Scenario-Based Security Awareness Training Teaches Users to Make Better Decisions – Proofpoint Essentials Security Awareness Training. What is GDPR Awareness Training? Since 2018, companies and organisations have had to comply with The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European data privacy regulation and EU law that was made to give individuals more control over how their data is collected, used, and safeguarded online. Failure to comply with this EU law can result in hefty fines.

This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA featured new and exciting updates from the open source community, and we also hosted our own event, Cloud Native Policy Day with OPA, hosted by Styra. At Cloud Native Policy Day, we were fortunate to host a full roster of Open Policy Agent (OPA) luminaries from leading companies to speak at our event, and we wanted to share some high-level takeaways from their talks– each of which showcased unique ways of using OPA.

Jason Chan, a key member of the Torq Advisory Board, has spent more than 20 years working in pivotal cybersecurity roles. One of his most important positions was leading the information security organization at the video streaming behemoth Netflix for more than a decade. His Netflix team set the bar extraordinarily high, focusing on sophisticated risk assessment and management, and compliance management strategies and approaches.

The Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) are a new baseline released jointly by CISA, NIST, and the interagency community, with a goal of providing consistency across all critical infrastructure. The primary webpage for these goals gives us a great understanding of what they are (and are not). It is worth delving into those specifics to understand where the CPGs apply, and how they are intended to be used.

Consider this situation: A man talks on the phone with a known bank robber. He then rents a building next to a bank. Next, he buys duct tape and ski masks. Any one of these actions could be a red flag alerting police to a potential robbery. But together, they tell a more complete story of a crime in the making. Similarly, in cybersecurity, any single suspicious activity is worth investigating.

As cyber threats become increasingly advanced and complex, organizations are forced to adopt a military attitude of ‘war footing’ to secure their systems and servers. Although the use of new technologies has increased to manage complex workloads and operations, the vulnerability of data stored on devices continues to be a worry. Accenture research revealed that cyberattacks have soared by a shocking 125% yearly.

As the number of IoT devices grows, predicted “to reach 27 billion or more by 2025 (IDC, IoT Analytics)”, so does the need for IoT device management companies and security solutions. While there are many benefits to the IoT, there are also security risks that come along with it. Gartner estimates that “75% of security failures will result from inadequate management of identities, access, and privileges” by 2023.