Featured on Home Page - Articles - Page 162

Special Report

The who, what, why and how of the Baker Hughes GITSOC

Energy giant Baker Hughes built its Global Intelligence & Travel Security Operations Center from the ground up, proving its value and relevancy to the greater enterprise amidst a global pandemic.

Maggie Shein

February 1, 2021

Supporting a goal of empowering regional teams to make the most informed decisions is Baker Hughes’s Global Intelligence & Travel Security Operations Center (GITSOC). When Baker Hughes separated from GE’s oil and gas division in 2019, the event presented a unique opportunity for the Security team to create its own operating model and processes from the ground up to support the organization independently, providing the catalyst for the creation of the GITSOC. Learn about energy giant Baker Hughes’ GITSOC, as well as its value and relevancy to the greater enterprise.

Career Intelligence

Self-employment as a career strategy

Jerry J. Brennan

February 1, 2021

Barring winning a major lottery or inheritance, during a 40+ year working life in the security profession, security leaders will likely make a dozen or more job changes. While some of these may be significant responsibility shifts within a single organization, in today’s environment it is likely that a person will be changing organizations and even the type and/or responsibilities of various roles. One of those changes may include self-employment. Here’s what you need to know to ponder the transition.

Cyber Tactics

In the shadow of SolarWinds: Personal reflections

John McClurg

February 1, 2021

The SolarWinds cyber compromise makes Cyber Tactics’ columnist John McClurg reflect and rethink about nation-state adversaries, insider threats, spearphising, AI-machine-powered learning, crimeware-as-a-service and much more. Here, he takes a look at what risks persist within organizations and potential consequences.

Leadership & Management

Don’t touch that clicker! Part II

Michael Gips

February 1, 2021

Lessons are best learned when we don’t expect them. That’s why television ads can have a profound impact. Though some are mindless or annoying, others are transformational and enduring, and many relate to leadership and management. The powerful lessons in leadership can be taken and used for your own inspiration.

January 20, 2021 Presidential Inauguration Joe Biden

An inside look at the security for the 2021 Presidential Inauguration

Jeff Decker

January 29, 2021

Reporter Jeffrey Decker takes Security readers through the physical security at this year’s 2021 Presidential Inauguration, as well as comparing and contrasting the security measures with previous inaugurations.

The world of the 46th President

As Joe Biden takes office, Justin Crump – CEO of the global risk and intelligence consultancy Sibylline, takes stock of the challenges the new administration will face

Justin Crump

January 29, 2021

As Joe Biden takes office, Justin Crump – CEO of the global risk and intelligence consultancy Sibylline, takes stock of the challenges the new administration will face and a reminder that we all need to think widely and openly about possibilities in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.

Top 10 cybersecurity predictions for 2021

Pascal Geenens Daniel Smith

January 29, 2021

In the past year, COVID-19 has had a larger impact on work habits and security environments than any other health emergency in memory. That combined with technological advances such as 5G has led to several trends we expect to see in this New Year. Here then are our top ten:

Combating extortionware in 2021: A rising attack method for the modern day hacker

Drew Daniels

January 29, 2021

As the headlines showed, ransomware continued to be the weapon of choice in 2020, and extortionware is on the rise. While ransomware has become a tried and true method at this point, extortionware tactics are raising the stakes by threatening to expose sensitive information if the ransom is not paid.

education k-12 responsive default security

How educators can secure their online learning environments

Ning Wang

January 29, 2021

Cybercriminals can take advantage of human weaknesses in one place and use them in other places where they can get financial or other gains. Email addresses, real names, real addresses, phone numbers, date of birth, etc., all are valuable information for cybercriminals. They can build their database with this personal information and use them in future attacks. This is why practicing good cybersecurity habits as users and as administrators is critical for all of us for all systems we use.

Fighting cybercrime with deep learning and AI

How security can use deep intelligence to fight cybercrime

Brian McCann

January 29, 2021

The recent breakthroughs in analytics, machine learning and AI have changed the way cybersecurity professionals can mitigate risks within the enterprise. There are several things to keep in mind, however, as cybersecurity team begins creating and building out a threat intelligence capability. Here’s how to make threat data relevant, actionable and effective for your organization.