Peach Melba Day - ESW #256

It's a new year and a time when we make resolutions…which often drop off by the start of February. To keep your security resolutions for 2022, today's show will be about enterprise security pitfalls and the areas corporations should focus on when planning their cybersecurity strategy for the year. Topics will include proper data hygiene; ransomware prevention and recovery techniques; challenges in securing a distributed workforce and the changing role of IT and containing data sprawl. We're looking forward to keeping you informed throughout 2022! 2021 was the most active year in federal cybersecurity policy. Ever. The Biden administration used executive orders, new regulations, public/private partnerships and novel law enforcement strategies to shore up federal systems and engage with industry. Meanwhile, an otherwise active year in Congress took a hit when several major pieces of legislation like incident reporting mandates and federal cybersecurity reform were left of the NDAA. SC Media government reporter Derek B. Johnson will discuss what came out last year's flurry and what we can expect Congress to prioritize in 2022. In the Enterprise Security News for this week: Pentera announces a $150m Series C - YAU (Yet Another Unicorn), Herjavec Group merges with Fishtech, Google acquires SOAR vendor SIEMplify, A European grocery store buys BAS vendor XM Cyber, Flashpoint acquires vuln intel vendor Risk Based Security, Recorded Future acquires SecurityTrails, Drama in the Israeli cybersecurity news, Security, Analyst is the #1 best job of 2022, Microsoft to start rolling out its own hardware security chip, & Some annoying words get banned!   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw256 Segment Resources: https://www.scmagazine.com/feature/policy/every-month-has-been-cybersecurity-awareness-month-for-the-biden-administration   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly