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CyberBytes: The Newsletter #5!
Charlotte Harris
October 31, 2024
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻
The early release of the fifth edition of CyberBytes: The Newsletter is no trick, but rather a treat!
This spooktacular edition is sponsored by Ghost Security - bringing you supernatural API security! 👻
Fall is officially here, and whether it's the spooky season or the energy of recent funding announcements, there's a definite buzz in the air this month… 🔮 As we near year-end, we’re excited to deliver even more cybersecurity insights to get you ready for 2025!
Here’s what you can look forward to in this edition of CyberBytes: The Newsletter:
🏥 CYMEDSEC - A look into Europe’s Digital Health Care Systems.
🔦 Vendor Spotlight - A look at how Harmonic Security is transforming data protection for the Generative AI era.
📰 CyberNews - A round up of the latest news in Cybersecurity.
🔥 Hot Jobs Highlight - This month’s top job opportunities.
📚 Cyber Bookshelf - Explore essential reads in cybersecurity.
👻 Ghost Security’s Spooky New Announcement👻
Greg Martin and his team at Ghost Security released Reaper, their spooky new open source tool that makes vulnerabilities disappear. Check them out and follow for news on the tool below! 👇
🏥 CYMEDSEC - Empowering Security in Europe’s Digital Health Care Systems 🏥
It is a widely accepted notion across the world that healthcare is one of the most vital pillars of our society. However, as healthcare increasingly relies on interconnected medical devices, it brings both advancements and new cybersecurity challenges and risk, with potentially crushing consequences.
It is vital that cybersecurity plays an important role in the approval of corresponding products, but the current approval processes of regulatory authorities struggle to keep pace with the rapid advancements in technology. As new innovations emerge, existing regulatory frameworks often lag behind, making it challenging to ensure timely and effective assessments of safety and efficacy in medical devices and technologies. This gap highlights the need for regulatory bodies to adapt and evolve alongside technological developments to maintain patient safety and security.
The EU-funded CYMEDSEC project aims to improve regulatory processes to enhance cybersecurity standards for medical devices. Professor Stephen Gilbert emphasizes the need for better safety measures, particularly as patients transition to remote monitoring. The project will analyze existing regulations, identify gaps, and explore security measures for the future of medical technology.
To find out more, check out the full article by Secuview below!
🔦 Vendor Spotlight 🔦
A look at how Harmonic Security is transforming data protection for the Generative AI era.
What is Harmonic’s core mission?
Harmonic is redefining data protection for the GenAI era. Unlike other tools that block GenAI use entirely or rely on complex DLP setups, Harmonic provides pre-trained data protection models to prevent sensitive data loss and lighten the security team's workload.
What types of AI-related security risks are enterprises most concerned about, and how does Harmonic address these concerns proactively?
There are a range of risks. The overriding concern is data leakage, which is the chief concern in 70 to 90% of cases. With a third of apps declaring they train on customer data, data leakage in GenAI has the potential to expose sensitive corporate data that can erode competitive advantages and lead to breaches of employee and customer data. Harmonic is focused on this data leakage problem; a problem space that has been starved of innovation for decades. Additionally, there are some specific risks for organizations looking to protect their own in-house models, such as hallucinations, bias, and prompt injection.
With the rapid growth of AI tools, how does Harmonic ensure visibility into potential security risks from AI usage within organizations?
Harmonic provides two core elements. The first is around the visibility of GenAI and GenAI-enabled SaaS in use across the enterprise – often shining a light on Shadow IT. This also shows which of these apps are training on customer data or holding it insecurely. The second is specifically around data protection. With Harmonic, security teams can enable their employees to use the GenAI tools as they are confident they are not inadvertently exposing sensitive corporate data. Harmonic Security is the only company to provide pre-trained data protection models that can solve this problem. These models sit in line and nudge end users at the point of data loss – taking the burden off the security team.
With Harmonic’s recent Series A funding to accelerate its zero-touch data protection solutions, how do you plan to use this investment to scale the platform and bring your innovative AI-driven security technology to a wider market?
Harmonic’s investment enables us to bring our solution fully to market and help organizations to adopt GenAI securely. In the meantime, we’re doubling down on our R&D to ensure we’re building the best-in-class data protection models.
‘Private Equity’ - Harmonic Security
Harmonic already have customers deployed and using their solutions, all of whom are saving a significant amount of time with their approach. A CIO of a private equity company even managed to avoid a complex, lengthy data labelling project by relying on Harmonic’s advanced detections.
Read more about it below! 👇
📣 CyberNews 📣
The cybersecurity landscape is one that is very fast paced, so it can hard to keep up to date on the latest goings on, which is why we’ve made it simple! Check out our CyberNews round up below👇
🌐 Armis has raised an astounding $200 million in a Series D funding round, with a new valuation at $4.3 billion.
🏛️ Chinese state affiliated hackers have been found to have intercepted phone calls and audio from several US political figures, including a campaign advisor of Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Find out more here!
💸 Ex Darktrace CEO, Poppy Gustafsson, has been appointed as the new investment minister for the UK. Gustafsson co-founded Darktrace in 2013, resigning as CEO in September after Darktrace accepted a $5.3 billion acquisition offer.
🔥 Hot Job Highlights 🔥
Interested in advancing your career in cybersecurity? Look no further! We've curated a selection of top-tier positions currently available through exclusive searches. Explore our featured roles below and connect with us at [email protected] for further details!
📢 VP of Marketing - Series B - US
We’re working with an early stage vendor backed by tier 1 VCs disrupting the AppSec space. They’re looking for a VP of Marketing to drive pipeline growth and enhance their presence. You will report directly to the CEO and play a pivotal role is shaping the company's growth trajectory.
📢 Contributing Sellers - Series A - US
We’re working exclusively with a variety of early stage vendors across the US, looking to expand their sales teams. For more information on the available roles, send us an email to [email protected] to find out more!
Reach out to us at [email protected] to find out more!
📚 Cyber Bookshelf - Explore Essential Reads in Cybersecurity 📚
This month’s top read is PREMIER CISO - BOARD & C-SUITE: RAISING THE BAR FOR CYBERSECURITY (CISO SERIES) by Michael Oberlaender.
With three decades of experience in cybersecurity, Michael Oberlaender highlights a vital topic in his third book: the essential skills that every PREMIER CISO must master. He focuses on navigating conversations with the company board and C-suite executives, offering insights on how to effectively address the critical issue of cybersecurity in a manner tailored to the audience, all while conveying the necessary core content.
In my new book, I have specifically focused on defining the character, experience, skill set, and other parameters that make a Premier CISO. Ultimately, I prepare the current CISOs to sharpen their saw and prepare them for the threats to come, like quantum computing and AI based attacks (or attacks on AI). I can only recommend to any CISO, or those that want to become one, to purchase their copy and APPLY the lessons learned ASAP, the hackers and (often nation-state) threat actors are not waiting."
Get your hands on PREMIER CISO - BOARD & C-SUITE: RAISING THE BAR FOR CYBERSECURITY (CISO SERIES) here!
📈 Aspiron Ventures 📈
We’re so excited to finally introduce Aspiron Ventures, the new venture arm of Aspiron Search!
With a commitment to driving growth for early-stage cybersecurity vendors, Aspiron Ventures will leverage our strong network within the cybersecurity industry to provide strategic investments and meaningful support.
We look forward to empowering the next generation of security innovators and contributing to their success!
Follow the Aspiron Venture’s page below!
🤝 CyberBytes: The Community 🤝
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Don’t miss the opportunity to network and grow—join the community today!
🌐 Looking For Your Next Role in Cybersecurity? 🌐
Here at Aspiron Search, we’re committed to supporting you to find your next role in cybersecurity. By understanding your motivations and what makes you tick, we can provide the right opportunities and advice to get you hired!
Contact us at [email protected] to find out more!
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