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Employees and non-employee contractors continue representing the most critical weak link in the IT chain. Too many employees, and vendors using corporate networks, are still falling for phishing attacks. Enhanced worker training on cyber risks helps, but training coupled with stronger systems offers the best protection against cyber threats.

Ed Skoudis, a cybersecurity leader and educator, has been named the new President of the SANS Technology Institute, according to a statement. Ed will lead the institute's degree programs and Internet Storm Center.

Effectively securing an organization’s resources and data requires making user and device identity and access management the new focal point of security. Organizations will need to reconsider their security strategy once again to accommodate staff as they return to the office.

How often, when sending messages via a communication platform, are you thinking about your sensitive and private user information being exploited?

You want to begin implementing zero trust security at your organization, but where do you start? Let's walk through clear stages to build a zero trust framework that serves as the roadmap for your organization’s journey to better security and greater efficiency.  

Assessing cyber risk is essential to a business and is a key contributor to its overall reputational risk. Businesses need to take cyber risk into account in overall business strategy and planning. 

Women make up only 24% of the cybersecurity field, according to an ISC² study. Cybersecurity leaders Sharon Smith, Lori Ross O'Neil, Aanchal Gupta and Meg West discussed how to solve the problem of underrepresentation in the industry at the ISC² Security Congress 2021.

Whether remote, in the office or in a co-working space, all employees must be sensitized to cyber threats. It is important not only to provide training for employees but also to give IT security a permanent place in the corporate culture. 

Despite a company’s belief on how it would respond in the event of a ransomware attack, companies should consider opening a bitcoin account with a nominal amount of bitcoin in it so that it is at least prepared to make the tough decision should the need arise.