On June 19, 2024, CDK Global notified customers that a cyber incident had led to a shutdown of its systems, significantly impacting car dealerships across the United States. CDK Global serves nearly 15,000 dealership locations, and the incident caused substantial disruption, forcing car dealerships to halt operations and revert to manual processes. Dealerships were initially notified about the incident around 2AM Eastern time on June 19, 2024, with an update at 8AM confirming the incident.

Businesses manage a series of balancing acts every day—between innovation and reliability, for instance, investment or profit, speed or security. Each leader contributes to how decisions are weighed and made, and traditionally CISOs have been expected to operate at one end of that scale, as the chief protector of the business.

What are your most important corporate assets? Like most companies, you probably have mission-critical assets and those that play a smaller role in your revenue and continuity. You are also likely to be using Vulnerability Management or Assessment tools to lock down where those assets can potentially be compromised. Vulnerability Prioritization combines asset importance and potential for risk.

‍Determining and disclosing impactful events has been a longstanding practice for organizations operating within the US market. As early as 1933, with the Securities Act, publicly traded businesses were required to disclose “material information” regarding their security environment, allowing shareholders to make more informed investment decisions.

Splunk is proud to be recognized as a Leader in SIEM by Forrester, Gartner and IDC. Download the latest Magic Quadrant to see why. Get the report → Learn more about Splunk's Security Products & Solutions: The lucrativeness of cybersecurity keeps going up, with more companies realizing the need to employ reliable people to forestall and manage cyberattacks. That means there are plenty of security jobs available...however, the right people for this job aren’t always easy to find and hire.

As businesses engage in increasingly complex and interdependent relationships, ensuring all parties maintain high cybersecurity standards becomes essential. One method to achieve this is using security scores, which are similar to personal credit scores, and assessing the efficacy of an organization's cybersecurity program. However, there are certain changes and additions that should be made to how scoring is conducted that will ensure a more accurate scores, which will benefit stakeholders at all levels.

Could your employees be unintentionally putting your business at risk? While companies prioritize protection against external cyber threats, the often-overlooked unintentional insider threats can lead to significant financial and reputational risks for your business. These threats can come from simple human errors, such as accidental data sharing, misconfigurations, or falling victim to phishing attacks.

In a recent LevelBlue incident response engagement, an analyst in our managed detection and response (MDR) security operations center (SOC) responded to an alarm that was triggered by a suspicious email/inbox rule. The rule aimed to conceal responses to an internal phishing attempt from the account user, so the attacker could solicit funds from the company's users.

As our world becomes more connected, keeping up with the latest trends in IoT security is a must for businesses aiming to boost efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and stay ahead of the competition. Let’s dive into the key trends shaping the IoT landscape today and how we are working to make it more secure, from advancements in AI to post-quantum cryptography and cyber resilience.