The latest episode of the ISMG Security Report focuses on the clash between President-elect Donald Trump and the U.S. intelligence community on whether the Russian government directed the hack of Democratic Party computers to influence the American presidential election.

To deal with the risks posed by the explosive growth of the internet of things, CISOs and CIOs must expand the scope of their security efforts, says Ganesh Ramamoorthy, vice president of research at Gartner.

Medical device makers need to ensure they have procedures in place to take quicker action once they're alerted of cybersecurity issues in their products, says attorney Yarmela Pavlovic, who specializes in healthcare regulatory issues.

A U.K. Information Commissioner's report on its investigation into a 2015 TalkTalk breach offers essential information security takeaways for any organization that wants to avoid being breached, says David Stubley of 7 Elements.

The latest episode of the ISMG Security Report leads with security experts questioning the effectiveness of U.S. imposed sanctions against the Russians to stop Kremlin-backed cyberattacks.

Advanced threats are multi-layered and borderless - and so are today's enterprises. These are among the factors pushing organizations to adopt the Intelligent Hybrid Security approach, says Anil Nandigam of NSFOCUS.

As the Trump administration begins, expect a ramp-up in cyber espionage as well as more "test attacks" by nation-states, says cybersecurity specialist Brad Medairy of the consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton.

An analysis of a National Institute of Standards and Technology initiative to identify algorithms that could defend encryption against attacks from quantum computers leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: An update on new FDA guidance on cybersecurity for medical devices.

Now that more breaches are targeting industrial control systems, organizations that have paid little attention to operational technology security must ramp up their protection efforts, says breach response expert Christopher Novak of Verizon.

With the rise of malware infecting IoT devices, DDoS defenders "have to assume that the attackers have an unlimited supply of machines that they can compromise," says Akamai's Michael Smith. But quarantines, ISP feedback loops and better patch management can bolster defenses.