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Why the next wave of cybersecurity talent won’t have a ‘security’ job title

Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed the state of cybersecurity become chaotic – and, quite frankly, grim – across a variety of industries. Hotels, financial …

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Security concerns over connected devices mask the greater threat

The popular and sometimes controversial Shodan search engine made some changes recently that drew attention mostly of the latter variety. If you are not familiar with Shodan, …

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A rogue access point at RSA Conference? Here’s what happened

Ever since businesses began to offer Wi-Fi access to customers, experts have warned that open hotspots are not secure. Open Wi-Fi hotspots don’t ask a user for a …

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Review: Breaking into Information Security

Breaking into Information Security is a practical guide for people outside and inside the information security industry. The former can find out how to put their foot in the …

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Making sense of threat intelligence data in your IT environment

Threat intelligence data has been growing at an exponential rate of 39% a month. Enterprise customers are looking at around 30,000 events going into their SIEM every second. …

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Start getting ready for Europe’s new data protection regulation today

You are in charge of your organization’s security. Depending on how large and well resourced your business IT function is, your card might read IT director, CIO, CTO, or …

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Deep and Dark Web: Complexity and escalating cybercriminal activity

Flashpoint released an annual research report that looks to uncover the growing complexity of illicit communities and the industrialization of cybercrime over the past year. …

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Coalition aims to educate policymakers on cybersecurity

A group of vendors launched the Coalition for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, a new organization that will focus on education and collaboration with policymakers on the …

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Why the C-suite should care about cybersecurity

Many leaders across the C-suite are confused about who the true cybersecurity adversary is and how to effectively combat them. IBM Security interviewed CxOs, from 28 …

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Fighting malware monetization and application vulnerabilities

As the traditional network perimeter disappears and attack surfaces grow, security professionals are challenged with protecting users, applications and data – without …

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Review: Mobile Data Loss

Employees increasingly use mobile devices for work and to access their company’s resources. That should be, by now, an accepted reality for all those who work in the IT …

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Kotlin programming language for JVM and Android reaches version 1.0

Kotlin is an open source programming language for JVM and Android that combines OO and functional features and is focused on interoperability, safety, clarity and tooling …

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