cybersecurity
API security awareness: The first step to better assessing the risk
In this Help Net Security interview, Tal Steinherz, CTO at Wib, talks about the importance of API security awareness and how to tackle numerous threats that are plaguing it. …
Control failures are behind a growing number of cybersecurity incidents
Data from a survey of 1,200 enterprise security leaders reveals that an increase in tools and manual reporting combined with control failures are contributing to the success …
Implications of strengthening the cybersecurity of small business in America
On November 2, 2021, the House of Representatives passed two bills with the goal of strengthening the cybersecurity of small businesses in America. The first bill, the Small …
Most challenging security threats for CTOs
59% of CTOs still see human error as the main security threat to their business, alongside other prominent concerns such as ransomware (49%) and phishing (36%), a research …
Secure cloud products and services with new CIS Benchmarks
The cloud continues to expand with new products and services constantly introduced by cloud service providers (CSPs). The Center for Internet Security (CIS) responded with …
Big salaries alone are not enough to hire good cybersecurity talent: What else can companies do?
Amid the severe and ongoing cyber skills shortages, both cybersecurity firms and in-house IT and cybersecurity departments are struggling to hire enough talented and qualified …
Putting the “sec” in DevSecOps: An overall reduction of risk
In this Help Net Security interview, Cindy Blake, Senior Security Evangelist at GitLab, talks about the importance of integrating security in DevSecOps and how to overcome the …
Addressing the cybersecurity skills gap with higher education
Although the field of cybersecurity has expanded exponentially over the past decade, the fact that the workforce in the field has not increased adequately has now become …
Your supply chain: How and why network security and infrastructure matter
With digital transformation, the rapid adoption of cloud computing and the IoT, and the global scale of today’s supply chains, cybercriminals have more entry points to …
Best cities for cybersecurity professionals
AdvisorSmith released a study ranking 181 cities in the United States based on their attractiveness for cybersecurity professionals. The study ranked cities based on the …
Nearly 600,000 open cybersecurity-related jobs were listed over 12 months
New CyberSeek data reveals that there were 597,767 online job listings for cybersecurity-related positions in the 12 months from October 2020 through September 2021. Employers …
Securing open-source code supply chains may help prevent the next big cyberattack
The headline-making supply chain attack on SolarWinds late last year sent a shock wave through the security community and had many CISOs and security leaders asking: “Is my …