New York DFS is working with SecurityScorecard to further support the department’s first-in-the-nation cybersecurity efforts to modernize its supervision process. The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is now working with SecurityScorecard to modernize its approach toward regulatory oversight.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) provides Critical Security Controls to help organizations improve cybersecurity. Control 7 addresses continuous vulnerability management (this topic was previously covered under CIS Control 3). Continuous vulnerability management is the process of identifying, prioritizing, documenting and remediating weak points in an IT environment.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently released a Flash Report regarding BlackCat Ransomware breaches. This ransomware as a service (RaaS) has compromised at least 60 entities worldwide and is the first ransomware group to do so successfully using RUST, considered to be a more secure programming language that offers improved performance and reliable concurrent processing.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) publishes Critical Security Controls that help organization improve cybersecurity. In version 8, Control 6 addresses access control management (in previous versions, this topic was covered by a combination of Control 4 and Control 14).

In 2002 I sat in a local bookstore in Jackson Hole, WY that offered a few Internet-connected computers for hourly use. After chatting with the owner and petting the resident store dog, I took a few guesses at the password protecting these computers. It took me maybe 10 attempts. It was, of course, some variation of the dog’s name. While this is a very dated story, it’s this kind of story that still drives many people’s perception of why a strong password is necessary.

Unless you know what IT assets you have and how important each of them is to your organization, it’s almost impossible to make strategic decisions about IT security and incident response. Indeed, inventory and control of enterprise assets is so important that it is the first in the set of Critical Security Control (CSCs) published by the Center for Internet Security (CIS).