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Week in review: The data skills gap, new Kali Linux release, Apache Solr RCEs with public PoCs
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: The overlooked part of an infosec strategy: Cyber insurance underwriting When a data …
Pain points for CTOs: A primer of the most stressful aspects of the job
The role of chief technology officer is evolving quickly because of the current spate of technology and its development. Not so long ago, CTOs focused heavily on IT operations …
Five cybersecurity certifications that provide value to employers
The cybersecurity skills gap and talent shortage continue to widen year over year as the result of a proverbial square peg and round hole situation. The peg: prospective …
How can financial institutions prevent shopping season fraud?
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the years’ busiest shopping days. For consumers and retailers alike, it marks the beginning of the winter holiday shopping season, as …
There’s no way to fill the data skills gap, what now?
A recent survey of 100 UK CIOs found that 76% are worried about recruiting the IT staff they need to remain competitive. They’re right to be worried. The European Commission …
Most businesses have yet to allocate a CCPA compliance budget
Only 15% of organizations report having a mature approach to data privacy, 59% have yet to allocate budget to CCPA compliance, and 58% are currently using or will look to …
Port cybersecurity: Safeguarding operations against cyber attacks
Port stakeholders are facing more and more cybersecurity challenges with the emergence of new threats, regulations and increased digitalization. Major incidents such as …
SoniTalk: A new method for near-field communication
The technology is available for free and – contrary to similar technologies – focuses on security and data protection. In this way, SoniTalk leaves it up to the …
As the online shopping season begins, consumers worry about cybercrime
A majority of U.S. consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping online for the first time ever, yet a survey from F-Secure finds that most internet users remain …
The overlooked part of an infosec strategy: Cyber insurance underwriting
When a data breach or cyber attack hits the headlines one of the last things businesses are likely to consider is how cyber insurance could helped. Outside of a general …
CVE gap widens: 16,738 vulnerabilities disclosed during the first nine months of 2019
Risk Based Security’s VulnDB team aggregated 16,738 newly-disclosed vulnerabilities during the first three quarters of 2019 which surpassed CVE/NVD by 5,970 during the same …
Free download: Botnet and IoT Security Guide 2020
The Council to Secure the Digital Economy (CSDE), a partnership between global technology, communications, and internet companies supported by USTelecom—The Broadband …
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