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Failure of technology to detect attacks is a prime cause of breaches: Survey

Despite the money being poured into cybersecurity by IT departments, the leading cause of breaches of security controls was the failure of technology to detect an attack, a new survey from Trellix suggests. Forty-two per cent of respondents to the international survey of infosec leaders whose organization had suffered a recent cyber attack said their

Microsoft Hires Sam Altman And Greg Brockman To Spearhead New AI Research Unit

Microsoft announced that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and ex-president Greg Brockman will lead a newly formed advanced AI research team. The news followed a...

MapleSEC: How to stop CSOs from saying, ‘Goodbye’

CSOs need to find ways of not shouldering the entire burden of cybersecurity in their organizations, say experts -- and senior leadership has a role i

Chen mum on his future with BlackBerry

John Chen isn’t saying if he will stay with BlackBerry now that the board has decided to split the Waterloo, Ont. company into two parts next year. Asked Tuesday at a briefing for investors and financial analysts on his future, the company’s executive chair and CEO replied, “The true answer is, I don’t know. “And

CISO compensation gap widens

The gap between the highest and lowest-paid Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) is growing wider, with the top earners making up to three times...

Ransomware is now a crisis, financial conference told

At the SIBOS 2023 conference in Toronto a ransomware panel discussed the need for resiliency, table top exercises and the role of corporate management in cyb

CEOs optimistic about economy

CEO optimism about the economy has grown in recent months, according to a new survey by PwC. Only 17% of executives now anticipate that...

Top Women in Cybersecurity panel offers career advice

"Developing resilience to really bounce back from failures and obstacles is something that's important," women were told. Read more about the pane

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