Experiences and attitudes towards cloud-specific security capabilities
Dimensional research conducted a survey of IT professionals responsible for cloud environments. The survey, which is comprised of data collected from over 600 respondents from …
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Excessive alerts, outdated metrics, lead to over-taxed security operations centers
A new study, conducted by 360Velocity and Dr. Chenxi Wang, found that excessive alerts, outdated metrics, and limited integration lead to over-taxed security operations …
Automating out of the skill gap sinkhole
The cybersecurity skills gap is one of the most daunting challenges facing the industry. We have a vibrant ecosystem of technology vendors developing shiny new tools, but the …
Afraid of AI? We should be
Not (yet!) of a sentient digital entity that could turn rogue and cause the end of mankind, but the exploitation of artificial intelligence and machine learning for nefarious …
Expected changes in IT/OT convergence and industrial security
Ten years ago, I was brought into the industrial security arena by a top company executive in who was convinced that we needed traditional endpoint protection on smart meters. …
Polisis: AI-based framework for analyzing privacy policies in real time
It has been known for a while that the overwhelming majority of Internet users doesn’t read privacy policies and terms of service before agreeing to them. Those few that do …
IT ops and engineering are embracing automation to increase business agility
Based on a survey of nearly 700 engineering and operations individuals globally, a report by Indeni and GNS3 reveals a programming knowledge gap that is having an impact on …
Researchers showcase automated cyber threat anticipation system
A group of researchers is trying to develop an automatic early warning system that should help defenders take preventative action before specific cyber attacks start …
AutoSploit: Automated mass exploitation of remote hosts using Shodan and Metasploit
A “cyber security enthusiast” that goes by VectorSEC on Twitter has published AutoSploit, a Python-based tool that takes advantage of Shodan and Metasploit modules …
What is a security data lake?
The concepts of the data lake and the specialized security data lake are relatively new. While data lakes have a bit of a head start in adoption – largely among data science …
