One of the persistent questions I am asked, as an instructor, is a variation of: “Every job I apply for wants experience, how do I get experience without a job?” The flip side of that question comes from IT managers, and sounds like: “We see too many candidates with computer degrees that lack any hands on computer experience or working knowledge of computers or networking.”
The problem is most college degree programs ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: July 7, 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released its five-year industrial control systems (ICS) strategy: Securing Industrial Control Systems: A Unified Initiative. The strategy—developed in collaboration with industry and government partners—lays out CISA’s plan to improve, unify, ...
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The Internet is an amazing development. perhaps the greatest invention in all of human history. It is an unparalleled information repository, an incredible economic engine, a great liberator, and organ of free speech and expression. It is truly revolutionary.
A wonderful guest post from Siege Media.
It’s estimated that over 1.7 billion websites exist, but this number ...
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Just as there is nothing “social” about social distancing, there is nothing social about social engineering. We could easily call it anti-social engineering, since this is practiced by cyber-criminals and sociopaths to separate us from our personal information or our money. A more common term would be scam or con.
These bad actors are masters at playing on our emotions. When I teach a cybersecurity awareness course, I advise people to ...
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How can my kids use Facebook, Snapchat, and other social networks safely? Keeping our kids safe and secure on the Internet has always been a challenge, but the difficulty ...
Keeping our kids safe and secure on the Internet has always been a challenge, but the difficulty has only increased because of the pandemic and our new normal of Safe At Home, Work From Home, and remote schooling. Our kids are online more than ever. As parents, we need to be aware ...
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Where can online dangers for our children occur? Keeping our kids safe and secure on the Internet has always been a challenge, but the difficulty has only increased because of the pandemic and our new normal of Safe At Home, Work From Home, and remote schooling. Our kids are online more than ever. As parents, we need to be aware of the ...
Continue Reading →What dangers exist online? Keeping our kids safe and secure on the Internet has always been a challenge, but the difficulty has only increased because of the pandemic and our new normal of Safe At Home, Work From Home, and remote schooling. Our kids are online more than ever. As parents, we need to be aware of the dangers and diligent about ...
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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