Ask Chloé: Career Advancement

Welcome to the Ask Chloé column on Security Boulevard! Each week, Chloé provides advice to readers’ questions to help guide them as they navigate the technology industry. This week, Chloé helps a reader who’s between jobs and looking to keep the… Continue reading Ask Chloé: Career Advancement

Digital Habits During Pandemic Have Lasting Impact

The unexpected global pandemic left the world scrambling to maintain their daily activities and work as best they could. With stay-at-home orders that lasted for months on end—and some countries currently instituting another wave of lockdowns—most peo… Continue reading Digital Habits During Pandemic Have Lasting Impact

Reevaluating Your Breach Prevention Strategy

Do you deploy security products to protect your organization against data breaches as part of your infrastructure cybersecurity strategy? If so, it’s important to ensure there are no critical gaps in your security stack. If you consider the cate… Continue reading Reevaluating Your Breach Prevention Strategy

What the Van Buren Case Means For Security Researchers

The federal computer crime law prohibits “computer trespass.” This includes both “accessing” a computer without authorization, and “exceeding the scope of authorization” to access a computer. If these terms seem vague and ambiguous to you, well,… Continue reading What the Van Buren Case Means For Security Researchers

Kaseya Postpones Bringing ITSM Platforms Back Up

Kaseya has decided to postpone bringing its IT service management (ITSM) platform back online after a ransomware attack until Sunday afternoon July 11, 2021, Eastern Standard Time. Previously, the company had committed to bringing both the software-as… Continue reading Kaseya Postpones Bringing ITSM Platforms Back Up

China ‘Eugenics’ Claim as BGI Hoards Prenatal Test DNA Data

Chinese genetics company BGI accused of misusing DNA harvested from prenatal testing.
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Real-Time Threat Assessment With In-Memory Computing

Today’s security information and event management (SIEM) solutions are inundated with incoming events and tracking potential threats to network infrastructure. Significant events must be identified and correlated to detect lateral movement and kill ch… Continue reading Real-Time Threat Assessment With In-Memory Computing

Automated Network Segmentation is a Security Service Away

Network segmentation is a practice as old as Ethernet. Though it was originally a practice to limit broadcast domains, as the number of connected devices and environments grew, the applicability of segmentation became a staple practice for security, a… Continue reading Automated Network Segmentation is a Security Service Away

Remote Work Brings User Complaints and High IT Costs

A recent “Work From Anywhere” survey commissioned by Cato Networks revealed that IT has encountered many unexpected challenges supporting and securing remote users in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey, which queried some 2,686 IT leaders, … Continue reading Remote Work Brings User Complaints and High IT Costs

How to Protect Medical Devices from Ransomware

Cyberattacks on hospitals are rising, and patients are worried. Is my personal data at risk? Could ransomware or hackers effectively shut down the ER near me?  Consider these findings from a March 2021 report by cybersecurity provider Morphisec:   Abo… Continue reading How to Protect Medical Devices from Ransomware