Cybersecurity pros battle discontent amid skills shortage
The cybersecurity skills crisis continues in a multi-year freefall that has impacted 71% of organizations and left two-thirds of cybersecurity professionals stating that the …
US government outlines National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy
After the release of a National Cybersecurity Strategy and its implementation plan, the Biden-Harris Administration has unveiled the National Cyber Workforce and Education …
Enterprises are actively consolidating security vendors and integrating technologies
Driven by security operations complexity, 46% of organizations are consolidating or plan on consolidating the number of vendors they do business with. As a result of this …
Infosec pros want more industry cooperation and support for open standards
Driven by security operations complexity, 46% of organizations are consolidating or plan on consolidating the number of vendors they do business with. As a result of this …
Splunk appoints Pamela Fusco as CISO
Splunk announced the appointment of Pamela Fusco as the company’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), effective immediately. With over 30 years of leading-edge, global …
Cybersecurity, emerging technology and systemic risk: What it means for the medical device industry?
In late 2020, the World Economic Forum stated that “the approach to cybersecurity needs to be overhauled before the industry finds itself in any fit state to tackle the …
Digital Guardian DLP-as-a-service delivers data protection to midsize organizations
Digital Guardian launched DLP-as-a-service solution available exclusively through channel partners and specifically designed to meet the unique security demands of midmarket …
Michael Oberlaender joins LogMeIn as CISO
LogMeIn has announced that security and privacy veteran, Michael Oberlaender, has joined the company as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Michael will be …
The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on cybersecurity
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for hackers and online scammers, and cybersecurity pros saw a 63 percent increase in cyber-attacks related …
Lack of training, career development, and planning fuel the cybersecurity profession crisis
The cybersecurity skills crisis continues to worsen for the fourth year in a row and has impacted 70 percent of organizations, as revealed in a global study of cybersecurity …
Cloud Security Alliance and ISSA unite to build, support, and strengthen the cybersecurity community
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and the International Systems Security Association (ISSA) announced that the two parties have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to …
Cybersecurity skills shortage still the root cause of rising security incidents
The cybersecurity skills shortage is worsening for the third year in a row and has impacted nearly three quarters (74 percent) of organizations, as revealed in the third …