If Logan Roy had read this article, there wouldn’t have been enough storyline for four seasons of award-winning drama.

By now you’ve heard about the new cybersecurity rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requiring public companies to report material cybersecurity incidents and disclose critical information related to cybersecurity risk management, expertise, and governance. Companies will be required to disclose risks in their annual reports beginning on December 15, 2023.

GhostSec has reported a successful breach of the FANAP Behnama software, which they describe as the “Iran regime’s very own Privacy-invading software”. This breach has resulted in the exposure of approximately 20GB of compromised software. The group alleges that the Iranian government employs the software for citizen surveillance, representing a significant advancement in the nation’s surveillance capabilities.

It is my distinct honor to announce that CyberArk has officially achieved ISO/IEC 27018:2019 certification – the first privacy-specific international standard for cloud service providers focused on safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII), one of the most mission-critical components of cloud security.