How human bias impacts cybersecurity decision making
The human brain is a fantastic machine, but we’re all subject to cognitive bias and reasoning errors – and cybersecurity pros are no exception. In a newly released …
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Is there a weak link in blockchain security?
Recent research revealed that blockchain is set to become ubiquitous by 2025, entering mainstream business and underpinning supply chains worldwide. This technology is set to …
There’s a significant disconnect between DevOps capabilities and DevSecOps readiness
Retailers are putting their customer’s data at risk by failing to incorporate proper security controls in their new application development practices, according to the latest …
Criminals are selling hacking services targeting world’s biggest companies
A new study – undertaken by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey, and underwritten by Bromium – provides details of first-hand …
Global communications service providers struggling to fend off growing number of DDoS attacks
Global communications service providers, whose businesses are predicated on continuous availability and reliable service levels, are struggling to fend off a growing number of …
Workforce diversity key to plugging the IT skills gap
An (ISC)2 study of employees in 1,000 organizations in the U.K. and 250 in the Netherlands reveals that workplace diversity in IT and security has become a key operational …
Trust nothing: A life in infosec is a life of suspicion
Like many before him, Amit Serper started his cybersecurity career in one of Israel’s intelligence agencies. Nine years later, he left for the private sector: he joined …
How privileged insiders threaten the security of global organizations
A new global survey from BeyondTrust explores the visibility, control, and management that IT organizations in the U.S., APAC, Europe and the Middle East have over employees, …
Will biometrics replace passwords for online payment authentication?
Over half of consumers in the UK (53 percent) are worried that the shift to biometrics to authenticate online payments will dramatically increase the amount of identity fraud, …
Advancing transparency and accountability in the cybersecurity industry
NSS Labs, the Texas-based company that specializes in testing the world’s security products, has a new CEO. Jason Brvenik, the company’s CTO since early 2017, took over …
