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Cyberattacks Make World Economic Forum Top 10 Global Risks For The Next Decade
ByKayne
Keeping an organization secure is every employee’s job. Instead of the obligatory employee training, Director of Security & IT for Pensar Development Kayne McGladrey recommends continuous engagement with the end-user community. “Provide opportunities and instrumentation to demonstrate policy violations rather than lecture at people.” Examples include leaving a USB data stick in a break room or using phishing tools to falsify emails from known employees that seem suspicious. “This helps educate and creates healthy suspicion,” said McGladrey.
How to Keep Your Video Conferences Secure From Intruders
ByKayne
As the world adjusts to a “new normal” of remote education and work, video conferencing services have surged in demand as people take to these platforms to connect digitally. Yet, these platforms are susceptible to a variety of intrusions that could lead to the theft of private and company data or inappropriately distracting calls and meetings that leave participants feeling they have no control. To protect your students, employees, families and yourself from these types of cyber disruptions, we asked IEEE Member Kayne McGladrey for cybersecurity tips for safe video conferencing.
FBI warns of ‘devastating’ cyber attacks on IoT networks
ByKayne
As Kayne McGladrey, the Director of Information Security Services at Integral Partners, the cyber security, access and identity management specialist company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, says, “IoT security remains one of the most challenging security vulnerabilities to businesses and consumers. The Mirai and Reaper botnets are results of threat actors leveraging poor security controls on IoT devices, building attack infrastructure out of those devices, and using that stolen infrastructure to attack organinations. Companies and organisations purchasing IoT/IIoT devices should treat them the same as any other endpoint device connecting to the corporate network.”
The Resilience of Humanity
ByKayne
“Multi-factor authentication and passwordless technologies help to protect our digital identities and account credentials from theft or impersonation. This matters just as much to an individual using a hardware key to access their online bank as it does for a corporate employee using facial recognition to access a privileged administrative account.”
– Kayne McGladrey, IEEE Senior Member
Are we building cyber vulnerability into EV charging infrastructure?
ByKayne
“Right now, there’s a bit of a Wild West mentality out there,” said Kayne McGladrey, field chief information security officer at security software company Hyperproof and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. “Companies are incentivized for being first to market, not necessarily most secure to market. Because security costs money and because it requires time and resources, naturally that becomes a lower priority.”
InfoSec Pros On the Road: Brenda Bernal, VP, Product Security and Compliance at Digicert
ByKayne
In this episode of InfoSec Pros On the Road at RSA 2024, I had the pleasure of interviewing Brenda Bernal, VP of Product Security and Compliance at Digicert. It was a great opportunity to finally meet Brenda in person after numerous Zoom calls. We discussed various topics, starting with the advancements in AI governance and the key risks organizations should focus on, including data privacy, security, and third-party risk management.
Brenda shared her insights on integrating AI into existing control frameworks and the importance of sustainability and adaptability in AI governance. She emphasized the need for transparency in AI implementations and how it parallels the evolution of ESG reporting.
We also explored the benefits of automation in GRC processes, drawing from Brenda’s experience as an external auditor and her current work with platforms like Hyperproof. The discussion highlighted the significant time savings and improved risk management that automation brings to compliance efforts.