Introduction
OWASP Cheat Sheet Series offers concise security guidance from experts on application security topics. Features downloadable content, updates via ATOM feed, and project details with team leaders.
Why Maintaining Data Cleanliness Is Essential to Cybersecurity
Data cleanliness is crucial for cybersecurity, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, uniformity, and timeliness. Neglected data hygiene exposes organizations to security threats and compliance failures, impairing operational efficiency and increasing risks. It is essential for proper data classification and effective security tools, helping to prevent breaches and detect cyberattacks. Organizations must commit to ongoing data cleansing practices, establish governance policies, invest in quality solutions, and foster a security-first culture to protect valuable data and maintain compliance.
Report: State of Email Deliverability 2025
Mailgun's “State of Email Deliverability 2025” report surveys 1,100 email senders globally, highlighting the importance of adapting to new inbox requirements from providers like Gmail and Yahoo. Key findings include challenges in deliverability, lack of list hygiene, and inadequate monitoring of email blocklists. The survey indicates a need for better email practices, with significant awareness of authentication requirements but many senders not implementing necessary changes. Prioritizing deliverability improves not just email success but overall customer experience.
https://www.mailgun.com/resources/research/state-of-email-deliverability/
Operational Technology (OT)
OT refers to hardware and software that detects or causes changes through direct monitoring and control of physical devices, processes, and events in industries like manufacturing, energy, and transport. Key in industrial automation and safety, OT integrates with IT to optimize operations and enable real-time data analysis.
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): EU regulation aimed at enhancing cybersecurity across digital products/services. Mandates security requirements, risk management, incident reporting, and improved supply chain security. Promotes resilience against cyber threats, protects consumers, and fosters trust in digital market.
EU AI Act
EU AI Act: Regulates AI using risk-based framework, classifications (minimal to unacceptable risk), compliance obligations, and enforcement measures. Aims to promote innovation, ensure safety, protect rights, and establish ethical guidelines for AI deployment in Europe.
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
CNAPP integrates cloud security tools for visibility, compliance, threat detection, and workload protection. Simplifies securing cloud-native apps across environments.
Data Clean Room
A secure environment enables data analysis between parties without exposing raw data, preserving privacy. Used for collaboration, targeting, measurement in marketing, and adhering to regulations.
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Cybercrime targeting organizations; attackers exploit email to impersonate executives, suppliers, or partners, deceiving victims into transferring funds or sharing sensitive data. Methods include phishing, social engineering, and account compromise. Preventive measures: strong authentication, employee training, and email filtering.
Dragos’ Lee Urges Enhanced IT Cybersecurity for Safeguarding Critical OT Infrastructure
Dragos’ CEO Robert Lee emphasizes the need for specialized IT cybersecurity measures to protect operational technology (OT) infrastructure, which is increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. He warns that conflating IT security with OT protection can expose industrial organizations to greater risks. Lee advocates for tailored OT cybersecurity strategies to ensure safe operations across sectors like energy and water. He notes the importance of corporate leadership understanding the distinctions between IT and OT security to make informed decisions and establish effective defenses against rising threats from state actors and criminal groups.