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What is the actual value of a CISO?
For some people, it’s hard to understand what keeps them up at night. For you, the CISO, things are much clearer. Your 3:47 am thoughts are filled with data breaches, malware, …

What 17 years as an infosec trainer have taught me
July 2016 shall see me complete 17 years in the infosec training circuit. It has been an amazing journey, with humble beginnings. How it all started I had a strong academic …

GDPR: Essential glossary
GDPR is the acronym for General Data Protection Regulation, itself a shorthand for “Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April …

How visibility can help detect and counter DDoS attacks
It’s been proven that preventive medical strategies are more cost-effective for treatment and better solutions to support long-term health than reactive medical measures. …

Strengthen security during production and development
Applications have become the heart of many businesses, with millions of dollars allocated to their development and millions of dollars in revenue associated with their …

The next wave of smart Data Loss Prevention solutions
Data Loss Prevention has evolved beautifully in the last few years. The measure of control that DLP now provides is extremely powerful, and helps organizations from all …

Jaku: Analysis of a botnet
In May 2016, the Special Investigations team at Forcepoint revealed the existence of a botnet campaign that is unique in targeting a very small number of individuals while in …

Behavior is the new authentication: A look into the future
In the next few years organizations will face extreme IT security challenges. Hackers are targeting humans instead of machines. All the most costly cyber attacks (APTs, …

The 3 biggest cybersecurity risks posed in the 2016 presidential election
Here’s a question for you: What do the four recent cyber attacks from the hacker group Anonymous have in common? Attack 1: On March 4, 2016, a group inside of Anonymous …

Security startup confessions: Limited funds and their impact on security
My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of a European security startup, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices …

Bridging the security automation gap
Security management has gotten out of hand, according to our recent State of Automation in Security Report. 48% of survey respondents had an application outage as a result of …

It’s time to get serious about ICS cybersecurity
As recently reported by The Register, a proof-of-concept PLC worm could spell disaster for the critical infrastructure by making attacks exponentially more difficult to detect …
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