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Working through the cybersecurity skills gap

It’s no secret that there’s a shortage of qualified personnel in the field of cybersecurity. It’s a problem that has long been noticed and one that is projected to get even …

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Week in review: Digital signature spoofing, securing microservices

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Fooling security tools into believing malicious code was signed by Apple Security, …

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Exploring the maturity of corporate security awareness programs

Cyber security awareness programs are beginning to gain ground among businesses, but many of the professionals responsible for their implementation are challenged by a lack of …

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New trends advance user privacy

Privacy and security online are one of the top concerns of Americans, especially after numerous massive data breaches (Equifax, Yahoo, Uber) that happened in the past couple …

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Most aerospace and defense companies to integrate blockchain by 2021

Approximately six in seven aerospace/defense companies (86 percent) expect to integrate blockchain into their corporate systems within three years, according to a new research …

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Don’t start the blockchain revolution without making security a top priority

McAfee released a report detailing the numerous cybersecurity risks associated with blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, and asserts the necessity of making cybersecurity a top …

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Europe and Russia home to half of credential theft victims worldwide

According to Blueliv’s credential detection data, since the start of 2018 there has been a 39% increase in the number of compromised credentials detected from Europe and …

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DNS amplification attacks double in Q1 2018

DNS amplification types of DDoS attacks doubled in the first quarter of 2018 over last quarter, and spiked nearly 700 percent year-over-year, according to Nexusguard. …

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IoT connections to grow 140%, will reach 50 billion by 2022

New data has revealed that the total number of connected IoT sensors and devices is set to exceed 50 billion by 2022, up from an estimated 21 billion in 2018. Juniper Research …

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Compliance worries prevent greater cloud use

New research released by WinMagic shows that 87% of ITDMs limit their use of the cloud because of the complexity of managing regulatory compliance. A quarter said, it meant as …

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Has paying the ransom become business as usual?

Radware released its 2018 Executive Application and Network Security Report. For the first time in the survey’s five-year history, a majority of executives (53%) reported …

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Cost of lagging DevOps and microservice enablement? $34 million per year

Despite the vast majority of cloud management decision-makers believing that DevOps and microservice enablement are important, very few believe that their organizations are …

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