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Dark Reading Daily [TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( July 06, 2024 LATEST SECURITY FEATURES & COMMENTARY [Networking Without the Hangover]( How Sober in Cyber is redefining professional connections in the security industry. [Name That Edge Toon: Cyber Cloudburst]( Feeling creative? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card. [3 Ways to Chill Attacks on Snowflake]( Multifactor authentication is a good first step, but businesses should look to collect and analyze data to hunt for threats, manage identities more closely, and limit the impact of attacks. [What Cybersecurity Defense Looks Like for School Districts]( Dark Reading chats with Johnathan Kim, director of technology at the Woodland Hills School District in North Braddock, Penn., about why cybercriminals target schools — and what they can do about it. [Google Opens $250K Bug Bounty Contest for VM Hypervisor]( If security researchers can execute a guest-to-host attack using a zero-day vulnerability in the KVM open source hypervisor, Google will make it worth their while. [Apple's AI Moves Will Impact Future Chip, Cloud Security Plans]( Analysts say Apple's black-box approach provides a blueprint for rival chip makers and cloud providers. [MORE FROM THE EDGE]( / [MORE FROM DR TECHNOLOGY]( HOT TOPICS [Euro 2024 Becomes Latest Sporting Event to Attract Cyberattacks]( Cybercriminals are selling credentials linked to the tournament on underground markets, with some geopolitics playing out in denial-of-service attacks. [Are SOC 2 Reports Sufficient for Vendor Risk Management?]( SOC 2 reports are a valuable tool for evaluating vendor security, but they shouldn't be the only piece of the puzzle. [Ransomware Extortion Demands Soar to $5.2M per Attack]( The highest ransom demanded by threat actors this year so far was nearly 20 times last year's average. [MORE]( PRODUCTS & RELEASES [Implementing Zero Trust and Mitigating Risk: ISC2 Courses to Support Your Development]( [Cybersecurity Veteran Kevin Mandia Named General Partner of Ballistic Ventures]( [Odaseva Raises $54M Series C Round to Expand Product Offerings and Continue Category Leadership]( [Optiv Report Shows Nearly 60% Increase in Security Budgets as Most Organizations Report Cyber Breaches and Incidents]( [Akamai Completes Acquisition of API Security Company Noname]( [MORE PRODUCTS & RELEASES]( EDITORS' CHOICE [Is Defense Winning? A Look at Decades of Playing Catch-up]( In this Black Hat USA preview, scholar Jason Healey examines strategies for measuring and shifting the balance of cyber defense. [Ensuring AI Safety While Balancing Innovation]( Experts will explore the oft-neglected necessity of AI safety and its integration with security practices at next month's Black Hat USA in Las Vegas. [A CISO's Guide to Avoiding Jail After a Breach]( Yahoo, Uber, SolarWinds — increasingly, the government is incentivizing better corporate security by punishing the individuals leading it. Is that a good idea? And how can security pros avoid ending up on the butt end of a lawsuit? WEBINARS - [The CIOs Guide to Enhancing GRC in 2024]( When structured correctly, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) can enable enterprises to align IT and business goals, while mitigating risks and abiding by industry and government requirements. Effectively manage your resources and unify your enterprise by utilizing emerging technology that ... - [How to Amplify DevOps with DevSecOps]( Some dev and security teams mix it up in all the wrong ways, whether that’s in constant clashes or in unintentional operational shortfalls. Either way, it’s time to batten the hatches and unite the crew. This webinar shares ... [View More Dark Reading Webinars >>]( WHITE PAPERS - [Threat Hunting's Evolution:From On-Premises to the Cloud]( - [The Three-Point Action Plan for new CISOs]( - [Data Protection Essentials: Proactive PII Leak Prevention and Data Mapping for GDPR]( - [Google Cloud Threat Horizons Report, H1 2024]( - [Google Threat Intelligence]( - [Leveling Up Cyber-Threat Intelligence Maturity for More Value and Better Insights]( - [5 Essential Insights into Generative AI for Security Leaders]( [View More White Papers >>]( FEATURED REPORTS - [2024 InformationWeek US IT Salary Report]( - [2023 Global Threat Report]( - [EMA: AI at your fingertips: How Elastic AI Assistant simplifies cybersecurity]( [View More Dark Reading Reports >>]( Dark Reading Daily -- Published By [Dark Reading]( Informa Tech Holdings LLC | Registered in the United States with number 7418737 | 605 Third Ave., 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10158, USA To opt-out of any future Dark Reading Daily Newsletter emails, please respond [here.]( Thoughts about this newsletter? 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