Cybersecurity workforce skills gap rises to over 4 million

The estimated current cybersecurity workforce is 2.8 million professionals, while the amount of additional trained staff needed to close the skills gap is 4.07 million professionals, according to (ISC)2. The data indicates a necessary cybersecurity wor… Continue reading Cybersecurity workforce skills gap rises to over 4 million

Immersive Labs Raises $40M for Cybersecurity Training

The chronic shortage of cybersecurity professionals appears to be finally driving major investments in online learning platforms focused on cybersecurity training. Immersive Labs this week raised an additional $40 million in funding that will be used … Continue reading Immersive Labs Raises $40M for Cybersecurity Training

Cybersecurity is About Teamwork, Not Individuals

More and more, businesses blame cyberattacks on “human error,” that single employee who, either accidentally or maliciously, made a decision that resulted in a security breach. You probably remember the 2017 Equifax breach that exposed over… Continue reading Cybersecurity is About Teamwork, Not Individuals

Phishing attacks are a complex problem that requires layered solutions

Most cyber attacks start with a social engineering attempt and, most often that not, it takes the form of a phishing email. It’s easy to understand the popularity of this attack vector: phishing campaigns are relatively inexpensive (money- and ti… Continue reading Phishing attacks are a complex problem that requires layered solutions

Phishing Just Got More Complicated

Last month, the FBI released a note warning businesses that hackers are bypassing two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication is usually seen as extra secure because it not only requires your username and passcode but also a unique security to… Continue reading Phishing Just Got More Complicated

The Increasing UK Cyber Skills Gap

As organisations throughout the UK embrace Cyber Security Awareness Month, Intelligencia Training looks at why businesses are continuing to battle an increasing cyber skills gap.
Following an audit in 2018, the UK government recently announced plans to… Continue reading The Increasing UK Cyber Skills Gap

Training Announce: “Hunting with OSSEC”

After the 2018 DeepSec edition in November and the BruCON Spring Training in April, I’m happy to come back on the DeepSec 2019 schedule! OSSEC is sometimes described as a low-cost log management solution but it has many interesting features which, when combined with external sources of information, may help

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Join me for a webinar about making cybersecurity relevant in modern day culture

Next week, on Thursday 12th September 2019 at 3pm UK (that’s 10am EST), I’ll be participating in a webinar hosted by The Register alongside MetaCompliance’s Robert O’Brien – and I’d love it if you joined in!
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Army Cyber Command is trying to become an information warfare force

U.S. Army Cyber Command could soon have a new identity. Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty said this week he wants his military outfit, dedicated to electronic warfare and information operations, to be renamed as the “Army Information Warfare Command.” The rechristening would better represent a new military mission, he said, and come at a time when Army cyber personnel increasingly deal with troll farms on social media, disrupt ISIS operations, and work to confuse international adversaries’ understanding of U.S. military units’ location. “The intent is to provide a proposal that will change us from Army Cyber Command to Army Information Warfare Command because we believe that is a more accurate descriptor of what I am being asked to do on a daily basis,” Fogarty said at the AFCEA TechNet conference in Augusta, Georgia this week. But this change, which Fogarty said he intends to push internally at the Department of Defense over the next two months, is more than just a new […]

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