Media Protections in an Increasingly Connected World I’m a professional hacker, or as we are referred to in the security industry, a penetration tester. As a penetration tester, I am hired by organisations to attack their systems, networks, applications, and employees in the same fashion that a malicious attacker would. It is my job to find and exploit weaknesses before malicious attackers can. These weaknesses include application and network-… Blogs June 17, 2021 Don’t Bore the Board: 5 CISO Hacks for Highly Effective Presentations Several years ago, we invited board members to speak candidly about presentations from company executives. Those free-flowing conversation more than lived up to what was billed as a “Don’t Bore the Board” panel discussion. The panel members’ engaging insights remain instructive to CISOs today as security leaders strive to hone their increasingly important board presentation approaches. One… Blogs May 13, 2021 Five Best Practices for Implementing Zero Trust The amount of new cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities that organisations respond to grows every day. In many cases Zero Trust Networks (ZTN) are better equipped to tackle these challenges than traditional perimeter-based networks. Further, Zero Trust principles are becoming a critical part of the overall corporate strategy… Blogs November 29, 2022 Data Governance Shapes Enterprise Transformation In today’s rapidly evolving business world, the lines between technology and business have blurred. Organisations need to modernise and transform their technology in order to successfully compete. CIOs play a critical role in transforming the world of work using automation and technology – but they can’t do it alone. Collaboration among the C-suite is critical. In this blog series, Protiviti’s… Load More
