Guest post contributed by Ester Adams
The Cyber Community – explained.
Cyber communities arise when problems originate digitally. They are engaged in computer-mediated communication. Their language is far more complicated than our local language. But, they possess the skills to translate the computer language in a way that locals can understand. Online communities are subjected to lesser physical restrictions compared to their offline ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Dr. David Brumley, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of ForAllSecure, explains what DevSecOps is and how companies can use it to improve application security by designing security in from the start. Read interview…
As you are studying for the CISSP, CASP+, or Security+, you will come across these two important NIST frameworks. They seem the same, but they are not.
If you are deploying one or both of these frameworks in your organization, understanding the difference between them is even more important.
Today we are republishing an article by Rick Tracy. Rick Tracy is the senior vice ...
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It is unimaginable for any business today to function without using any form of technology. But along with technology comes the risk of your equipment being exposed to cyber-attacks and your information being compromised. These attacks can be prevented by startups, whether big or small, by having a security-first mentality. Businesses that understand these threats can avoid these cyber-attacks which ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team just published details of an attack harvesting database credentials, targeting over 1 million WordPress sites. For 24 hours, attacks from this campaign accounted for 75% of all exploit attempts on plugins and themes across all of WordPress.
Both the free and paid versions ...
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Here we are stuck in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are working in Information Technology, then you are part of the Critical Infrastructure of this country.
Most of the tech support and cybersecurity peers I have been talking with over the last month have been pretty busy deploying Work From Home (WFM) solutions. But if you are getting to a place where the demand for your services is ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From Brian Krebs: Dallas County, Iowa has dropped trespassing charges against two penetration testers who were arrested and jailed last year on September 11, and held in jail until yesterday for doing the job they were hired to do The news broke as Brian was in the middle of a video interview ...
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The title may see a little harsh, but a recent survey according to Keeper Security’s 2019 SMB Cyberthreat Study is that 66% of SMB business leaders do not believe they will be victimized by at cyber-attack. That’s two out of three business owners. I would love to say I’m shocked, but my experience with my own clientele would confirm it.
According to the ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Mozilla has fixed a critical zero-day bug in the latest point releases of the Firefox web browser.
Original release date: June 07, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a reminder urging consumers to look out for two new ...
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If you are a small business owner or even the manager of a bigger enterprise, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework can help you create a cybersecurity program that works. The framework is voluntary, which means you can pick and choose the parts that work best for your organization.
When developing your program, starting with NIST can make the process simpler. ...
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