Meet Jeremy Leasher, Security Solutions Architect at Axellio. Leasher believes the IT security industry is undergoing a serious skills crisis, threatening to undermine the security of commercial and government organizations. Here, we talk to Leasher about the best approach to solving this skills crisis.

Backblaze, Inc., a storage cloud company, appointed Mark Potter as Chief Information Security Officer as the company continues to bolster its leadership team to drive growth. 

Over the weekend, the European football club Manchester United was forced to shut down IT systems and confirmed that it had been hit by a sophisticated cyberattack, but said the organization is confident that personal data of fans was not breached and its preparation for such cyberattacks allowed it to react swiftly and efficiently.

Sitting on the frontlines as a red-teamer, people regularly ask me, “Should I do a pentest or hire a red team?”  But that’s not the question they should be asking. 

A new survey revealed that the transition to widespread remote work presented myriad business challenges and security risks for the employees on the front lines of IT security.

The Security 500 Survey is now available online, and we want your input!

Black Hat announced details for its virtual event, taking place August 1^st – 6^th.