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Tell us what you think: (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Survey
(ISC)², the world’s largest association of certified cybersecurity professionals, is launching its annual Cybersecurity Workforce Survey, and they want to hear from you. …

Week in review: Zoom end-to-end encryption, 5G adoption and security, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: VMware Cloud Director vulnerability enables a full cloud infrastructure takeover A …

June 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Steady as she goes
It’s hard to believe we’re almost halfway through our 2020 Patch Tuesdays already. Working from home has a strange effect on time – each day seems very long, but the weeks are …

Despite investing in DevOps tools and practices, teams still encounter customer-impacting errors
An overwhelming majority of organizations prioritize software quality over speed, yet still experience customer-impacting issues regularly, according to OverOps. The report, …

Understanding cyber threats to APIs
This is the fourth of a series of articles that introduces and explains API security threats, challenges, and solutions for participants in software development, operations, …

Digital transformation drives middle market resiliency
Digital transformation has tipped from buzzword to baseline in the middle market, and not a moment too soon. As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the health of people and …

Enterprise mobile phishing increased by 37% in Q1 2020
There was a 37 percent increase worldwide in enterprise mobile phishing encounter rate between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, according to Lookout. …

Cooking up secure code: A foolproof recipe for open source
The use of open source code in modern software has become nearly ubiquitous. It makes perfect sense: facing ever-increasing pressures to accelerate the rate at which new …

Researchers develop IoT security and privacy label
When hungry consumers want to know how many calories are in a bag of chips, they can check the nutrition label on the bag. When those same consumers want to check the security …

Increased attacks and the power of a fully staffed cybersecurity team
The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and even more so during this time of disruption. According to ISACA’s survey, most respondents believe that their …

Cybercriminals exposed 5 billion records in 2019, costing U.S. organizations over $1.2 trillion
Cybercriminals exposed over 5 billion records in 2019, costing over $1.2 trillion to U.S. organizations, according to ForgeRock. Coupled with breaches in 2018 costing over …

Global revenue from OCP infrastructure market to reach $33.8 billion in 2024
Worldwide revenue from the Open Compute Project (OCP) infrastructure market will reach $33.8 billion in 2024, according to IDC. While year-over-year growth will slow slightly …
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