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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO

What happened In CrowdStrikes own root cause analysis, the cybersecurity companys Falcon system deploys a sensor to user machines to monitor potential dangers. Akamai was not itself a CrowdStrike customer, but does use similar services from outside vendors to help protect its systems. Clancy asks. The overall cost was estimated at $5.4

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

They complicate attribution due to the often short-lived nature of the IP addresses of the nodes being used. Simply relying on multi-factor authentication is not enough to prevent complex breaches that rely on social engineering and impersonation to exploit existing relationships.

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The Silver Lining in the SAP’s ERP End-of-Life Deadline

CIO

Existing integrations with applications and systems can be disrupted. Established access policies need to be reviewed and adjusted. Moving SAP access controls and separation of duty policies to the cloud is an opportunity to rethink security and efficiency, says Amit Saha, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer at Saviynt, Inc.

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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO

A report by Verizon found that 85% of all data breaches occur due to social engineering and system intrusions caused by basic human errors. Case in point , in 2020, Russian cybercriminals tried to bribe a Tesla employee with $1 million to install ransomware in the companys systems.

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Securing Remote OT Operations:

Palo Alto Networks

This expanded attack surface has made OT systems a prime target for cyber threats, underscoring the need for a robust security framework tailored to remote OT environments. Three-quarters of surveyed companies have already encountered these challenges due to OT-targeted cyber-attacks.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

They complicate attribution due to the often short-lived nature of the IP addresses of the nodes being used. Simply relying on multi-factor authentication is not enough to prevent complex breaches that rely on social engineering and impersonation to exploit existing relationships.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Step 1: Use two-factor authentication. In its most common form online, two-factor authentication makes you use a second, one-time password to access your account. That includes the operating system, the programs and apps that run on it, and the aforementioned Internet of Things. Step 6: Secure your digital payments.