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Cyber Resilience is Crucial to Maintaining Brand Reputation

March 2, 2017

Massive data breaches and their ripple effects compel organizations of every kind to grapple with risk and security at a more fundamental level.

Could Cybersecurity Apprentices Fix the Nation’s Talent Shortage?

Chase Norlin Nicholas Wyman

March 2, 2017

Cybersecurity is not a low-skill field. It requires general IT knowledge, specialist cybersecurity certifications, and, sometimes, knowledge about particular industry sectors such as finance and health. We need talented, skilled professionals to meet the demand. And we don’t need them in a few years – we need them now. How do we get enough people in the pipeline to meet the growing need?

Can Access Governance Reduce Insider Threat Risks?

Dean Wiech

March 2, 2017

Access governance is currently one of the hottest topics when it comes to organizations securing their networks and data. Data breaches from outside hackers has always been big news – consider the coverage of the Target and Sony hacks, just to name a few of recent years.

Microsoft Announces New Cybersecurity Center in Mexico

March 1, 2017

Microsoft announced the opening of a new cybersecurity center in Mexico.

Insider Tips for Building Your Cybersecurity Team

Don’t allow your biggest security vulnerability to be your lack of cybersecurity talent.

Tim McIntyre

March 1, 2017

Today’s center of gravity in cybersecurity is shifting, pulling the skills and experience of cyber defenders in new directions. In most companies, this situation has led to a convergence of responsibilities between physical security, information security and cybersecurity teams, and an increased commitment to “staffing-up” of dedicated “cyber defenders.”

Keeping Employees Cyber-Aware Keeps the Enterprise Cyber-Secure

Improving employees’ cybersecurity awareness often hinges on communicating those initiatives into risks they understand.

March 1, 2017

There’s a C- on your report card, but you’re not alone: The 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card found that the world’s information security practitioners gave global cybersecurity readiness an overall score of 70 percent – a six-point drop over 2016.

Growing and Gaining

Lynn Mattice

March 1, 2017

There have been volumes written about the role of the CSO and how to gain a seat at the table in the C-suite. A relatively small number of CSOs have been able to convince their management that the CISO should be under their purview, citing the inherent mission conflicts that exist when the CISO reports to the CIO.

NIST CRIED: The Four Steps of Incident Mitigation

Steven Chabinsky

March 1, 2017

Mike Tyson notably said, “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.” So, how do you ensure the same doesn’t hold true for your company’s incident response plan when a real breach occurs? Enter the NIST Framework category titled Mitigation.

It's Time to Change Your Perception of the Cybersecurity Professional

Tom Gilheany

March 1, 2017

To borrow from the Nobel Prize winning songwriter, the (security) times, they are a-changin’. Growing complexity is one of today’s IT’s biggest security challenges.

Unprepared Companies Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks

Sarah Sameei

March 1, 2017

Ransomware is one of the most threatening malwares in the cyber industry, according to Carbonite’s Rise of Ransomware report, where 66 percent of IT professionals emphasize the seriousness of the issue, yet only 13 percent believe that they are prepared enough to prevent a ransomware attack.