Training Methods: Internal vs. External – What’s Best For You?

Business and organization requirements evolve at a rapid pace and technology has been advancing at an even faster pace. However, the fast pace doesn’t stop companies from re-evaluating their training methods and strategies. In actuality, it may e… Continue reading Training Methods: Internal vs. External – What’s Best For You?

Results from the (5th Annual) 2017 Volatility Plugin Contest are in!

Congratulations to all the participants! This year’s contest resulted in a ton of new and exciting functionality
available to law enforcement agents, DF/IR practitioners, malware
analysts, and researchers around the globe, which can immediately be
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Army must empower next generation to succeed in cyber, senior official says

For the armed forces to succeed in cyberspace, the military must avoid “groupthink” by exploring new approaches and empowering junior service members, a senior U.S. Army official says. To quickly develop the Army’s cyber capabilities requires that leadership consider unique options while also adjusting for a different culture brought in by recruits who are inherently digitally savvy, according to Col. Chris Wade, director of the Army’s Task Force Cyber Strong. The program is designed to quickly develop and improve the military’s ability to defend against and launch cyberattacks. “What we want to avoid in the Army is that ‘groupthink,’” Wade said Thursday at the Red Hat Government Symposium presented by FedScoop. “That’s challenging for us as leaders … we got to embrace what’s going on .. giving power to the lowest levels so that guys can think through problems and rapidly react.” Wade, who serves in the Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief […]

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Seven Ways To Earn PMP PDUs

So you’ve earned your Project Management Professional certification and all the stress of the exam has melted away. Now you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all that being a PMP has to offer. Well alomst. Being a PMP is an honor within any industry, it validates the time, knowledge, effort, and skills it takes […]

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Seven Ways To Earn PMP PDUs

So you’ve earned your Project Management Professional certification and all the stress of the exam has melted away. Now you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all that being a PMP has to offer. Well alomst. Being a PMP is an honor within any industry, it validates the time, knowledge, effort, and skills it takes […]

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8570.01M Update: CSA+ Officially Added To Baseline Certs

When CompTIA’s Cybersecurity Analyst (CSA+) certification was released in February 2017, many who follow the Department of Defense Directive 8570.01M had the same question. “Will the CSA+ certification become an 8570 cert?” We now know that YES, with the October 8570.01M update; CSA+ is now an official baseline certification for the IA Workforce Improvement Program […]

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Security+ (Plus) SY0-501 vs SY0-401: Learn What Has Changed

On October 4, 2017, CompTIA released the Security+ (Plus) SY0-501 exam. While their has been many guesses on the changes that will take place to the Security+ certification exam; Phoenix TS is happy to share our “insider knowledge” on what we know so far about Security+ (Plus) Sy0-501! A Bit Of Background About The Security+ […]

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Security+ (Plus) SY0-501 vs SY0-401: Learn What Has Changed

On October 4, 2017, CompTIA released the Security+ (Plus) SY0-501 exam. While their has been many guesses on the changes that will take place to the Security+ certification exam; Phoenix TS is happy to share our “insider knowledge” on what we know so far about Security+ (Plus) Sy0-501! A Bit Of Background About The Security+ […]

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FBI’s recruitment strategy for cybersecurity pros starts early, focuses on high school

The FBI’s longterm strategy for hiring proficient cybersecurity professionals involves reaching into high schools, helping foster STEM education and perhaps most importantly, encouraging students to enroll in Scholarship for Service programs that eventually guide them toward Quantico, said Howard Marshall, deputy assistant director of the bureau’s cybersecurity division. “[Cyber workforce recruitment] is a huge challenge for us, maybe one of our biggest,” Marshall said Wednesday at CyberTalks in Washington, D.C. “We have a significant portion of our agents and investigators that are not equipped, what you could probably call not tech-savvy, that are not going to be much help when it comes to the technical side of an investigation.” Marshall said the FBI currently has a nationwide pilot program in which agents are working to encourage the study and development of science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses in high school. The idea is to get students engaged in exercises and other activities that […]

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Financial institutions launch their own cyber range to train defenders, test tools

Banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions are banding together to design and build a series of cyber ranges — computer environments where defenders can exercise, train and test tools to defend their real computer networks against online attackers. The initiative, by the Financial Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Council, or FS-ISAC, has already built out the first range and will stage the first exercise on it at the end of November at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, according to Shaun Brady, a consultant with FS-ISAC. “Some will be there physically, others will take part remotely,” Brady told CyberScoop on the fringes of the Integrated Cyber Conference staged by the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab as part of DC CyberWeek. The sector “does a great job with table top exercises,” said Brady, but those are more policy and management orientated. There was a dearth of “hands-on-keyboards” style war games, he said. Eventually, […]

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