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The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series that highlights some of the major cyber headlines, as well as some of the more obscure stories from the week. The purpose of this curation is to raise cyber awareness, provoke thought and encourage discussion among cyber professionals at all levels. Articles are categorized by industry, […]

Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is no longer the future – it’s happening now. The IT, IoT and medical device landscape in the healthcare sector is growing exponentially, adding to the complexity of these networks. Healthcare IT and security personnel face challenges to remain compliant and enforce patient safety and privacy. As a result, maintaining […]

A few months ago, a federal grand jury issued an indictment for the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Legal Officer of a major technology firm. 1 The charge? An alleged scheme to bribe one or more government officials in India to ensure that they would issue a construction permit, necessary to construct a large […]

The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series that highlights some of the major cyber headlines, as well as some of the more obscure stories from the week. The purpose of this curation is to raise cyber awareness, provoke thought and encourage discussion among cyber professionals at all levels. Articles are categorized by industry, […]

Twitter: @MeetCyberBob The other day, I was sitting in the kitchen after arriving home from a long road trip. I was taking a mental inventory of things I still needed to pack in preparation for my next trip: small toothpaste tube; more collar stiffeners; different tie; additional camera battery; USB-C charging cable for my laptop. […]

The State of Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) learned the hard way about the importance of accurate, real-time asset management. In 2012, a Medicaid database server was placed online without changing the server’s factory-default password. The resulting data breach exposed the personal information of 780,000 of Utah’s 3.1 million residents.1 The cyberattack itself was […]

How to proactively identify ICS cyberthreats before they impact your bottom line Threat hunting is the practice of proactively searching through networks for indicators of abnormal behavior caused by potential cyber threats, as opposed to simply relying on detection tools to flag those threats. This discipline has quickly gained traction in the IT security domain […]

There were more than four hours of debate, 20 top candidates, and dozens of tough questions on immigration, healthcare, and foreign policy in the first official debate for the 2020 elections just a few weeks ago. But there was at least one major omission: cybersecurity. It was a glaring gap that was not mentioned by […]

The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series that highlights some of the major cyber headlines, as well as some of the more obscure stories from the week. The purpose of this curation is to raise cyber awareness, provoke thought and encourage discussion among cyber professionals at all levels. Articles are categorized by industry, […]