The ethical and legal dilemmas of threat researchers
Threat intelligence is mainstreaming into a de-facto everyday tool of cyber-defense. But all that intelligence must be collected, analyzed, and prepared by someone. Enter …
Most businesses believe stronger data protection policies will lead to fewer breaches
In light of new data privacy legislations, a new Webroot report looks at how businesses in the U.S., U.K., and Australia are adjusting to new data security measures in order …
Are security pros happy with their jobs and salaries?
Do security professionals like their jobs and would they recommend a career in cyber security to those looking into one? What do they like about their jobs and what motivates …
Threat analytics: Keeping companies ahead of emerging application threats
Every application that is downloaded via an app store runs in a zero-trust environment. When a protected app is published to an official app store, an open loop of protection …
GDPR compliance: Identifying an organization’s unique profile
After a two-year transition period, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable beginning 25 May 2018. Presumably, many large companies have been working …
Too many IT pros ignore critical security issues
A recent Outpost24 survey of 155 IT professionals, which revealed that 42 percent ignore critical security issues when they don’t know how to fix them (16 percent) or don’t …
Breach activity declines, number of compromised records remains high
After year over year increases in the number of reported data breaches, Risk Based Security has released the results of their Q1 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report, showing the …
Why collaboration can be a killer app for defense
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Travis Farral, Director of Security Strategy at Anomali, talks about the impact of blue team collaboration. Discover why …
Build security into software up front: Believe it or not, it’s cheaper and faster
“You can pay me now, or you can pay me later” was the tagline of a 1981 ad promoting oil filters. Seems simple, but the implied message was much stronger: It wasn’t about …
Leveraging security analytics to investigate and hunt modern threats
In this interview, Gary Golomb, co-founder at Awake Security, talks about how machine learning help develop a scalable enterprise cybersecurity plan, what technologies can …
Adoption of security ratings platforms is on the rise
Forrester Consulting surveyed 158 security leaders to evaluate how enterprises are assessing and managing security threats to their IT infrastructure, as well as to their …
Cyber risk assessment and disclosure requirements: What’s important to you?
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Jerry Caponera, VP cyber risk strategy at Nehemiah Security, offers some interesting thoughts on cyber risk assessment and …