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As companies embrace the DevOps phenomenon in hopes of producing applications at a faster rate, they are also introducing insecure software into the digital ecosystem. DevOps, itself, is a software lifecycle movement which blends developmental and oper… Continue reading BSides Springfield Preview: How To DevOps (While Sneaking in Security)
Insider threats top the list of the most dangerous cyber risks for organizations worldwide. It doesn’t take much effort for insiders to steal your sensitive data, while such activities are hard to discover and impossible to prevent. Unfortunately… Continue reading 7 Questions for Evaluating your Security Posture against Insider Threats
Last time, I had the pleasure of speaking with Susan Ballestero. She taught me a lot about what it’s like to work in a security operations center. This time, I got the opportunity to speak with Rebecca Herold. She’s been in the cybersecurit… Continue reading Women in Information Security: Rebecca Herold
Bitcoin whales are considered to be people who have thousands of coins in their crypto-wallets. As it turned out, there are very few of them. Chainalysis studied the network of the first cryptocurrency and found that only 1600 addresses contain more th… Continue reading Harpoon Cannon Method: How Scammers Catch Bitcoin Whales
Several companies have made online productivity solutions like G Suite from Google the preferred option for business computing. It’s incredibly convenient and usually inexpensive for anyone from solo operations through large enterprises to replac… Continue reading How Scammers Use Google for Business Email Compromise
A recent report from the office of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Inspector General indicates that several hydropower dams are vulnerable to internal threats. Specifically, an evaluation was conducted of five hydropower dams operated by th… Continue reading Hydroelectric Dams and ICS Security
Security should be at the top of the mind for any organization. It has been estimated that damages from cyber crime would cost around $6 trillion annually by 2021. With growing threats to information systems and data, it is extremely important for orga… Continue reading Four Cyber Security Risks and How to Address Them
GDPR has been in effect since May 25th, 2018. The purpose of the regulation is twofold: to enhance the privacy of an EU citizen’s related information and to strengthen the powers of the data protection institutions and regulators to act against a… Continue reading Organizational Cybersecurity: At the Crossroads of Culture & GDPR
Last time, I had the opportunity of speaking with Avi. Avi’s not a woman, but they’re a badass hacker with a natural intuition for cybersecurity that has been put to excellent use. This time, I had the pleasure of speaking with Susan Balles… Continue reading Women in Information Security: Susan Ballestero
Recently, researchers from The New York Institute of Technology and the Stevens Institute of Technology computer science department released a paper about using a relatively new machine learning technique to make computers 18-24 percent better at guess… Continue reading How Deep Learning Is Making Computers Better at Guessing Your Passwords