The Dark Truth of Insider Threat
By Richard Menear, CEO, Burning Tree In any business, we inherently want to trust the people we work with. By and large, we can. However, the reality is that insiders […]
Best Practices for Building A Comprehensive Cyber Risk Management Program
By Haythem Hammour, Product Marketing Manager, Brinqa A primary goal for most information security organizations today is the identification, prioritization, and remediation of cyber risk. Businesses struggle with risk management […]
Really, Imagine a Day Without Water
By Michael Yehoshua On October 23, toothpaste maker Colgate and world champion swimmer, Michael Phelps, the ambassador for the company’s Save Water initiative, headed over 1,100 organizations across the United […]
Browser Extensions Are a Leaky Vessel for Phishers to Exploit
By Atif Mushtaq, CEO, SlashNext Some of the most common and helpful ways to optimize web browsers are by adding extensions, such as those offered by Google Chrome. These typically […]
How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks (Detailed Guide)
Connecting to public networks is easy but staying safe on these networks is not easy as we think! Here are some tips to stay safe on public hotspots. By Susan […]
Hindsight Is 2020: Three Security Visions for The Start of The New Decade
By Dan Cole, Director, Product Management, ThreatConnect With the advent of the next decade upon us, predictions for the future are sure to abound. Prophets will prophesy, forecasters will forecast, […]
It’s Time for A Tough Conversation About Trust
By Gary Golomb, co-founder and chief scientist, Awake Security The lay reader may think computer and network security is mostly about controlling for malware, rogue code, exploits, ransomware, nation-state attacks, […]
New Security Report Highlights Trends in Mid-Market Business Malware
By Emil Hozan, Security Analyst, WatchGuard Technologies As the security landscape continues to grow and shift, WatchGuard’s Threat Lab research team continues to offer insights into the latest malware and […]
Out-Smarting the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage
By Ofer Or, VP of Product, Tufin Organizations across the globe are struggling to recruit the talent they need for their open security roles. Unfortunately, the problem is expected to […]
Watch out, hackers are targeting CVE-2018-0296 Cisco fixed in 2018
Cisco has warned customers that hackers continue to target Cisco ASA and Firepower Appliance products by exploiting the CVE-2018-0296 flaw. Experts warn that threat actors continue to exploit the CVE-2018-0296 […]
Why Insider Data Breaches Will Continue in 2020
By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached Insider Data Breaches That Occurred in 2019 More than two-thirds of corporations are not prepared to combat Insider Data Breaches as reported […]
The Growing Costs of Cyber Attacks on UK Small Businesses
By Dan Baker, Content Writer, SecureTeam The amount of cyber attacks in the UK and across the world continues to grow each year and small businesses are increasingly the targets […]
Automatic for The SOC People
How Automation Can Quell Those Pesky False Positives By Steve Salinas, Director of Product Marketing, Siemplify As a newly hired cybersecurity analyst, you’re excited to start vanquishing threats and thwarting […]
The Only Recession in Cybersecurity
Sleep-deprived, overworked and fatigued security professionals impose huge risks to an organization By Karl Sharman, Vice-President, BeecherMadden Tired, overworked and fatigued employees pose huge risks to organizations. It’s obvious to […]
The Email Security Challenges
By Milica D. Djekic Let’s try to remember the times of the old, good letters when the postman was knocking at your door or apparently leaving the message in your […]
The Security Challenges of Robotic Process Automation—A Primer
By Kevin Ross, Global Solutions Engineer, CyberArk Robotic process automation (RPA) is one of the hottest technologies in the IT market today. These systems enable software robots to replicate the actions […]
2020 – The Year of The Weaponized Internet
By Darren Anstee, Chief Technology Officer, SBO International, NETSCOUT The risk posed by the weaponization of internet infrastructure for DDoS attack generation will be a hot topic for ISPs once […]
Government Agencies Are Prime Target for Cyberattacks
By Gerry Grealish, Chief Marketing Officer, Ericom Software On August 16, 2019, 22 small towns, municipalities and local governments in Texas were hit by a coordinated ransomware attack. The hackers […]
BeyondTrust Cybersecurity Predictions for 2020 & Beyond
2020 Prediction Contributors: Morey Haber, CTO/CISO at BeyondTrust and Christopher Hills, Sr. Solutions Architect, Office of the CTO at BeyondTrust It’s possible that the earliest security predictions began on that […]
6 Benefits of Using MFT for Encrypted File Transfers
A managed file transfer (MFT) solution is a product that successfully handles all aspects of inbound and outbound file transfers while utilizing industry-standard network protocols and encryption. It can automate […]
Persistent Cybersecurity Industry Challenges: Salary Survey Finds Parity Gaps for Gender, Diversity and Trouble Sustaining Work-Life Balance
By Trevor Daughney, VP of Product Marketing, Exabeam Annually, Exabeam conducts a Cybersecurity Salary, Skills, and Stress Survey* to gain insight on trends in the salaries of security professionals, as […]
Oh, my! PerCSoft’s Irony
By Charles Parker, II; MBA/MSA/JD/LLM/PhD PerCSoft is a Wisconsin business. The organization provides online data backup services for dental offices. This operates by placing data in the cloud. They had […]
Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity… Is The Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full?
A brief interview summary from the Digital Transformation EXPO Europe 2019 London, England – There’s a tremendous amount of buzz surrounding A.I. these days. Some believe it will present us […]
TTEC – On The Cusp of Receiving the Federal “Seal of Approval”
New York, NY – TTEC is about to receive FedRAMP (moderate) certification in January 2020, and DoD IL4 certification a few months after that. How did they accomplish this esteemed […]
3-D Secure: The Legacy Protocol Making a Comeback to Secure Online Payments
By Jennifer Singh Consumers today are spoiled for choice – which clothes to wear, gadgets to buy and payment networks to use to acquire these goods. The competition is tight […]
8 Most Common Cyber-security Mistakes You Should Avoid in 2020 and Beyond
By Sam Chester Be it stolen customer data, phishing, or ransomware attacks, successful cyberattacks can affect businesses of any size and in any industry. A 2018 study by Juniper Research […]
5 Simple Ways to Protect Your Smartphone from Cyber Attacks
By Jamshaid Chaudhary, Kamil Web Solutions Where the onset of the internet has been a blessing for almost everyone, it has also proved to be a curse for many of […]
3 Cybersecurity Trends & Predictions for 2020 (from Illumio)
By PJ Kirner, CTO & Founder of Illumio 1) “We’ll start to hear more about the convergence of physical infiltration with cyberattacks, challenging security across the board.” “Cyberattacks on an […]
Applying Security Across Heterogeneous IT Systems
Proactive Threat Interference® provides protection not offered by other cybersecurity approaches By Steve Ryan, CEO & Co-Founder, Trinity Cyber, Inc. Do I patch my system in the name of security, […]
What Does A Cyber Security Consultant Do?
By Stuart Cooke, Digital Marketing Manager at Evalian Are you considering becoming a cybersecurity consultant? Or perhaps you’ve recently become aware of the importance of this type of security and […]