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Protecting Critical Infrastructure in the Age of IoT

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Keeping up with advances in technology is like being a hamster on a wheel: the race never ends. But that drive is ultimately what yields innovative advances in IT – for both hackers and cyber professionals alike. We need to understand that we cannot control this evolution – neither its speed nor progress – but […]… Read More

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The Cloud’s Shared Responsibility Model Explained

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Over the past few months, the security industry has witnessed several major cloud data breaches. The Deep Root Analytics leak sent shockwaves across the cybersecurity community in June, as sensitive information on 197 million American voters was exposed. A few weeks later, data on six million Verizon users was exposed by Nice systems, a third-party […]… Read More

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How to Safeguard Your Online Banking Information

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10 years ago, people used to enter a bank physically to complete any kind of transaction. The situation has changed a lot today. With the introduction of online banking, people are able to make all types of transactions with the click or touch of a button. Last year, a survey from Bank of America revealed […]… Read More

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Stackoverflowin: The Story of How IoT Broke the Internet

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Recently, an incident commonly referred to as “stackoverflowin” swept social media. On February 4, 2017, a 17-year-old hacker from the UK using the alias ‘stackoverflowin’ decided on a whim to do some printing. He printed quite a bit. In fact, he printed so much that it started to trend on Twitter. That’s because he printed […]… Read More

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Cyber Security Recruiting: Win Top Candidates with These Tips

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Your cyber security department has some big hurdles when it comes to hiring. In IT, 10% of all job postings are in cyber, and the growth rate is 2x faster than other IT jobs. There will be 1.5–2 million unfilled cyber jobs by 2019. Currently, cyber job postings take 24% longer to fill than other […]… Read More

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Countdown List: 5 Tips to get the Most from Your Penetration Testers

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All CISOs know at least one story of a penetration test that went wrong. And many of them can share stories of penetration tests that went deeply wrong. For this reason, it is a worthwhile exercise to take account of best practices in managing such engagements. This is important for modern enterprise security teams given […]… Read More

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The Forever Viral Facebook Virus

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As much as Facebook has brought many people from the remotest parts of the world together, connecting them over vast expanses of space and time, the platform has become one of the major distributors for cybercriminals. Their malicious intent is to spread viruses, malware and spyware throughout the abyss that is the internet. Being able […]… Read More

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How Prepared Are You for the NERC CIPv5 Audit?

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How prepared are you for the NERC CIPv5 audit? Maybe you’re ready to jump in with both feet, maybe you have no idea where to start, or maybe you’re somewhere in the middle. No matter where you land, there are some best practices to help you along the way. While I can’t promise to rid […]… Read More

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The Skills Gap Is an “Entry-Level” Problem

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There is much consternation and many dismal proclamations from think tanks all the way to Twitter eggs decrying the shortage of skilled information security workers. The skills gap does exist, but it isn’t a singular chasm. It’s a series of rifts and valleys, each with different characteristics. Beyond acknowledging the gap, we need to survey […]… Read More

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10 Things to Know About the Network and Information Security Directive

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Have you heard about the European Union’s Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, which is scheduled to enter into member state law in 2018? Maybe not. Both the world’s attention and appetite for IT security legislation has been overfed with all things General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) over the past two years, leaving little limelight […]… Read More

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