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Should government officials complete basic cyber security training?

Venafi announced the results of a survey of 515 IT security professionals’ views on the cyber security literacy of government officials. The survey was conducted August 4-9, …

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What’s keeping Europe’s top infosec pros awake at night?

As the world adapts to GDPR and puts more attention on personal privacy and security, Europe’s top information security professionals still have doubts about the industry’s …

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Are privacy and personal identity impossible to protect?

While consumers and businesses expand their use of social media and electronic services to record levels, many of America’s most knowledgeable security professionals don’t …

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Love letters from a Black Hat to all the fools on the Internet

As an underground, “black hat” hacker, I don’t have time for significant others. I’m too busy earning stacks of cash to improve my Bitcoin mining rigs …

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EFF offers legal advice to researchers at Black Hat, B-Sides and DEF CON

Not all security researchers have someone to talk to and ask specific advice about the legal challenges that they could be faced while doing their work. If you are one of …

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Which countermeasures improve security and which are a waste of money?

If you want to know about which cyber defenses are most effective and which are a waste of money and resources, ask a hacker. And that’s just what Nuix researchers did. …

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Kali Linux certification, first official Kali book on the horizon

The Kali Linux distribution celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The hugely popular open source project, maintained by Offensive Security, announced today that its new …

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Measuring IT security health with GreySpark

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2016, Brit Wanick, Vice President of Sales, FourV Systems, talks about measuring IT security health with GreySpark. GreySpark …

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SimpleRisk: Enterprise risk management simplified

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2016, Josh Sokol, creator of SimpleRisk, talks about his risk management tool, which he presented at the Black Hat Arsenal. Written …

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Data protection for any cloud, anywhere

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2016, Jeff Schilling, CSO at Armor, talks about Armor Anywhere, which provides user-friendly managed security, with visibility and …

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Key elements for successfully prioritizing vulnerability remediation

New vulnerabilities are disclosed every day, amounting to thousands per year. Naturally, not all vulnerabilities are created equal. In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA …

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A closer look at IT risk management and measurement

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2016, Casey Corcoran, Partner, FourV Systems, talks about the most significant trends cyber security and risk management. He …

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