strategy

Approaching zero trust security strategically
With digital transformation efforts accelerating, the attack surface expanding exponentially and conventional perimeter-based security continuing to fail, there’s never been a …

Digital business requires a security-first mindset
Security is an undeniable necessity for the survival and success of any company. COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation initiatives across all industries and this shift …

Five steps to get employees invested in security awareness training
Remote work has become a new normal for industries worldwide, which presents exciting opportunities but also has the potential to expose critical security weaknesses, since …

The parallels of pandemic response and IoT security
While adjusting to life under a pandemic, we’ve become familiar with a host of medical and safety terminology that either didn’t exist before or was of little interest to …

49% of employees prefer a hybrid work arrangement
More companies are calling workers back to the office, but will they readily return? A new study by global staffing firm Robert Half shows that about 1 in 3 professionals …

Machine learning-powered cybersecurity depends on good data and experience
According to IDG’s 2020 Cloud Computing Study, 92% of organizations have at least some sort of cloud footprint in regard to their IT environment. Therefore, traditional cloud …

Advice for aspiring threat hunters, investigators, and researchers from the old town folk
There’s a big cohort of security geeks who joined the industry around the turn of the millennium by either landing “infosec” jobs or, quite frequently, just by making infosec …

The impact of the pandemic on AML compliance and fraud strategies
New research from FICO highlights the key challenges North American fraud and financial crime teams faced amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. 68 percent of senior executives said …

Securing an online marketplace through the COVID-19-fueled boom
When COVID-19 began to spread around the globe, citizens of many countries were instructed to stay at and work from home. Most non-essential brick-and-mortar shops were closed …

The benefits of cyber threat intelligence
In this Help Net Security podcast, Maurits Lucas, Director of Intelligence Solutions at Intel 471, discusses the benefits of cyber threat intelligence. He also talks about how …

CFOs focused on growth, investing for the future
Most chief financial officers (CFOs) are focused on growth and turning the lessons from the pandemic into a road map for the future, according to a survey by Grant Thornton. …

Remote work: One of the legacies of the pandemic
An expectation on the part of workers that they will be allowed to work remotely more often will be one of the legacies of the pandemic, according to a study by Boston …