cybersecurity

Disturbing lack of cyber attack awareness among directors
Britain’s top firms and charities urgently need to do more to protect themselves from online threats, according to new government research and a ‘cyber health check’. One in …

Why you need to implement security controls across your environment
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Tim White, Director of Product Management, Policy Compliance at Qualys, discusses the importance of security configuration …

Doing things right: Cloud and SecOps adoption
There is hardly an organization out there that isn’t planning or hasn’t already taken advantage of the cloud. And, according to Threat Stack CTO Sam Bisbee, there is hardly a …

Gaming the system for a better experience
I play a lot of video games and one of the things I’ve noticed is that when you first start playing, the game often keeps you from venturing into places where you’re likely to …

Three barriers to digital IDs on the blockchain
There has been a lot of hype around blockchain technology and the benefits it could potentially bring to a wide variety of verticals, including identity verification. While …

The human point: Gaining visibility into the context behind user actions
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Dr. Richard Ford, Chief Scientist at Forcepoint, talks about the security industry’s need of a paradigm shift toward …

DevOps skills gap: Do you have the necessary skills to succeed?
New research shows that software developers are not receiving the training they need to be successful as DevOps becomes the prevalent approach to building and operating …

Medical devices and the Internet of Things: Defending against cyber threats
More than one-third (35.6 percent) of surveyed professionals in the Internet of Things-connected medical device ecosystem say their organizations have experienced a …

Enterprise security culture: Why you need it, and how to create it
Security awareness is a term that most information security professionals are familiar with – security culture a little less so. “Security awareness training is …

STIX and TAXII: Sharing cyber threat intelligence
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Allan Thomson, CTO at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, talks about STIX and TAXII. STIX (Structured Threat Information Expression) …

Who is better prepared for IoT-related attacks, SMEs or large organizations?
Small and midsized organizations (SMEs) are taking more steps to protect themselves from security risks associated with the Internet of Things (IoT) than large businesses, …

Understanding your responsibility and security in the cloud
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Chris Drake, CEO at Armor, talks about the difference between security of the cloud and security in the cloud. Here’s a …