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Download: Cybersecurity Job Posting Templates

Cynet’s Cybersecurity Job Posting Templates provide a list of the main responsibilities and skills for typical security positions, providing IT and security managers …

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Data collection balancing act: Privacy, trust and consumer convenience

With the advent of laws like the EU’s GDPR and California’s CCPA, which are sure to be portents of things to come (i.e., more and better data privacy legislation), …

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Hackers go phishing for the holidays

It’s that time of year again. Everyone’s busy – at work and at home. That includes cybercriminals, too. In fact, the holiday season is when busy, distracted people tend to be …

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CISOs are skeptical about claims made by cybersecurity vendors

There is a high level of skepticism about claims due to vague product descriptions, ambiguous statistics, limited ability to measure product effectiveness, and a general lack …

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Worst passwords of 2019: Are you using one of them?

SplashData released their “Worst passwords of 2019” list, which includes the top 25 most dangerous and most commonly leaked passwords. In an interesting turn of …

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What is the actual role of a threat hunter?

The role and tasks of a threat hunter are confusing, according to a ThreatQuotient and SANS study based on data collected from 575 participating companies that either work …

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Download: The Risk Mitigation Handbook for Connected Medical Devices

Wondering what it takes to secure clinical networks in your healthcare organization? Get The Risk Mitigation Handbook for Connected Medical Devices, a practical approach to …

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How Google applies Europe’s Right to Be Forgotten

Five years ago, after a landmark ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Google began receiving, evaluating and acting upon requests to delist certain URLs …

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Things to keep in mind when raising capital for your cybersecurity venture

Long-term business success is rarely (if ever) a result of stumbling into opportunities and making makeshift decisions. In cybersecurity, as in any other industry, one might …

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The holiday season: A cybercriminal’s winter wonderland

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for cybercriminals that is. With increased online sales, major commercial holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday present …

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Hacking and malware cause 75% of all data breaches in the financial services industry

Only 6% of all breaches in 2019 were suffered by financial services firms, according to Bitglass. However, these breaches compromised significantly more records than those …

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Major vulnerabilities found in popular wireless presentation system

F-Secure consultants have discovered several exploitable vulnerabilities in Barco’s ClickShare wireless presentation system. Attackers can use the flaws to intercept and …

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