Jill Aitoro
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The exodus from Elon Musk's Twitter has begun. Should the infosec community care?
Much has been said about the loss of threat intel sharing that can come from a souring to the Elon Musk era of Twitter – a platform used extensively to disclose cyber incidents and to promote patching of critical vulnerabilities, among other things. But Twitter serves another purpose for infosec practitioners: a more human one. → Read More
Why SolarWinds just may be one of the most secure software companies in the tech universe
SC Media spoke with Tim Brown, director of security operations at SolarWinds, and Chip Daniels, the company's head of government affairs, to dig deeper into the response and long term implications that the Sunburst attack had on its own security posture and that of the software market at large. Said Brown: We are hoping to be a poster child for a new model. → Read More
Dragos unveils free OT security services to small- and medium-size businesses
Industrial controls systems/OT vendor Dragos unveiled Tuesday at the RSA Conference its OT-Cyber Emergency Readiness Team — or OT-CERT — that delivers to industrial asset owners and operators various resources to help manage risk. → Read More
Google to buy Mandiant in $5.4 billion deal
News of the acquisition comes less than a year after the announced split of Mandiant from FireEye. At the time, Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia said decoupling with FireEye products was “essential” to Mandiant’s long-term future and plans to work with and incorporate data from other threat intelligence firms and partners. → Read More
Kaseya plans to bring SaaS servers back online Tuesday, with patch expected within a day later
A patch for on-premises customers of the VSA product that was the source of a widespread ransomware attack since Friday is currently going through testing and validation. → Read More
C-suites adapt to ransomware as a cost of doing business
Tangible impacts to corporate earnings, combined with the multi-million dollar ransom payouts by Colonial Pipeline and JBS, demonstrate a reality that more and more in the cybersecurity community are beginning to acknowledge: Ransomware is emerging as a cost of doing business, grabbing the attention not just of security leaders, but the entire C-suite, boards, and even Wall Street investors. → Read More
ServiceNow, Microsoft expand partnership, enable ‘virtual war room’ during cyber incidents
Integration of offerings enable teams to coordinate digitally during major security incidents, like the recent Colonial Pipeline attack. → Read More
Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure organizations spotlight an IT, OT cultural divide
Teams supporting IT and OT are often at odds in terms of priorities and tactics, heightening the risk that emerges as environments converge. → Read More
A water-treatment hacking, and the complexities of risk mitigation
How do you define risk? For those in the cybersecurity community, risk is usually defined by degree of exposure an organization might have to losses tied → Read More
Vulnerabilities found in Dell Wyse thin clients could enable access to arbitrary files
In the U.S. alone, some 6,000 companies and organizations run Dell Wyse thin clients inside their networks, many of which are health care providers. → Read More
The SolarWinds hack, and the danger of arrogance
As a journalist I’ve spent years reporting about both our country’s strengths and weaknesses, mostly within the tech and government space. And yet, even in my own reporting and that of my peers, there is this precept that the U.S. is among the most advanced – superior even – in most every area of consequence. → Read More
FCC chair departure leaves open the door for greater agency influence in cyber, 5G rollout
Democratic lawmakers have lobbied for more FCC oversight of cybersecurity. In particular, the agency is uniquely placed to regulate the telecommunications sector. → Read More
New report quantifies losses for top 100 cyber incidents in past 5 years: $18 billion
Cyentia Institute found that firms that bungle the incident response process show costs that are nearly 2.8 times larger than those without signs of poor response. → Read More
Editor's note: How we'll build a home for cyber learning and innovation
Cybersecurity’s dual role as solution and critical enabler makes the market fascinating to cover: it's never done, and the cyber community is in a perpetual state of learning. → Read More
Year two post merger, L3Harris looks toward $1B more in divestitures
One year post merger, L3Harris is a third of the way to its goal of shedding roughly $1.5 billion of the company, with COVID-19 slowing progress. → Read More
Year two post merger, L3Harris looks toward $1B more in divestitures
One year post merger, L3Harris is a third of the way to its goal of shedding roughly $1.5 billion of the company, with COVID-19 slowing progress. → Read More
Raytheon Technologies Corp. begins trading on NYSE
Less than a year after announcing plans to combine into a $121 billion company, Raytheon and United Technologies are officially no more. → Read More
Raytheon, UTC merger wins approval, pending divestitures
The merger between two defense giants got the green light from the Department of Justice – assuming planned divestures to BAE Systems move forward another piece of business is shed. → Read More
Raytheon, UTC merger wins approval, pending divestitures
The merger between two defense giants got the green light from the Department of Justice – assuming planned divestures to BAE Systems move forward another piece of business is shed. → Read More
Worse than 9/11: Defense firms cut overhead to the bone
Defense companies with substantial exposure to commercial markets are taking dramatic measures to limit overhead and preserve cash, with one chief executive calling the pandemic situation “worse than anything we’ve seen.” → Read More