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Last time, I had the opportunity to talk to Toronto’s own Jennifer Fernick. Somehow, she juggles graduate computer science studies with taking care of a bank’s cybersecurity. I couldn’t do that! This time, I had the honour of speaking… Continue reading Women in Information Security: Claire Reckless
The 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report digs deep into data-driven findings about the state of global cybersecurity across a number of industries that include manufacturing, healthcare, financial and public administration. Verizon’s 11th annua… Continue reading 5 Insights From the 2018 Verizon DBIR
One of the biggest concerns of any cybersecurity analyst is whether or not they will be able to stop an attack before it can do any damage. That said, making sense of the flood of alerts is, in itself, a time-consuming task. As networks become more com… Continue reading Improving Incident Response Time With Smarter Network Security Tools
GandCrab has become one of the most devastating, and hence most successful, ransomware families of 2018. Alongside the Dharma cryptovirus family, GandCrab has enslaved the files of millions of users in a number of active campaigns via several iteration… Continue reading Files Encrypted by GandCrab Ransomware Can Now Be Decrypted for Free
Online shopping has become so popular that it has contributed to the fall of once giant businesses like Sears. But beneath the convenience of ordering goods at home is a mammoth cybersecurity problem that affects millions of users every year. You may t… Continue reading Staying Secure When Online Shopping: Getting the Basics Right
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual, national observance to raise awareness for online security. This is a relevant topic today, as every day it seems like a new data breach makes headlines. From government organizations to big… Continue reading Survey: Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Experienced a Data Breach in the Past Three Years
Last time, I had the privilege of interviewing Fortalice Solutions founder Theresa Payton. Her combination of White House and private sector intelligence and cybersecurity experience gives her a truly one-of-a-kind perspective in this industry. This ti… Continue reading Women in Information Security: Jennifer Fernick
One of the most accredited forms of validation for a citizen’s identity is a Social Security Number. A Social Security Number is a significant piece of government-issued identification in the United States. When this information is compromised, i… Continue reading Scraping Social Security Numbers on the Web
On September 20, 2018, the White House released a new cybersecurity strategy with several important changes in direction meant to give government agencies and law enforcement partners a greater ability to respond to cybercrime and nation-state att… Continue reading U.S. National Cyber Strategy: What You Need to Know
During the last half of the 1990s, there was a concern for employees using their own home desktop computers to dial in to the corporate network from home. Thousands of articles and hundreds of conference sessions discussed the associated risks and then… Continue reading NCSAM: Six Tips to Help Keep your Business Secure