Dark Reading Daily -- October 12, 2021

Applying Behavioral Psychology to Strengthen Your Incident Response Team

A deep-dive study on the inner workings of incident response teams leads to a framework to apply behavioral psychology principles to CSIRTs.

Overly Complex IT Infrastructures Pose Security Risk

Cybersecurity budgets are set to increase in 2022, but companies worry that complex IT networks and data infrastructure are wasting money, new PwC survey finds.

The 5 Phases of Zero-Trust Adoption

Zero trust aims to replace implicit trust with explicit, continuously adaptive trust across users, devices, networks, applications, and data.

(Sponsored Article) How to Determine the Best Managed Cybersecurity Model for You

Organizations need to protect against online threats in the most cost-effective manner possible. How do they determine the best managed cybersecurity model?

Wiz Reaches $6B Valuation

Startup created by former leaders of Microsoft Cloud Security Group experiencing rapid growth.

Forcepoint to Acquire Bitglass

Deal will merge Bitglass's security service edge technology with Forcepoint’s SASE architecture.

MacOS Security: What Security Teams Should Know

As more macOS patches emerge and cybercriminals and nation-states take aim at the platform, experts discuss how macOS security has evolved and how businesses can protect employees.

Hardware Bolsters Medical Device Security

New microprocessor technologies like secure enclaves and cryptography acceleration enable hardware to better safeguard medical devices.

Microsoft: 58% of Nation-State Cyberattacks Come From Russia

A wealth of Microsoft data highlights trends in nation-state activity, hybrid workforce security, disinformation, and supply chain, IoT, and OT security.

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North American Orgs Hit With an Average of 497 Cyberattacks per Week

A new analysis confirms a surge in global cyberattacks since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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7 Smart Ways a Security Team Can Win Stakeholder Trust

By demonstrating the following behaviors, security teams can more effectively move their initiatives forward.

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Handling Threat Intelligence Across Billions of Data Points

Graph databases can play a role in threat intelligence and unraveling sprawling data.

How Enterprises are Attacking the Cybersecurity Problem