From Data Outages to TikTok Bans

Three ways CSOs can mitigate outage impact from the inside out by Leo Vasiliou is our lead piece of content this week. A 2023 Forrester survey reported that 39% of respondents estimated their company lost up to one million dollars due to disruptions in the preceding month, CSOs must work to prevent these outages from the inside out. Leo discusses why the impact of undiscovered network issues can be so profound, ranging from immediate financial losses to irreparable damage to customer trust.

SecurityInfoWatch managing editor John Dobberstein provides a compelling piece entitled cyber experts debate possible TikTok ban, national security vs. free speech. John gives us a well-sourced insight into this issue as the U.S. lawmakers and President Biden have approved legislation that makes a ban on TikTok in the U.S. more likely, cybersecurity experts have differing opinions on whether a ban would be effective and if free speech rights would suffer. Justin Miller, Associate Professor of Cyber Studies at the University of Tulsa who completed a 25-year career in the U.S. Secret Service, is not in the camp of security experts pushing for a ban, noting that China could potentially spy on U.S. citizens with almost any application on their phones.

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Steve Lasky, Editorial Director EBM Security Group