
Richard Ford: A physicist’s strange journey to become an infosec scientist
Many of today’s information security professionals started their path towards a career in the industry by becoming frustrated gamers. Richard Ford, Chief Scientist at …

The evil of vanity metrics
With the fast-paced evolution of tools and connectedness in business operations, the amount of network and log data has exploded. However, organizations have largely failed to …

Cut the FUD: Why Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt is harming the security industry
Although the acronym is close to a century old, FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) has come to be closely associated with the technology industry since the 1970s. FUD is a …

10 tips to optimize security during the holidays
Optiv Security shared its annual list of tips to help organizations get the most from their security programs during the busy holiday season. A team of security experts …

Infosec expert viewpoint: DevOps security
A Ponemon Institute survey of nearly 1,250 global public sector IT decision makers and managers revealed that public sector organizations undergoing digital transformation are …

Not everything is sophisticated, let’s keep it simple
I don’t have dandruff. But if I did, then I could use a new sophisticated formula to cure my condition. Whether the problem is dandruff or a malware-related threat, the term …

Three keys to making technical debt manageable
Remember back to a time when you worked on a project in college or grade school. You’re pushing through the project, and there is one piece that’s completed, but you know if …

Six data security questions that every board needs to ask
As data breaches become a constant headline, data security should be a major concern for company boards everywhere. Unless a board member has been hired specifically to …

Only 12% or organizations are likely to detect a sophisticated cyber attack
Organizations believe that today’s cyber threat landscape places them at high risk of cyber attacks. The EY survey of nearly 1,200 C-level leaders of the world’s …

5 cloud storage predictions for 2018
At this point, the cloud is old news. This does not, however, diminish its continuing impact on individuals and businesses worldwide. As cloud-based services strive towards …

Most businesses to invest in artificial intelligence by 2020
Eighty-five per cent of senior executives plan to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2020, according to a new survey of UK digital …

Poor security habits are the ideal recipe for a breach
A Preempt survey of more than 200 employees (management level or above) from enterprise companies of 1000 or more people, found that businesses are left exposed by employees …
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