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How to build a security tool that sells
In my experience as a CISO in the industry, as well as in my current position as CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, an early-stage, cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, …

Attackers using default credentials to target businesses, Raspberry Pi and Linux top targets
Findings from a Bulletproof report highlight the issue posed by poor security hygiene as automated attacks remain a high security threat to businesses. The research gathered …

How fast can organizations respond to a cybersecurity crisis?
Immersive Labs launched an analysis of human cyber capabilities. The report analyzed cyber knowledge, skills and judgment from over half a million exercises and simulations …

Biden legitimizes cryptocurrency with regulatory exploration
For some time, cryptocurrency was considered a fringe currency – a libertarian means of investing that challenged the traditional framework of brokers, trade desks and …

Take a walk on the client side: The importance of front-end JavaScript security assessments
As e-skimming, Magecart, and other types of front-end attacks grow in frequency and severity, businesses are faced with finding ways to protect the front-end (i.e., client …

Perimeter intrusion detection systems market to reach $5.98 billion by 2026
The global perimeter intrusion detection systems market is expected to witness an incremental growth of $5.98 billion between 2021 and 2026. Technavio expects the growth to …

On-demand webinar: Demystifying zero trust to protect connected assets in OT
Over the past few years, zero trust has become a commonly used phrase for security professionals. While we may understand that a zero-trust framework or architecture should be …
What is threatening the financial sector?
According to a report from F-Secure, ransomware is the top threat for financial services organizations, with phishing, exposed remote desktop protocol (RDP) ports, and the …
Malicious web application requests climbed 88% between 2020 and 2021
According to a report released by Radware, between 2020 and 2021, the number of malicious web application requests climbed 88%, more than double the year-over-year growth rate …

Are you willing to take a calculated risk? Quantifying your cyber risk and predicting future threats
We can all agree that cyber attacks are inevitable. The next step for cybersecurity professionals is reaching a consensus on the best way to prepare for unknown threats …

The simple secret to app security? Time
The thing about being a security consultant is that people are always looking to you for the “secret” to building a secure digital anything. And by “secret,” they usually mean …

Malicious web application requests skyrocketing, bad actors stealthier than ever before
Radware released report findings which underscore 2021 as the year of the web application attack. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of malicious web application requests …
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