cybersecurity

The loneliness of leading a cybersecurity startup
Linor spends her days working with cybersecurity founders at her Venture Capital firm. Gaining insight into their experiences over the course of building these relationships …

Why most IoT cybersecurity strategies give zero hope for zero trust
IoT remains the biggest hurdle in achieving an effective zero-trust security posture across an organization. In this Help Net Security video, Denny LeCompte, CEO at Portnox, …

Extent of reported CVEs overwhelms critical infrastructure asset owners
The sheer volume of reported ICS vulnerabilities and CVEs may cause critical infrastructure asset owners to feel overwhelmed, or need help knowing where to begin, according to …

Trained developers get rid of more vulnerabilities than code scanning tools
An EMA survey of 129 software development professionals uncovered that for those using code scanning tools, only 10% of organizations prevented a higher percentage of …

Zero trust network access for Desktop as a Service
When you support a remote workforce, you risk opening your data, applications, and organization to the world. How can you sleep soundly at night while enabling a modern “work …

Enterprises remain vulnerable through compromised API secrets
Cybersecurity professionals are frustrated over how much time and attention they must devote to API security and worried that their defenses still need to be improved, …

Global instability increases cyber risk, says World Economic Forum
Geopolitical instability is exacerbating the risk of catastrophic cyberattacks, according to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023 report from the World Economic Forum. The …

Potential threats and sinister implications of ChatGPT
ChatGPT from OpenAI is a conversational chatbot recently released in preview mode for research purposes. It takes natural language as input and aims to solve problems, provide …

How to succeed in cyber crisis management and avoid a Tower of Babel
Although cyberattacks have become more common, handling them remains extremely challenging for organizations. Even if things go well on the technical level, incident response …

Threats that will dominate headlines in 2023
In this Help Net Security video, MacKenzie Jackson, Developer Advocate at GitGuardian, offers his cybersecurity predictions for 2023. These include: Developers will be a …

Training, endpoint management reduce remote working cybersecurity risks
33% of companies are not providing any cybersecurity awareness training to users who work remotely, according to Hornetsecurity. The study also revealed that nearly 74% of …

Why encrypting emails isn’t as simple as it sounds
The quality of protected communications matters – a lot. If the sent material is highly sensitive and the legislation and/or policy demands high security, opportunistic …