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Truth be told, there are many women in cybersecurity who are tired of talking about women in the industry as if they are anomalies. For many female professionals, it’s far past the time for the narrative to change. Rather than be seen as a token… Continue reading Women in Cybersecurity No Longer an ‘Anomaly’
Making employees aware of their impact is integral to a successful business security strategy When children cover their eyes and insist no one can see them, it’s cute. But when the majority of American adults use the same strategy to protect themselve… Continue reading In Business Security, Employee Cyber Hygiene Matters
Small businesses have many of the same security challenges as larger organizations, without access to the same technologies Cybersecurity has become one of the biggest problems facing millions of internet and online network users today. While at first… Continue reading How Can Small Businesses Safeguard Against Cyberattacks?
Employees pose a huge risk to an organization. For years, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has listed employees or insiders as a top threat. It appears that leadership is finally starting to pay attention to this threat. According … Continue reading Employees: Part of the Attack Surface
Differing approaches to pleasing in-demand talent can keep security employees happy and reduce attrition The cybersecurity skills shortage that is so widely discussed is forecasted to result in 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2021. Research from ESG… Continue reading 3 Tips for Reducing Security Staff Turnover
Is there a cybersecurity skills gap? Plenty of surveys and anecdotal evidence seem to say that’s the case. For example, an end-of-year survey of IT professionals conducted by ESG found that 53 percent of organizations reported a shortage of security s… Continue reading Do We Really Have a Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Time to Refocus the Hiring Process
Twelve years’ worth of data has blasted off into the Dark Web. Continue reading Hackers Succeed in NASA Mission, Lifting Thousands of Employee Records
Security awareness in the workplace takes effective training Fifteen years ago, the No. 1 problem plaguing corporate email inboxes was spam, which bogged down users but wasn’t typically malicious. A lot has changed since then: Today, hackers and cyber… Continue reading Security Awareness: 5 Creative Ways to Train Employees on Cybersecurity
Organizations face security threats such as data breaches from numerous sources, however many only consider attacks from external sources. However, 60 percent of attacks are the result of trusted insiders with access to sensitive intellectual property… Continue reading Employee Hacks: Spotting Insider Threats
Security operations teams are drowning under a sea of alerts that aren’t quieting down anytime soon, and the threat of the growing skills gap has fomented lots of worry about how to fill the talent pipeline. A recent Ponemon study found that 75 percen… Continue reading Corporate ‘Boot Camps’ and Other Ways to Find and Retain Security Talent