The number of vulnerabilities is growing day by day due to different technologies such Web applications or Cloud Computing, which is increasingly adopted by organizations as well as teleworking, so more assets are exposed and connected to the internet and the attack surface of organizations is getting more and more larger, besides hackers have shifted their focus from high to medium and low CVSS.
Excellium services newsletter : CSSF 20/750 : A new circular for your information security risks’management
On August 25, 2020, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) introduced and published a new circular (CSSF 20/750). This circular is applicable to all credit institutions, all Professionals of the Financial Sector (PFS), all payment institutions, and all electronic money institutions. The main objective is to implement the guidelines of the European Banking Authority EBA/GL/2019/04 relating to the management of risks linked to information and communication technologies (“ICT”) and security.
Excellium services newsletter : Humans are the weakest link in the information security chain
We’re all human: we make mistakes. Unfortunately, there will always be people trying to take advantage of our mistakes for their own benefit, which can cost our business tremendous financial loss. No matter how sophisticated our cyberdefenses are, how advanced our technologies are, how good our security practices are, we will always be constrained by this human factor.
