Paul Wagenseil

Brooklyn

Custom Content Strategist, CyberRisk Alliance at SC Media

Custom content creator, CyberRisk Alliance. Ex-security editor, Tom's Guide. Opinions mine. Likes, retweets ≠ endorsements. Also at @[email protected].

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Articles

Bridging the gap: Building a developer-first security culture

2 weeks ago | scworld.com | Paul Wagenseil

Within many large organizations, the digital security, software development and IT-operations teams have reached the point where DevSecOps — the idea that security, development, and operations teams should work happily and harmoniously together — is a commonly understood concept. But that doesn't mean DevSecOps is properly practiced. Often, the development and security teams still work at cross-purposes, with each blaming the other for getting in the way.
Embracing platformization in cybersecurity: Enhancing agility and user experience

3 weeks ago | scworld.com | Paul Wagenseil

The trend toward consolidation in the broader cybersecurity industry over the past few years is now reaching the identity sector. Organizations find that it's often simpler and more efficient to have a single vendor provide all or most of their needed identity functions, leading to greater integration among various components and an overall higher identity-security posture.
Killing CAPTCHA: Blueprint for a more secure and frictionless future

1 month ago | scworld.com | Paul Wagenseil

Over the past two decades, many websites have tried several solutions to block bots that advertise click-fraud, harvest information or download files. But the most widely used weapon against bot activity, the CAPTCHA, has arguably created more problems than it solves. Classic CAPTCHAs use mangled text or image-matching to establish the "humanity" of website visitors. They may annoy or frustrate users and, in the case of e-commerce sites, lead to lower conversion rates.
Serious WordPress compromise likely with LiteSpeed Cache plugin bug

Nov 1, 2024 | scworld.com | Laura French |Paul Wagenseil

By By SC Staff,Laura French,Paul Wagenseil Attacks exploiting the authentication weakness within the 'lighthttpd' server, tracked as CVE-2024-8957, and the insufficient input sanitization bug, tracked as CVE-2024-8957, could enable camera hijacking and bot compromise, as well as further infiltration of devices within the same network.
Managed Security Services

Oct 31, 2024 | scworld.com | Paul Wagenseil

Join Dustin Sachs and Joshua Copeland as they give us an introduction to the exciting happenings at InfoSec World 2024! They'll discuss keynotes, sessions, events, and other things that you won't want to miss at this year's event!
Attack surface management

Oct 30, 2024 | scworld.com | Paul Wagenseil

By Paul Wagenseil,SC Staff A month ago, my friend Wolfgang Goerlich posted a hot take on LinkedIn that is less and less of a hot take these days. He posted, "our industry needs to kill the phish test",and I knew we needed to have a chat, ideally captured here on the podcast. I've been on the fence when it comes to phishing simulation, partly because I used to phish people ...
Privileged access management

Oct 23, 2024 | scworld.com | Anne Saita |Shaun Nichols |Paul Wagenseil |Laura French

By Anne Saita,Shaun Nichols,Paul Wagenseil,SC Staff,Laura French I'm always thrilled to chat with ex-analysts, and Henrique Teixeira can cover a lot of ground with us on the topic of identity management and governance. The more I talk to folks about IAM/IGA, the more I'm shocked at how little has changed. If anything, it seems like we've gone backwards a bit, with the addition of cloud SaaS, mobile devices, and ...
About $102M fine imposed against Meta over plaintext Facebook password storage

Sep 30, 2024 | scworld.com | Tom Spring |Paul Wagenseil

While the legislation has been opposed by Google and OpenAI due to additional burdens, such disapproval from Newsom has been regarded by bill sponsor Sen. Scott Wiener to be a step back in AI regulations.
Prolonged spyware injection possible with ChatGPT macOS flaw

Sep 26, 2024 | scworld.com | Paul Wagenseil

By By SC Staff,Paul Wagenseil Aside from utilizing advanced machine learning models enabling application usage, data access rights, and security permissions management, GravityZone PHASR also leverages its endpoint security and risk analytics integration to identify organizations' ideal attack surface configurations based on their user behaviors and known security threats.
It's a bright future at InfoSec World 2024

Sep 25, 2024 | scworld.com | Paul Wagenseil

ORLANDO, Fla. - All cybersecurity conferences try to strike an optimistic tone, but the first day of InfoSec World 2024, which began here Monday (Sept. 23), had to be one of the most upbeat ever. It began with CyberRisk Alliance Executive VP of Communities Parham Eftekhari welcoming attendees to the conference. He struck the requisite high notes, noting that 2024 marked 30 years of InfoSec World.