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ransomware
Ransomware will thrive until we change our strategy

We have reached a stage where ransomware isn’t simply a cybercrime issue: it is now clearly a business disruptor, a threat to societal trust, and increasingly, a national …

supply chain
Your supply chain security strategy might be missing the biggest risk

Third-party involvement in data breaches has doubled this year from 15 percent to nearly 30 percent. In response, many organizations have sharpened their focus on third-party …

Gonçalo Magalhães
The legal minefield of hacking back

In this Help Net Security interview, Gonçalo Magalhães, Head of Security at Immunefi, discusses the legal and ethical implications of hacking back in cross-border cyber …

cyber risks
What the law says about your next data breach

In this Help Net Security video, Chad Humphries, Solution Consultant, Networks & Cyber Security at Rockwell Automation, explores how cyber risk quantification is becoming …

work
How to land your first job in cybersecurity

According to LinkedIn, job applications have surged over 45% in the past year, with 11,000 applications submitted every minute. This flood of applications is making it harder …

world
Why we must go beyond tooling and CVEs to illuminate security blind spots

In April, the cybersecurity community held its breath as the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program was plunged into a moment of existential crisis. In the end, an …

strategy
Real-world numbers for estimating security audit costs

At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, Luke Skywalker races through the Death Star trench, hearing the ghostly voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi telling him to trust him. Luke places …

friction
Why your security team feels stuck

Cybersecurity friction usually gets framed as a user problem: password policies that frustrate employees, MFA that slows down logins, or blocked apps that send workers into …

networking
NTLM relay attacks are back from the dead

NTLM relay attacks are the easiest way for an attacker to compromise domain-joined hosts. While many security practitioners think NTLM relay is a solved problem, it is not – …

lock
Africa’s cybersecurity crisis and the push to mobilizing communities to safeguard a digital future

While Africa hosts some of the fastest-growing digital economies globally, it also faces persistent challenges in cybersecurity preparedness. Many organizations and …

Tammy Hornsby-Fink
Federal Reserve System CISO on aligning cyber risk management with transparency, trust

In this Help Net Security interview, Tammy Hornsby-Fink, CISO at Federal Reserve System, shares how the Fed approaches cyber risk with a scenario-based, intelligence-driven …

network
Managing through chaos to secure networks

Every time there’s a natural or manmade disaster that takes medical equipment offline, cuts connectivity to emergency services and loved ones, or shuts down access to ATMs, …

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