
Why companies can no longer hide keys under the doormat
For good reason, companies trust in encryption, blockchain, zero trust access, distributed or multi-party strategies, and other core technologies. At the same time, companies …

Rallying cybersecurity and healthcare IT to support patient safety
The expansion of cyber-physical systems in healthcare, particularly the IP “heartbeats” dispersed across hospital networks, has stretched cybersecurity beyond its IT legacy of …

As trust in online spaces degrades, Canada bolsters resilience against cyber attacks
In this Help Net Security interview, Sami Khoury, Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, talks about how Canada is addressing today’s top threats, touches upon …

Moving your Microsoft environment to zero trust
Zero trust is a concept that’s easy to grasp but incredibly difficult to implement. It touches almost every system, component, application, and resource within an enterprise, …

How can CISOs catch up with the security demands of their ever-growing networks?
Vulnerability management has always been as much art as science. However, the rapid changes in both IT networks and the external threat landscape over the last decade have …

Red, purple, or blue? When it comes to offensive security operations, it’s not just about picking one color
When people find out that I’ve spent much of my career being hired by companies to steal their secrets, they usually ask, “Are we doing enough? Do we need a red team?” …

Busting compliance myths
In this interview for Help Net Security, Troy Fine, Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Risk Management at Drata, talks about the challenges of data compliance and what companies …

Shining a light on the dark web
Dark web marketplaces sell a plethora of tools, stolen data, and forged documents, and some of the things for sale are priced higher than the rest. The most expensive records …

The security dilemma of data sprawl
As hybrid work becomes the norm in business, so does data sprawl. Data sprawl refers to the spread of company information to various places, which often comes from dispersed …

Does your company need secure enclaves? Five questions to ask your CISO
Some of the biggest barriers to cloud adoption are security concerns: data loss or leakage, and the associated legal and regulatory concerns with storing and processing data …

November 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Wrapping up loose ends?
October 2022 Patch Tuesday was a little unusual last month, as it ‘kind of’ repeated itself the following week. Microsoft turned around and released a series of non-security …

Outmaneuvering cybercriminals by recognizing mobile phishing threats’ telltale markers
Preventative medicine has long been recognized as a vital approach in safeguarding our physical health. We take a variety of tests and assessments so that doctors can uncover …