Author Archives: Sue Poremba

Reach Out to Peers and Vendors to Build Your Security

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Cyberattacks don’t happen in a vacuum. While your organization may be specifically targeted by cybercriminals, the style of attack they are using isn’t unique to you. It’s one they will use over and over, especially if it is successful, and will sell on the Dark Web for other cyber criminals to buy, use and modify. […]

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How Cyber Insurance Changed Cybersecurity

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When cyber insurance first became available in the 1990s, there wasn’t much need for it — or at least, so people thought. The internet as we know it today was still in its infancy, and most organizations didn’t see the point of cyber insurance. The original policies were to cover liability around software and media […]

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How the Talent Shortage Impacts Cybersecurity Leadership

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The lack of a skilled cybersecurity workforce stalls the effectiveness of any organization’s security program. Yes, automated tools and technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) offer a layer of support, and bringing in a managed security service provider (MSSP) provides expertise that isn’t available in-house. But it isn’t enough, especially for the […]

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Secure-by-Design: A 2023 Cybersecurity Prime

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The traditional approach to security has been to get the product to market fast and worry about security later. Unfortunately, that approach has never really worked. It puts too much of the cybersecurity responsibilities on the customer and leaves many vulnerabilities primed for exploitation at any point in the supply chain.  As cyber threats become […]

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The Important Role of SOAR in Cybersecurity

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Understaffed security teams need all the help they can get, and they are finding that help through SOAR. SOAR — security orchestration, automation and response — is defined by Gartner as the “technologies that enable organizations to collect inputs monitored by the security operations team.” Gartner identifies a SOAR platform’s three prime functionalities: Threat and […]

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What Does a Network Security Engineer Do?

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Cybersecurity is complex. The digital transformation, remote work and the ever-evolving threat landscape require different tools and different skill sets. Systems must be in place to protect endpoints, identities and a borderless network perimeter. The job role responsible for handling this complex security infrastructure is the network security engineer. In a nutshell, the network security […]

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What’s Going Into NIST’s New Digital Identity Guidelines?

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One of this year’s biggest positive cybersecurity events comes from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For the first time since 2017, NIST is updating its digital identity guidelines.  These new guidelines will help set the course for best practices in handling digital identity for organizations across all sectors. What is Digital Identity? […]

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Why Crowdsourced Security is Devastating to Threat Actors

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Almost every day, my spouse and I have a conversation about spam. Not the canned meat, but the number of unwelcomed emails and text messages we receive. He gets several nefarious text messages a day, while I maybe get one a week. Phishing emails come in waves — right now, I’m getting daily warnings that […]

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How The Talent Shortage Changes the Approach to Cybersecurity

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There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news is that the number of cybersecurity professionals has reached an all-time high. According to (ISC)2’s annual Cybersecurity Workforce Study, 4.7 million people currently work in a security-related job.  The bad news: the study also found a worldwide gap of 3.4 million cybersecurity workers. 70% of […]

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Who Carries the Weight of a Cyberattack?

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Almost immediately after a company discovers a data breach, the finger-pointing begins. Who is to blame? Most often, it is the chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO) because protecting the network infrastructure is their job. Heck, it is even in their job title: they are the security officer. Security is their […]

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