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Machine learning fundamentals: What cybersecurity professionals need to know
In this Help Net Security podcast, Chris Morales, Head of Security Analytics at Vectra, talks about machine learning fundamentals, and illustrates what cybersecurity …

Security wellness takes more than a fad diet
Every year, millions of people make the same New Year’s resolution: to lose weight and improve health. But by February, a mere thirty days or so into the year, stats show 75 …

Is 2019 the year national privacy law is established in the US?
Data breaches and privacy violations are now commonplace. Unfortunately, the consequences for US companies involved can be complicated. A company’s obligation to a person …

How can we improve adoption and ROI on security investments?
Traditionally, whenever employees are required to interact with security solutions, they push back because they don’t want their lives to be made more complicated with extra …

Zero Trust browsing: Protect your organization from its own users
To the casual observer, the cyberattack landscape is constantly shifting. In recent years, the threats and scams have evolved from Nigerian princes to stranded travelers, …

DevOps and DevSecOps developments to watch in 2019
Some predictions are more accurate than others. Last year, I was sure that serverless would finally overtake containers—but then 2018 turned out to be the year of Kubernetes. …

Lookalike domains: Artificial intelligence may come to the rescue
In the world of network security, hackers often use lookalike domains to trick users to unintended and unwanted web sites, to deliver malicious software into or to send data …

5 reasons why asset management is a hot topic
Sometimes buzzwords are good predictors of what organizations see as priorities in a given year. If you surveyed both the revenue-generating and security functions of …

Why vaporworms might be the scourge of 2019
Not too long ago, the WatchGuard Threat Lab predicted the emergence of vaporworms as a major new cyber threat that will affect organizations of all sizes in 2019. We coined …

AI won’t solve all of our cybersecurity problems
AI is already supporting businesses with tasks ranging from determining marketing strategies, to driverless cars, to providing personalized film and music recommendations. And …

Four differences between the GDPR and the CCPA
By passing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January 1, 2020, the Golden State is taking a major step in the protection of consumer data. …

RSA Conference 2019 USA: What you can expect at this year’s event
It’s that time of year: RSA Conference 2019 USA is a little over a month away. To prepare, we asked Britta Glade, Director of Content and Curation for RSA Conference, to tell …
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