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 […]
Protecting Against Modern Cyberattacks
By Bala Sethunathan, CISO and Global Director of the Security Practice at SoftwareONE Modern cyberattacks are increasing in complexity and sophistication, as hackers are developing attack tools at a faster […]
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 […]
Data of 21 million Mixcloud users available for sale on the dark web
The online music streaming service Mixcloud was recently breached by a hacker that is attempting to sell stolen user data in a dark web marketplace. On Friday, the hacker that […]
Software Defined Perimeter Deep Dive & Required Implementation Readiness
By Parthasarathi Chakraborty SDN, SDWAN & SDP have frequently encountered terminologies to the technology professionals these days. It is necessary to understand each of these terms before making any technology […]
Cybersecurity Essentials for Small and Medium Businesses
Protect your business from hackers by knowing some of the top cybersecurity essentials you should adapt within your organization. By Peter Porr, Marketing and Brand Manager, ImageWare Systems Both government agencies […]
In A World of External Threats, How Are Businesses Putting Themselves In Jeopardy?
By Stephanie Douglas, Senior Managing Director, Guidepost Solutions Just about every possible facet of your personal information can be subject to compromise: credit card or social security numbers, social media […]
How to Address the Top 5 Human Threats to Your Data
By Dave Sikora The first step in developing a resilient cybersecurity posture is identifying what it is you are trying to protect. For most businesses today, that most valuable asset […]
Are Financial Services the Golden Goose for Cybercriminals?
By Yair Green, CTO, GlobalDots The financial services industry has been a long-time favorite target for cybercriminals. They are always looking to steal information related to payment cards, online accounts, […]
How to Build an Effective Insider Threat Program: Part II, Technology
By Shareth Ben, Insider Threat SME at Securonix In the first part of this series, we discussed how insider threats can be mitigated by a well-thought-out insider threat program that […]
How to Build an Effective Insider Threat Program: Part I
By Shareth Ben, Insider Threat SME at Securonix On the heels of insider threat awareness month, it’s clear that although we are more aware of the attacks and threats from […]
From Guards to Detectives: Evolving the Junior Security Analyst Role
By Mike Armistead, CEO and Co-Founder, Respond Software Across all industries, we’re coming to accept and, in some cases, look forward to augmenting human roles with the support of intelligent […]
The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
By John Harrison, Director, Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, Criterion Systems It is easy to be skeptical about Artificial Intelligence (AI). It has been promised (threatened?) for years, and while it […]
3 Must-Do Tasks to Make Vulnerability Management Useful in Today’s Environments
By Jim Souders, Chief Executive Officer, Adaptiva I recently heard an executive describe how his team essentially threw its vulnerability report in the trash every time they received one. This […]
Detrimental Ransomware Effects
Lost coursework and headaches By Charles Parker, II Sir John Colfox Academy is a secondary school in Bridport, Dorset in the UK. The school has 828 students, aged between 11 […]
Achieving Cybersecurity Readiness with AI-Powered, Gamified Training
By Keenan Skelly, Vice President of Global Partnerships and Security Evangelist at Circadence “THE CYBERSECURITY SKILLS GAP” It is written about so much in the cyber industry that it seems […]
Facial Recognition: Killing the Password One Photo ID at a Time
By Stephen Stuut, CEO of Jumio In today’s complex cybersecurity landscape, the notion of utilizing a password to validate a The user’s authenticity is rudimentary. Cybercriminals can retrieve passwords in […]
Three Key Business Lessons From The Founder of a Big Data Security Company
By MacLane Wilkison, Co-Founder of ZeroDB When startups mix with corporations we see an oil-and-water effect. There’s often a gap in work practices, organizational structure, and managerial outlook, not to […]
Improving Quality And Security With Binary Analysis
By Bill Graham, Technical Marketing Consultant, GrammaTech Introduction: Companies serious about quality, safety, and security need to manage the risks in their supply chain, including software such as commercial of […]
Adding Efficiency to Security
By Dave Thompson, Senior Director, Product Management, LightCyber The words “operational efficiency” and “security” are generally not commonly used together. I’m amazed that after 20 years in the networking/network security […]
How Can You Tell If Your WordPress Site Has Been Hacked?
WordPress is the foundation of a large chunk of the web, which makes it an obvious target for criminals and hackers. If attackers find a vulnerability in WordPress, they have […]
Lock, stock and two smoking … access controls
By Milica D. Djekic The point of this article would not be to deal with some of London’s gangs, but rather to present what the access control is and why […]
Belfast – The New Hotbed for Cybersecurity Talent
By Olivier Vallez New York, NY – Like many people, my perception of Northern Ireland conjures images of dreary weather, stone thatched houses, and when it comes to industry, perhaps […]
Privacy and Security Issues in Autonomous Cars
By David Navetta, Boris Segalis, and Kris Kleiner, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP As the development of self-driving car technology progresses, the prospect of privately-owned autonomous vehicles operating on public […]
5 mistakes hindering effectiveness of SIEM solutions: Learning from real-life cases
With a SIEM solution installed, the security department can think it’s time to grab some popcorn and watch the system perfectly dealing with all possible threats impending their networks. Ah, […]
E-Recycling: Exploring the “End-of-Life” Issues for Connected Devices
A brief digest from the E-Scrap Conference & Trade Show 2019 Orlando, FL – What happens to our beloved tech devices when they die? Wouldn’t it be great if the […]
OPEN ACCESS APIs
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE THE PLATFORM MORE SECURE By David Midgley, Head of Operations, Total Processing I’m sure if you’re reading this, you already have a reasonable […]
SecurityScorecard – Risk Assessment Made Simple!
An interview with Susanne Gurman of SecurityScorecard, from Black Hat 2019 Las Vegas, NV – Amidst all the hustle and bustle of Black Hat 2019, I was privileged to have […]