Cyber resilience focuses on ensuring that business operations do not entirely break down during and despite an attack. Here’s where to start.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96413-why-cyber-resilience-must-be-the-strategic-focus-for-business-continuity

In a world replete with endless cyberattacks, IoT devices have minimal security, in part because cybersecurity stewards and their bosses are busy with other things and aren’t demanding improvement.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96415-poor-security-threatens-internet-of-things-hypergrowth

Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler and the Website Planet team discovered an unsecured database belonging to Deep6.ai, an American medical artificial intelligence platform, containing 886,521,320 records.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96399-over-800-million-medical-records-exposed-in-data-breach

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96409-83-of-companies-suffer-business-damage-when-down-for-24-hours

In the Leadership Keynote speech at the Security Industry Association (SIA) Securing New Ground conference, Intel Vice President and General Manager for Client Security Strategy and Initiatives Tom Garrison outlined how and why supply chain security needs to be seen as both a physical and cybersecurity priority.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96408-supply-chain-security-must-include-cyber-resilience

Security professionals across all sectors are still dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Bar Association (IBA) COVID-19 Task Force has released guidance on how officials in travel, manufacturing, healthcare and other sectors can best continue to fight COVID-19 on a global scale.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96406-international-bar-association-releases-covid-19-guidance

IT and OT convergence can present many challenges for an enterprise organization. Explore case studies of convergence to help the process along at your own business.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96405-overcoming-roadblocks-to-accelerate-it-ot-convergence

The aquarium has already seen an increase in guest satisfaction since installing the weapons detection system and has been able to reassign half of their security staff to locations other than entryways.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96404-georgia-aquarium-installs-weapons-detection-screening

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman will join the Biden Administration as CISA’s Senior Election Security Lead.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96402-kim-wyman-to-join-biden-administration-as-cisas-senior-election-security-lead

The latest and greatest technology will not always protect a company. Instead, focus on the basics of cybersecurity: leadership, training and security monitoring, says Claudia Rast, Practice Department Chair for the IP, Cyber and Emerging Technology Group for ButzelLong.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96401-5-minutes-with-claudia-rast-focusing-on-basic-cybersecurity-principles

Terri Stewart, an experienced higher education security leader, will begin her new role as Director of Campus Safety at Colgate University in January 2022.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96403-terri-stewart-named-director-of-campus-safety-at-colgate-university

Cyberattacks are distinct from other types of corporate crises, especially in how, when and why an organization communicates with its stakeholders during and in the aftermath of an attack. Here are five questions boards should ask the C-suite before a cyberattack occurs.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96400-toss-your-standard-crisis-communications-plan-for-cyberattacks-five-questions-to-ensure-your-companys-preparedness

University of Nebraska researchers will study the implementation of smart monitoring technology at various bridges in the state, evaluating the cybersecurity risks of the new instruments and their effects on bridge safety. The Department of Defense will fund the project, which is a collaboration between the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96398-university-of-nebraska-wins-dod-grant-for-bridge-monitoring-research

Cybersecurity policy leader Karen Evans has been named the new Managing Director of the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI). In her role at CRI, Evans will lead the public-private partnerships developed by CRI.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96397-karen-evans-named-managing-director-at-the-cyber-readiness-institute

The National Governor’s Association and California, Connecticut, Illinois and Utah will work together to improve each state’s energy emergency preparedness in the upcoming GridEx VI energy emergency simulation.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96396-four-us-states-work-with-nga-to-test-energy-emergency-preparedness

Sherry St. Clair is West Virginia University’s first female Chief of University Police.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96395-sherry-st-clair-named-west-virginia-universitys-chief-of-university-police

Gene Sapino, who has more than 25 years of law enforcement and leadership experience, has been named the chief of police and director of campus safety for Guilford Technical Community College

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96394-gene-sapino-named-chief-of-police-and-director-of-campus-safety-for-guilford-technical-community-college

Defending the medical device supply chain, cracking down on ransomware and monitoring new technology are all priorities for cybersecurity professionals in the healthcare field. In a panel hosted by BD, Eric Decker, William Landry, Inhel Rekik and Scott Shindledecker discuss top of mind issues for healthcare cybersecurity professionals.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96391-five-new-trends-in-healthcare-cybersecurity

Nearly all U.S. executives (98%) report that their organizations experienced at least one cyber event in the past year, compared to a slightly lower rate of 84% in non-U.S. executives, according to Deloitte’s 2021 Future of Cyber Survey.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96387-14-of-c-suite-executives-say-organizations-have-no-cyber-threat-defense-plans

Take an in-depth look at disinformation and how Chief Security Officers (CSOs) are best prepared to stop it. From memes to paid fake news services, disinformation has become a top problem for businesses around the globe.

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96392-countering-disinformation-an-essential-new-role-for-csos