As cyberattacks increase, governments globally are countering with cybersecurity regulations affecting Chief Information Officers (CIOs). MIT has tracked a 20% rise in data breaches from 2022 to 2023 and identified five key regulatory requirements CIOs need to address: maintaining a comprehensive software inventory (software bill of materials), implementing cybersecurity at product design stage (secure by design), prohibiting ransomware payments, enforcing data governance, and reporting cybersecurity incidents. Violation of these regulations can have substantial public and financial penalties.

Valley Man Who Sold Spying Malware, Pleads To Conspiracy
A man from Van Nuys has confessed to conspiring to sell malware, known as Hive RAT, that allowed buyers to illegally access computers, stealing personal