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Economic impact and perceptions around the cybersecurity gender gap
If the number of women working in cybersecurity in the United States equalled that of men, the economic footprint of the U.S. cybersecurity industry would increase by $30.4 …
Rising threats call for primary cyber resilience, new strategies for governments
Cybercriminals are holding governments hostage more frequently, expanding their attack base, and asking for more money, according to a report released by Deloitte. The study …
Coronavirus as an opportunity to evolve security architecture
Fear of coronavirus infections has resulted in organizations ruling out large meetings. Healthy individuals are in home-quarantine for weeks at a time, even though they are …
Cybercriminals leveraging coronavirus outbreak to execute ransomware attacks
Cybercriminals are likely to leverage the global anxiety around the coronavirus outbreak to execute ransomware attacks against businesses, according to RiskIQ. After extensive …
DNS over HTTPS misuse or abuse: How to stay secure
Firefox and Chrome have recently begun supporting external DNS resolvers in the cloud. The use of these DNS services bypasses controls that enterprise IT organizations put in …
IRS scams during tax season target unsuspecting consumers
Scam robocalls and phishing emails disguised as banks continue to trick consumers to put their personal information at risk, and tax season is no exception. Increase in …
Multi-cloud and edge deployments threatened by security and connectivity problems
Organizations face major infrastructure and security challenges in supporting multi-cloud and edge deployments, according to a Volterra survey of more than 400 IT executives. …
Excel template: Plan and monitor your security spending
The Ultimate Security Budget Plan & Track template is an Excel spreadsheet that comes pre-packaged with the required formulas to continuously measure, on a monthly basis, …
Why a risk-based approach to application security can bolster your defenses
Like it or not, cybercrime is big business these days. A casual glance at the news at any given time will typically reveal several new breaches, usually involving eye-watering …
What is open threat intelligence and what is driving it?
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2020, Todd Weller, Chief Strategy Officer at Bandura Cyber, discusses the modern threat intelligence landscape and the …
Researchers develop data exchange approach with blockchain-based security features
An IT startup has developed a novel blockchain-based approach for secure linking of databases, called ChainifyDB. “Our software resembles keyhole surgery. With a barely …
eBook: Automating Incident Response
This 17-page e-book examines the increasing pressures faced by cybersecurity teams, risks of ineffective alert triage and new automation capabilities that dramatically improve …
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