Cybersecurity breach experience strengthens CVs
It is in businesses’ best interest to hire cybersecurity leaders who have suffered an avoidable breach, because of the way it changes how security professionals think, feel …
Cybersecurity automation? Yes, wherever possible
There was a time when companies were hesitant about their IT and security teams using automation to discharge some of their duties. “I think much of that was due to the …
Could audio warnings augment your ability to fight off cyber attacks?
The security of your environment shouldn’t depend on whether you’re looking in the right place at the right time. While active visual means such as dashboards, emails, …
CISO role grows in stature, but challenges remain
In order to find out how CISOs perceive the state of their profession, Optiv Security interviewed 200 CISOs or senior security personnel with equivalent responsibilities in …
SLAs: What your cybersecurity vendor isn’t telling you
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) have been used in the IT world for many years as a contractual mechanism for holding service providers accountable and extracting defined …
Businesses need to treat cybersecurity as something that crosses organizational boundaries
Companies are working to balance their desire for new innovations with their need for strong cyber-defenses, according to a new report from CompTIA. CompTIA’s …
Security is slowly becoming essential to doing business
A veteran of the information security industry, Greg Jensen has spent the last six years at Oracle as the Senior Director of Oracle’s Cloud Security solutions. He’s also …
Targeted threat intelligence and what your organization might be missing
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2019, Adam Darrah (Director of Intelligence), Mike Kirschner (Chief Operating Officer) and Christian Lees (Chief …
CISO do’s and don’ts: Lessons learned
Keeping a business safe from cyber threats while allowing it to thrive is every CISO’s goal. The task is not easy: a CISO has to keep many balls in the air while being …
Cyber risk assessment of U.S. election commissions finds critical areas for improvement
Many election commissions are focused on quickly adapting and updating their cybersecurity; however, commissions still need to dedicate resources to updating outdated …
How to navigate critical data security and privacy policy challenges
By 2020, there will be 40x more bytes of data than there are stars in the universe as we know it. And with data growth comes more security and privacy obstacles for …
IIoT security challenges: Dealing with cutting edge technologies
Dr. Jesus Molina is the Director of Business Development at Waterfall Security Solutions, and in this interview with Help Net Security he talks about the security issues …