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You just signed on as CISO. Congratulations. Now you can expect to be deluged with security emergencies and unresolved issues from your predecessor while you're getting to know and building credibility with your team. Meanwhile, cyberattackers are still pounding at the door. All of these immediate pressures are important, but optimizing organization-wide security is why you were hired. Here are four steps that will help you identify security priorities and appropriate remediation steps, so you.

  Targeting politicians with cyber-attacks is not new, cybercriminals, hacktivists and rival nations have been doing this for many years. In 2016, Russian hackers allegedly tried to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election. The British parliament was targeted in mid-2017 in an attempt to access the accounts of hundreds of MPs, Lords, aides and staff by the suspected Russia and North Korea. During July 2018, hackers stole 1.5 million accounts patient data in Singapore including those of.

According to security and analytics experts, companies worldwide have spent a combined $114b on security products (both hardware and software) and services last year. This figure is expected to exceed $140b by 2021. In 2017, the average cost of one data breach for organizations was $3.62 million and 66% of respondents believe data breaches or cyber-security exploits will seriously diminish their organization’s shareholder value. Organizations are making protection of customer data and.