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Women face unique entry barriers in the security industry, discouraging many from pursuing careers in the industry in the first place. This trickledown effect, combined with a lack of recruiting and mentorship opportunities, means the security workforce is drastically lacking in gender diversity. When companies prioritize female leadership development and break the stigma, they create diversity of thought in the process, driving their own success.

The Hillman Companies, Inc. announced that Steve Brunker has been named Hillman’s Chief Information Officer. 

Following a national search, Muhlenberg has named José Dieudonné as the College's chief information officer.

Mark McMath has been named enterprise chief information officer (CIO) for Information Solutions at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

Concern over the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has dominated global headlines. And now cybercriminals are using all tools at hand to take advantage of this concern to spread phishing and social engineering scams and misinformation. 

Joe Eng has joined Billtrust as Chief Information Officer. Eng will oversee Billtrust's IT infrastructure, security and product strategy and development teams. 

ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators, has announced that it found evidence of a successful cyber intrusion in its office network. 

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has released an updated version of its Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Services Framework.

Microsoft has published a security advisory, warning users that there is a remote code execution vulnerability in the way that the Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3) protocol handles certain requests.