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Why Is ‘Pay the Ransom’ In Next Year’s Budget?

With 25 percent of ransomware victims paying the ransomware, have we waved the white flag to the attackers? Should we just budget for it? This…

Cybersecurity News – December 1, 2020

Baltimore schools struggling with ransomware The November 25th attack forced the Baltimore County Public Schools to announce they would be closed through December 1st, promising…

[12-11-20] “Hacking SaaS Security” – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, December 11th, 2020 for “Hacking SaaS Security: An hour of critical thinking on monitoring, detection, and response”. REGISTER We have often…

PREVIEW [12-4-20] Hacking User Access – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short video preview of this Friday’s (December 4th, 2020) CISO Series Video Chat: “Hacking User Access: An hour of critical thinking on managing…

Cybersecurity News – November 30, 2020

Biden transition team forced to build its own cybersecurity protections The Trump administration is blocking many of the transition-related resources usually provided to a president-elect,…

Cybersecurity News November 25, 2020

Brazil continues to recover from its worst cyberattack Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court was hit with a ransomware attack on November 3rd, with systems taken offline…

We’re 90% Confident We’ve Lost All Confidence

I don’t think we’re doing enough to protect ourselves against cyberattacks and I’m also pretty sure we’re clueless as to what our third party vendors…

Cybersecurity News November 24, 2020

New Jersey passes anti-doxxing law Governor Phil Murphy signed Daniel’s Law into effect, barring the publication of home addresses and unlisted phone numbers for judges,…

Cybersecurity News November 23, 2020

GoDaddy employees duped in cryptocurrency hack Social engineering was used to trick GoDaddy employees into transferring ownership and control over several cryptocurrency domains. This attack,…

Cybersecurity News – November 20, 2020

Worldwide campaign targets ZeroLogon exploit Security researchers at Symantec have documented companies in 17 regions being impacted by this campaign across automotive, pharmaceutical, engineering, and…

Defense in Depth: Data Protection and Visibility

Where is your data? Who’s accessing it? You may know if you have an identity access management solution, but what happens when that data leaves…

Cybersecurity News – November 19, 2020

Trump’s tweets to lose protected status post-presidency US President Donald J. Trump isn’t like the rest of us, and he doesn’t play by the same…

Best Moments from “Hacking Multi-Factor Authentication” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a 6 1/2 minute highlights reel of last Friday’s CISO Series Video Chat “Hacking Multi-Factor Authentication: An hour of critical thinking on best technologies,…

Cybersecurity News – November 18, 2020

Trump fires CISA director Chris Krebs Krebs served as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) since its founding in November 2018.…

22 Effective Information Security Risk Management Techniques

It is often said that security professionals aren’t in the job of security. Their job is managing risk. But understanding what your risk is and…

Networks Wobble But They Don’t Fall Down

Eager cyberprofessional looking to really impress a CISO? Create a home network lab and show how you can handle incidents on that network without shutting…

Cybersecurity News – November 17, 2020

Apple responds to macOS privacy concerns Apple’s Gatekeeper security service was first released on Mac’s in 2012, and “performs online checks to verify if an…

PREVIEW [11-20-20] Hacking Data Protection and Visibility – CISO Series Video Chat

Here’s a short preview of this Friday’s [11-20-20] video chat “Hacking Data Protection and Visibility: An hour of critical thinking on how to gain back…

Cybersecurity News – November 16, 2020

Qualcomm receives U.S. permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei Qualcomm Inc on Friday received a license from the U.S. government to sell 4G mobile…

Cybersecurity News – November 13, 2020

Finland pushes through change to ID code law  The Finish government said it was preparing new legislation to allow citizens to change their personal identity…

Defense in Depth: What’s an Entry Level Cybersecurity Job?

Naomi Buckwalter, director of information security at Energage analyzed one thousand random information security job posts on LinkedIn. The most notable trend she found was…

Cybersecurity News – November 12, 2020

Facebook extends ban on political ads In the announcement, the social network said that the ban would extend for another month. Facebook cited the delays…

[12-4-20] Hacking User Access – CISO Series Video Chat

Please join us on Friday, December 4th, 2020 for “Hacking User Access: An hour of critical thinking on managing initial and ongoing access to network…

Best Moments from “Hacking Risk Management” – CISO Series Video Chat

Here are 6 1/2 minutes of last Friday’s CISO Series Video Chat, “Hacking Risk Management: An hour of critical thinking on how we’re allocating resources…