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What’s preventing organizations from making pragmatic security decisions?
Human beings are poor judges of risk. For example, we perceive the risk of air travel to be higher than it actually is after a fatal aviation-related accident happens. We also …

Python backdoor attacks and how to prevent them
Python backdoor attacks are increasingly common. Iran, for example, used a MechaFlounder Python backdoor attack against Turkey last year. Scripting attacks are nearly as …

Top priorities for business leaders during COVID-19 crisis
88% of organizations have encouraged or required employees to work from home, regardless of whether or not they showed coronavirus-related symptoms, according to a Gartner …

Crowdsourced pentesting is not without its issues
Crowdsourced security isn’t new anymore, having existed in one form or another as a consumable enterprise service since 2013 with the launch of the main crowdsourced platforms …

Personal data protection today: We should demand more
The growing number of cybersecurity incidents reported each year – and the fact that many attacks remain unreported for security and PR reasons – can leave even …

2020 cybersecurity risks: Insecure security tools, supply chains, abandonware
Considerable time and money are invested into looking for dangerous vulnerabilities in the most commonly used elements of IT infrastructure. Popular operating systems, …

The cybersecurity implications of working remotely
We sat down with Demi Ben-Ari, CTO at Panorays, to discuss the cybersecurity risks of remote work facilitated by virtual environments. The global spread of the COVID-19 …

Overcoming crypto assessment challenges to improve quantum readiness
Large enterprises have a major problem when it comes to preparing for the advent of quantum computing: few, if any, have a working knowledge of all the locations where …

How finance leaders plan to react to COVID-19
The potential for COVID-19 to lead to a global economic downturn is the top concern for finance leaders in the US and Mexico, according to PwC. However, 90% of finance leaders …

Too many alarms and too few security analysts? Think SOAR
Security automation, orchestration and response (SOAR) speeds up the incident response process by replacing manual tasks with automated workflows. We sat down with Swimlane …

Increase web application security without causing any user disruption
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2020, Jason A. Hollander, CEO, and Paul B. Storm, President at Cymatic, talk about how their platform builds a defensible barrier …

Organizations still struggle to manage foundational security
Regulatory measures such as GDPR put focus on data privacy at design, tightening requirements and guiding IT security controls like Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Continued …