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Your Liberal Arts Degree Gives You the Skills for a Cybersecurity Career

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Many people don’t realize a liberal arts degree opens the doors for a wide range of careers. That includes careers in cybersecurity. And with the skills gap and the number of available jobs, there is clearly a demand out there. Someone has to step up to fill those jobs. So, why not someone with a […]

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A Journey in Organizational Resilience: Training and Testing

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We are far from a breach-free world. After all, even cybercriminals have shown their own form of resilience. For example, after a short hiatus, the ransomware group REvil came back in September 2021. Until the day we can leave our ‘cyber front door’ unlocked, any organizational resilience framework you employ needs to include a healthy […]

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Red & Blue: United We Stand

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Offensive and defensive security are typically viewed as opposite sides of the same fence. On one side, the offensive team aims to prevent attackers from compromising an organization, whereas on the other side the defensive team aims to stop attackers once they are inside. The fence, metaphorically speaking, is the adversary. The adversary’s moves, motives […]

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Hackers Exploit the COVID-19 Pandemic for Cyber Scams

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Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the global crisis coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to attempt cyber scams! The Wave of Coronavirus Cyber Scams While the world is busy fighting with the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), cyber attackers are misusin… Continue reading Hackers Exploit the COVID-19 Pandemic for Cyber Scams→

To My Fellow CEOs: Cyber Security is your Business Too!

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With each passing year, cyber security challenges have become more complex and more frequent. But along with this, the threat they pose to the business revenue of an organization has become immense.  This is even more true in these times when the world… Continue reading To My Fellow CEOs: Cyber Security is your Business Too!→

Ransomware Cost to Grow Exponentially to Reach $265 Billion by 2031

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The footprint of ransomware has been growing globally in terms of both impact and payouts for attackers. However, it has also evolved into many dangerous forms nowadays as threat actors are stealing sensitive info through ransomware attacks and threate… Continue reading Ransomware Cost to Grow Exponentially to Reach $265 Billion by 2031→

Everyone Wants to Build a Cyber Range: Should You? Part 2

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The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way we work, and a large variety of teams have either gone virtual or hybrid, working remotely in some capacity, including IT and security teams. In a pandemic or other crisis, security teams that wish to stay sharp and continue to work on their incident response capabilities should consider […]

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Belgium’s Interior Ministry Faces Cyber Attack

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As per a report published in the Security Week, the Belgium interior ministry has revealed that they were at the receiving end of a ‘sophisticated cyber attack’. They are calling it ‘cyber espionage’. However, the spokesperson of the ministry has confi… Continue reading Belgium’s Interior Ministry Faces Cyber Attack→

Everyone Wants to Build a Cyber Range: Should You?

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In the last few years, IBM X-Force has seen an unprecedented increase in requests to build cyber ranges. By cyber ranges, we mean facilities or online spaces that enable team training and exercises of cyberattack responses. Companies understand the need to drill their plans based on real-world conditions and using real tools, attacks and procedures. […]

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Cyber Attack Simulation: Upgrade Your Training Tactic in 2021!

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Did you know? Recently, a student’s negligence allowed Ryuk ransomware to get a free run into a biomolecular facility in Europe! Even the infamous Equifax data breach in 2017 was the result of employee negligence! These are not the only two instances o… Continue reading Cyber Attack Simulation: Upgrade Your Training Tactic in 2021!→