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CISO CORNER: DEEP DIVE INTO SECOPS, INSURANCE, & CISOS' EVOLVING ROLECISO
CORNER: DEEP DIVE INTO SECOPS, INSURANCE, & CISOS' EVOLVING ROLE

Our collection of the most relevant reporting and industry perspectives for
those guiding cybersecurity strategies and focused on SecOps.

Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading

January 26, 2024

6 Min Read
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Welcome to CISO Corner, Dark Reading's weekly digest of articles tailored
specifically to security operations readers and security leaders. Every week,
we'll offer articles gleaned from across our news operation, The Edge, DR Tech,
DR Global, and our Commentary section. We're committed to bringing you a diverse
set of perspectives to support the job of operationalizing cybersecurity
strategies, for leaders at organizations of all shapes and sizes.

In this issue:

 1. CISOs Struggle for C-Suite Status Even as Expectations Skyrocket

 2. With Attacks on the Upswing, Cyber-Insurance Premiums Poised to Rise Too

 3. DR Global: Missing the Cybersecurity Mark With the Essential 8

 4. Your Cybersecurity Budget Is a Horse's Rear End

 5. First Step in Securing AI/ML Tools Is Locating Them

 6. Top 3 Priorities for CISOs in 2024

 7. CISA's Water Sector Guide Puts Incident Response Front & Center




CISOS STRUGGLE FOR C-SUITE STATUS EVEN AS EXPECTATIONS SKYROCKET

By Jai Vijayan, Dark Reading Contributing Writer

An IANS survey shows that CISOs shoulder more and more legal and regulatory
liability for data breaches, but few are getting the recognition or support they
need.



CISOs are increasingly being asked to assume the responsibilities of what would
normally be considered a C-suite role, but without being regarded or treated as
such at many organizations.

An IANS survey found that a full 75% of CISOs are looking for a job change, as
expectations for the CISO role have changed dramatically at public and private
sector organizations because of new regulations and growing demands for
accountability for security breaches.



But while more than 63% of CISOs have a vice president or director-level
position, only 20% are at the C-suite level despite having "chief" in their
title. In the case of organizations with revenues of more than $1 billion, that
number is even smaller, at 15%.

Why most CISOs lack job satisfaction: CISOs Struggle for C-Suite Status Even as
Expectations Skyrocket

Related: The CISO Role Undergoes a Major Evolution


WITH ATTACKS ON THE UPSWING, CYBER-INSURANCE PREMIUMS POISED TO RISE TOO

By Robert Lemos, Dark Reading Contributing Writer

Insurers doubled premiums in late 2021 to offset losses from ransomware claims.
With attacks rising again, organizations can anticipate a new round of
increases.



While premium costs fell by 6% in the third quarter of 2023 compared with the
same quarter in 2022, even as ransomware- and privacy-related claims had already
skyrocketed from the previous year.

Kickstarted by the pandemic and ransomware growth, cyber-insurance claims surged
from 2020 on, leading to a dramatic increase in policy pricing. But the
cyber-insurance industry is only getting bigger, with the value of direct
written premiums growing to $5.1 billion in 2023, an increase of 62%
year-over-year, according to Fitch Ratings.

Going forward, there are more players, less comprehensive policies (and
therefore insurer risk), and greater competition — all resulting in a softening
of prices for coverage. Even so, some predict a rise in premium costs in the
next 12-18 months.

Find out what to expect: With Attacks on the Upswing, Cyber-Insurance Premiums
Poised to Rise Too

Related: War or Cost of Doing Business? Cyber Insurers Hashing Out Exclusions


DR GLOBAL: MISSING THE CYBERSECURITY MARK WITH THE ESSENTIAL EIGHT

Commentary by Arye Zacks, Senior Technical Researcher, Adaptive Shield

Australia's Essential Eight Maturity Model still doesn't address key factors
needed to protect today's cloud and SaaS environments.



The Essential Eight, the Aussie government's main cybersecurity risk-management
framework for businesses, was established in 2010 and, while updated yearly, it
has failed to modernize with the pace of digital transformation: SaaS
applications comprise 70% of all software used by businesses, but the phrase
"SaaS" appears nowhere in the document.

Specifically, it's missing four key cloud-centric security directives:
configuration management, identity security, third-party app integration
management, and resource control. This article delves into these omissions and
what modern businesses need to incorporate into their cybersecurity frameworks.

Read more here: Missing the Cybersecurity Mark with the Essential Eight

Related: Time to Secure Cloud-Native Apps Is Now


YOUR CYBERSECURITY BUDGET IS A HORSE'S REAR END

Commentary by Ira Winkler, Field CISO & Vice President, CYE

Are historical budget constraints limiting your cybersecurity program? Don't let
old saws hold you back. It's time to revisit your budget with revolutionary
future needs front of mind.

Inevitably a current security budget is based on the previous year's budget,
which is based on the prior budget, which is based on the prior budget, and so
on. The current budget may therefore be fundamentally based on a budget from
more than a decade ago — in the same way that modern passenger trains might owe
a debt to the size of the horse drawing a Roman chariot.

Here's how to break out of that limiting cycle: Your Cybersecurity Budget Is a
Horse's Rear End

Related: Chertoff Group Affiliate Completes Trustwave Acquisition


FIRST STEP IN SECURING AI/ML TOOLS IS LOCATING THEM

By Fahmida Y. Rashid, Managing Editor, Features, Dark Reading

Security teams need to start factoring for these tools when thinking about the
software supply chain. After all, they can't protect what they don't know they
have.

The growing number of applications incorporating artificial intelligence (AI)
capabilities and tools that make it easier to work with machine learning (ML)
models have created new software supply chain headaches for organizations, whose
security teams now have to assess and manage the risks posed by these AI
components.



Plus, security teams are often not informed when these tools are brought into
the organization by employees, and the lack of visibility means they aren't able
to manage them or protect the data being used.

Here's how to find the AI/ML lurking in the tools and applications being used —
even the shadow ones.

Read more here: First Step in Securing AI/ML Tools Is Locating Them

Related: AI Gives Defenders the Advantage in Enterprise Defense


TOP 3 PRIORITIES FOR CISOS IN 2024

By Stephen Lawton, Dark Reading Contributing Writer

A changing regulatory and enforcement environment means the smart CISO might
need to shift how they work this year.

As CISOs gather with their security teams and corporate management to scope out
top priorities for 2024, the personal and legal responsibility for data breaches
the SEC has placed on CISOs could be the most challenging in the new year.

In turn, changes in cyber insurance also affect cyber risk management. When it
comes to privacy breaches in 2024, cyber insurance underwriters are expected to
harden regulations on how organizations implement security on private data and
privileged accounts, including service accounts, which tend to be overprivileged
and often have not had their passwords changed in years.

Find out how forward-thinking visionaries are approaching breach risk (and
emerging supply chain threats): Top 3 Priorities for CISOs in 2024

Related: Is the vCISO Model Right for Your Organization?


CISA'S WATER SECTOR GUIDE PUTS INCIDENT RESPONSE FRONT & CENTER

By Robert Lemos, Dark Reading Contributing Writer

As cyberattackers increasingly target water suppliers and wastewater utilities,
the US federal government wants to help limit the impact of destructive attacks.

Water and wastewater utilities last week received new guidance for improving
their response to cyberattacks from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA), following a greater number of attacks by nation-state
groups and cybercriminals targeting the underserved critical infrastructure.



The document comes as cybersecurity efforts for the water and wastewater sector
(WWS), however, have been hampered by resource constraints. CISA's 27-page guide
offers detailed advice for the water utility arena on how to create an effective
incident response playbook, given the sector's unique challenges.

Here are the main takeaways: CISA's Water Sector Guide Puts Incident Response
Front & Center

Related: Move Over, APTs: Cybercriminals Now Target Critical Infrastructure Too




ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading



Tara Seals has 20+ years of experience as a journalist, analyst and editor in
the cybersecurity, communications and technology space. Prior to Dark Reading,
Tara was Editor in Chief at Threatpost, and prior to that, the North American
news lead for Infosecurity Magazine. She also spent 13 years working for Informa
(formerly Virgo Publishing), as executive editor and editor-in-chief at
publications focused on both the service provider and the enterprise arenas. A
Texas native, she holds a B.A. from Columbia University, lives in Western
Massachusetts with her family and is on a never-ending quest for good Mexican
food in the Northeast.


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