2020 is halfway over. Many people will see this milestone as a good thing. In fact, most people would probably say that 2020 cannot be over fast enough. Even for a virtual organization in an industry not severely damaged by the pandemic, CTA has faced some real challenges during 2020.
The Cyber Threat Alliance joined CompTIA, the Cybersecurity Coalition, the Global Cyber Alliance, the Alliance for Digital Innovation, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Internet Association, and BSA, the Software Alliance, in sending a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) urging the…
New York, N.Y., March 31, 2020 – Today a coalition of 13 nonprofit organizations joined the Work From Home. Secure Your Business. campaign. The organizations participating in the campaign include: The Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland e.V./German Cyber-Security Council Bestyrelsesforeningen/Danish Board Leadership Society Cybercrime Support Network APWG eu…
Board of Directors elections return industry veterans John Petrie (NTT, Ltd.), Corey Thomas (Rapid7), and Joe Levy (Sophos) to serve alongside CTA Charter Member Directors to advance stronger cybersecurity across and beyond our membership WASHINGTON, February 11, 2020 — Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA), a nonprofit organization working to improve…
Tell us a little about yourself. What was your background before coming to CTA? Prior to joining the CTA in February 2017, I served as a Special Assistant to President Obama and as Cybersecurity Coordinator on the National Security Council Staff. In this role, I was responsible for leading…
The Cybersecurity Coalition and the Cyber Threat Alliance submitted a letter on July 17, 2019 to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on its feedback on the draft Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Administrative Regulation.
Joint Coalition CTA Letter to House E&C on CVE 9112018 The Cybersecurity Coalition and the Cyber Threat Alliance submitted a letter of support on September 11, 2018 to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on its…
On May 23, 2018, Cisco’s Talos Group released a blog on a new sophisticated modular malware system called “VPNFilter.” This malware is targeting networking equipment all over the world and has recently begun a large-scale infection of devices in Ukraine. VPNFilter is troubling for a number of reasons, as…
Since our founding last year, we’ve been busy. Our membership has more than doubled by growing from six to seventeen members; sharing on the platform has increased in terms of total volume and in the amount of context included; and we have built up our staff to support the mission. We’ve…
In our post last month, we talked about what companies need to do internally to adopt a holistic, long-term risk management approach to cybersecurity. The big takeaways were five steps companies can take to drive down their individual cybersecurity risks to a more manageable level. If more companies implemented…