CISOs Must Focus on People and Technologies Amid Rising Attacks Strategies CISOs need to put in place to deal with a rising volume of attacks were discussed by a panel of security leaders during a webinar. Set up by cybersecurity firm F-Secure, the session was built upon the latest findings from its CISOs’ New Dawn report, which surveyed 28 senior information security leaders across the US, UK and Europe about how their roles have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion began by highlighting the how cyber-criminals have ramped up the targeting of employees since the shift to remote working during COVID-19. Indeed, the report found employees were the most popular attack vector in the past year. Marc Ashworth, CISO at First Bank, explained that a lot of these attacks were based around phishing, and therefore investing in email security and stepping up training exercises for staff is critical. At First Bank, he said controls have been introduced recently “to help signify an external email versus an internal email,” alongside other help for staff in detecting potentially malicious messages.