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Year in Review: The SEC and Cybersecurity

In the wake of many cybersecurity breaches, SEC's aggressive agenda demonstrates that cybersecurity management is vital to U.S. public companies and capital markets.

Seth P Berman Ian Roffman Melanie L Todman

May 13, 2019

What can we learn from the SEC and its aggressive agenda?

Cybersecurity Skills Shortage is Impacting Organizations

May 10, 2019

Seventy-four percent of organizations are impacted by the cybersecurity skills shortage, according to a study of cybersecurity professionals by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG).

How to Meet the Growing Demand for Cybersecurity Professionals

How can U.S. enterprise security professionals learn from their Irish colleagues to fill cybersecurity roles?

Aidan McCauley

May 10, 2019

With a growing demand for security trained professionals, what can enterprises do to meet this demand?

Cybersecurity Workforce Executive Order to Help with Workforce Shortage

May 9, 2019

President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the federal government to take critical steps to strengthen America’s cybersecurity workforce.

Nation States Perpetrate 23 Percent of Cyberattacks

May 9, 2019

Cyberattacks by nation states and parties affiliated with them represent 23 percent of data breaches, up from 12 percent in 2018 and 19 percent in 2017, according to the Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).

Physical and Cyber Convergence—At Last?

Bud Broomhead

May 8, 2019

We have been hearing about the “convergence” of physical and cyber security for years, but even today there are still debates about whether it has happened yet (spoiler alert: it hasn’t). Part of the challenge might be that the word convergence itself can apply to more than one kind of activity – for example, some believe it applies to the linkages or integration of IT and security systems, while others believe it applies to IT and security organizational structures and teams.

Social Engineering Simulation Testing Tips

Joe Malec

May 8, 2019

Do you know who is calling you? In many cases, employees rely on caller ID or a familiar name to allow callers to build trust and potentially exploit them. Vishing (or social engineering) is a practice where verbal communication is used to deceive a potential victim.

Tipping the Scale for Effective Cybersecurity

Dustin Hillard

May 8, 2019

New technologies, including cloud computing, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, are constantly bringing new opportunities and challenges to attackers and defenders alike. This is not just the age of machines but of machine-scale. As such, IT security analysts need new tools to defend the network.

Data Breach Trends In 2019

May 8, 2019

More than 1,900 breaches were reported through March 31, exposing approximately 1.9 billion records, according to the Data Breach QuickView Report.

Survey Finds Companies Moving to Cloud-Based PAM Solutions

May 8, 2019

Nearly half (47 percent) of security professionals are already using, planning or exploring deployment of PAM solutions in the cloud, according to the Thycotic 2019 RSA Conference Survey.