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As a veteran security practitioner, I can attest that the cybersecurity and information security landscape has evolved dramatically in the last 30+ years. At the beginning of my career in IT, the ability to recover data from a hard disk drive was just starting to become possible, and the first…
Why education is our best weapon against cybercrime. The Internet has been one of the biggest winners in the past year’s pandemic, with traffic and transactions reaching unprecedented levels in 2020. Unsurprisingly, the number of malicious attacks and activity has risen with it. According to INTERPOL Secretary- General Jürgen Stock,…
Since spring 2020, cyberattacks have skyrocketed, and in a way, COVID-19 exposed new cybersecurity threats that organizations were not aware of, and not prepared to deal with. Not expecting to face cybersecurity crises and challenges, the majority of organizations had to improvise and improve their security. With the emergence of…
It is no news that cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility and not just an IT department’s problem. Due to the incredible speed of the advancements in the cybersecurity field, new job opportunities are flourishing. That is why cybersecurity skills continue to be on top of the lists as technology in-demand skills.…
Cybersecurity continues to be a hot topic. According to a World Economic Forum report, the global spending on cybersecurity has now reached $145 billion a year, and by 2035 it is expected to exceed $1 trillion. As cyber threats become more complex, AI for cybersecurity has become necessary and is…
2020 was a significant year for individuals and businesses alike. It was a year in which all aspects of our lives were drastically affected, exposing our collective fragility and increasing feelings of fear and uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak forced people’s lives to move online, both at work and in person,…
New guidance on cybersecurity frameworks just published. As our world gets increasingly digitalized and interconnected, the threats of cyber-attacks rise with it. Organizations need resilient and secure systems and processes in place to protect them, and an effective solution is a cybersecurity framework. Two new ISO guidance documents have just…
What Every Healthcare Organization Should be Doing Now Healthcare has always intrigued me, not just as a career choice but as a patient. The amount of technology to support the patient experience, improve clinical outcomes, and support value-based care is enormous. While COVID-19 has forced healthcare institutions to pause on…
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TAKES A NEW APPROACH TO CYBERSECURITY REQUIREMENTS What is CMMC? Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a new cybersecurity standard and a requirement soon to be seen in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that will affect its entire supply chain, including all…
In Hollywood films, cybercrime is usually portrayed as the modern-day Western where the bad and good nerds shoot code at each other instead of bullets. The reality is far more mundane. Most of the time, data breach incidences occur simply due to negligence or avoidable mistakes by employees. According to…
