Verizon released the 15th edition of their Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR). This has slowly become a de-facto industry report used by cybersecurity professionals for their analysis.
In summary, ransomware saw a huge increase (as expected).
In 2022, 82% of breaches involved the human element.
There is a lot to be unpacked from this report.
I am in the process of writing a LongReads on this report. Please watch this space for more on that.
Take Action:
Read the DBIR and identify any changes in your information security or cybersecurity strategy!
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RSA Conference 2022
The year’s biggest security conference is in progress in the USA. If you are not there physically (like me), then you should definitely follow what is being discussed there.
Here is a link to the 2022 conference website.
There are interesting topics like what happened with Colonial Pipelines, inclusive security & behavioural science in cybersecurity.
Take Action:
If you are unable to attend the sessions, you can check out their library. It has a lot of leading content that you will find helpful.
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