7 threat detection challenges CISOs face and what they can do about it
Security operations (SecOps) teams continue to be under a constant deluge of new attacks and malware variants. In fact, according to recent research, there were over 170 …
A checklist to help healthcare organizations respond to a serious cyberattack
How should organizations in the healthcare sector respond to outage due to a serious cyberattack? The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council’s (HSCC) …
What’s a vCISO and why does your company need one?
In this video for Help Net Security, Jeff Hoskins, vCISO at BARR Advisory, explains the concept of a vCISO, which stands for virtual chief information security officer, and …
The CISO as brand enabler, customer advocate, and product visionary
Just over a quarter-century ago, the first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) was minted in the financial vertical, and everyone lived happily ever after. The End. If …
Extended Threat Intelligence: A new approach to old school threat intelligence
The world is shaken by different new crises and cyber events every day. All sectors are affected by the events, either in terms of production, transportation, or security. The …
How to build a security tool that sells
In my experience as a CISO in the industry, as well as in my current position as CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, an early-stage, cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, …
Are you willing to take a calculated risk? Quantifying your cyber risk and predicting future threats
We can all agree that cyber attacks are inevitable. The next step for cybersecurity professionals is reaching a consensus on the best way to prepare for unknown threats …
Women in cybersecurity: How far have they come?
In this interview with Help Net Security, Bronwyn Boyle, CISO at Mambu, talks about women in cybersecurity, what are the hurdles they must overcome in their career, and how …
How to keep your medical device IP safe from cyber attacks
Guarding intellectual property (IP) has always been a priority for medical device manufacturers as competitors and even nation states are constantly trying to compromise or …
How to empower IT Sec and Ops teams to anticipate and resolve IT problems
Every IT system administrator knows the misery of facing a problem for which the root cause requires hours (and sometimes days) to unearth, all the while part of the IT …
Help Net Security: Healthcare Cybersecurity Report has been released
Our newest report takes a closer look at one of the most targeted industries today – healthcare. As exhausted healthcare professionals struggle with an extraordinary …
How configuration assessments help improve cyber defenses
There’s an old adage in business; if you’re not measuring something, you can’t manage it. These days, information technology (IT) and information security …