On The Hook Eps 9 w/ Kayne McGladrey – CISO Mansion of Madness

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Boards need to brush up on cybersecurity governance, survey finds

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CISOs now face substantial personal risks, as seen in cases like Uber and SolarWinds where the SEC has taken legal action against the security chiefs. The primary risk is both personal and professional liability for the CISO, according to Kayne McGladrey, field CISO at Hyperproof. The problem, however, is that boards unaware of the business risks from poor cybersecurity are unlikely to include the CISO in the Directors & Officers insurance policy. “This exposes CISOs to substantial risk,” McGladrey told Cybersecurity Dive.

ICS security challenges and how to overcome them

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One of the biggest security challenges, however, might be IT/OT convergence — the merging of information technology with operational technology. IT teams are no strangers to infosec, but their OT counterparts working among industrial control systems (ICSes) have generally never worked in internet-connected networks. Yet, as the benefits of IoT and industrial IoT (IIoT) become apparent, more ICSes and OT environments are becoming connected — bringing multiple benefits but also creating multiple security threats. Compounding the risk is that IT teams don’t know how to handle threats in such environments, leaving many IT and OT teams unsure exactly where the security responsibility lies.

Here, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) member Kayne McGladrey outlines the challenges of ICS security and explains how OT environments can counter such threats while still reaping the benefits of IoT.

The Phishing Phenomenon: How To Keep Your Head Above Water

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Phishing is the lowest cost way for a threat actor to gain access to an organization’s network and assets, according to Kayne McGladrey, an IEEE member and director of Security and IT at Pensar Development. “While it might be fashionable to worry about the latest zero-day, or shadowy nation-state threat actors developing crippling remote exploits, the fact is that it’s cheaper to ask users for their passwords.”

The fact that nearly a billion people had their personal information exposed in November 2018 “has further helped threat actors to develop more compelling and targeted phishing content,’’ McGladrey adds.