Educational institutions are prime targets for ransomware and other cyberattacks due to their open nature and troves of sensitive data, requiring continuous investment in cyber defenses and strong security practices, said Steve Zuromski, CIO at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.

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Information Security Media group CTO and CISO Dan Grosu discusses the challenges of realistically implementing the directives in President Joe Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence. Hint: He thinks it's going to be "a madhouse" if enterprises don't get more educated about AI.

Regulating AI: 'It's Going to Be a Madhouse'

While fewer healthcare websites appear to be using online trackers now than a year ago, nearly 1 in 3 firms are still using Meta Pixel and similar tech tools despite warnings from regulators and a rise in class action litigation alleging privacy violations, said Ian Cohen, CEO of Lokker.

Web Trackers Persist in Healthcare Despite Privacy Risks

SecurityGate CEO Ted Gutierrez said the SEC's new cybersecurity mandates give "more teeth to the idea that cybersecurity is a business problem." He discussed the need for CISOs to link cyber risk and business outcomes and other ways in which the rules affect the field of cybersecurity.

Correlating Cyber Investments With Business Outcomes

While most healthcare sector organizations hit with ransomware attacks never imagine giving in to extortion demands, the pressures they face in dealing with the crisis often push about half of them to pay, said attorney Lynn Sessions of BakerHostetler, speaking about the firm's healthcare clients.

Why Many Healthcare Sector Entities End Up Paying Ransoms

Medical device makers submitting products for premarket approval by the Food and Drug Administration often struggle the most with cybersecurity in three major areas - design controls, providing a software bill of materials and testing, according to Nastassia Tamari of the FDA.

How One University Is Beefing Up Cyber Defenses, Programs

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