Websites worldwide faced intermittent outages Tuesday due to an ongoing problem with technology giant Cloudflare's content delivery network, resulting in users being unable to access an array of big sites, ranging from OpenAI, bet365 and X, to Grindr, Virgin Media and Spotify.
The orbital frontier is the next ungoverned internet - a vast, vulnerable network of over 11,000 satellites without a cybersecurity framework. As nations race to commercialize space, we've left the orbit open to attack. Who will govern space cybersecurity?
When a hospital, healthcare system or one of their critical third-party vendors is hit with a ransomware attack, all hell can break loose quickly. That can mean diverted ambulances, cancelled patient appointments, business processes put on hold and other critical operations stopped.
Microsoft's Azure cloud and 365 systems suffered an outage at noon on Wednesday because of a configuration error - hours before its quarterly earnings call and about a week after rival AWS underwent a widespread outage that shut down applications and services for most of the day.
The cascading outage across the U.S. East Coast triggered this week by a domain name system failure in an AWS DynamoDB service demonstrates the risks of deep architectural dependencies and the challenges of building true multi-region cloud resilience, said Forrester's Brent Ellis and Dario Maisto.
During an OT cyber crisis, the first response shouldn't be technical, says Christian Miranda Moreira, BISO at McKesson Canada. The ability to maintain composure and follow documented response plans determines how well teams can contain incidents and recover critical business operations.
Veeam's proposed acquisition of Securiti AI for $1.725 billion addresses a long-standing disconnect between where data runs and where it's protected. The move enhances AI governance and posture management while supporting Veeam's vision for end-to-end data control.
A North Central Massachusetts nonprofit healthcare system with two community hospitals, a medical group and several other care facilities has taken its IT network offline and is diverting ambulance patients as it continues to respond to a cyberattack that hit last week.
AI's integration into cybersecurity, the growing human factor in defense and heightened concern over nation-state attacks shaped discussions at CS4CA Europe 2025. Experts examined how organizations are moving from theory to action, focusing on resilience and readiness against evolving OT threats.
Cybersecurity needs to move beyond stand-alone strategies. Emyr Thomas, head of Cyber Futures at National Highways, discusses how consequence-driven, cyber-informed engineering helps organizations embed security across business functions and build operational resilience.
Healthcare organizations face growing risks from data distribution, vendor dependencies and global instability. Steven Adler, partner at The Edmund Group, discusses practical steps to strengthen vendor oversight and resilience.
Regulatory pressure has made cyber resilience an operational necessity. Becky Pinkard, managing director, global cyber operations at Barclays, discusses how social engineering, containment strategies, leadership practices and automation shape stronger defenses.
Hospitals face increasing cyberthreats that can disrupt care for weeks. American Hospital Association's Scott Gee says leaders should build clinical continuity plans, train staff on cyber hygiene and prepare for loss of critical systems - from vendors to physical infrastructure.
A critical food manufacturing subsidiary, serving over 2,900 restaurant locations nationwide, faced the risk that any data loss or system downtime would ripple across the supply chain — directly impacting revenue and profitability. After proving recovery objectives through AWS Disaster Recovery Services, the...
Too often, organizations build cybersecurity strategies around new tools rather than the resilience of the business. Resilience is no longer just about keeping systems online, but keeping operations, processes and workflows running, said cybersecurity consultant and former CISO Jon Staniforth.
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