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Cybersecurity studies show that it takes around six months for companies to notice a data breach. Now that’s an alarmingly long time to detect and respond to a cybersecurity incident. By the time you spot the breach, you’d have lost thousands, if not millions, of your business-critical information — not […]

Is UK’s Cyber Essentials Even Working? Here’s What You Need ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor Opinion on March 18, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Frank Baldwin, CEO 2X Systems If you’ve ever traveled by plane, you’ll know all too well how stress-inducing, tedious and often undignified going through airport security can be. In 2018, an estimated 292 million passengers traveled through UK airports alone. That’s 292 million people who would have had their bags […]

UPHOLDING SECURITY FOR GLOBAL AIRLINE PASSENGERS

This entry was posted in Airport Security Expert Insights Guest Contributor and tagged 2X Systems on January 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Brandon Cox Anyone planning to develop, deploy, or secure solutions that incorporate Microsoft 365 should download the latest version of the Security Configuration Benchmark for Microsoft 365. Not everyone knows these free guides from CIS Benchmarks exist. The newest version was published on December 20th and provides prescriptive guidance […]

New checklist to secure Microsoft Office 365 now available from ...

This entry was posted in Cloud Security Guest Contributor and tagged SecureSky on January 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff

KnowBe4 has issued its Q4:2019 top-clicked phishing report analyzing the results of tens of thousands of email subject lines from simulated phishing tests. Unsurprisingly, security related and giveaway phishing emails garnered the most clicks. The top phishing lure that recipients were most likely to bite for: simulated phishing tests with an urgent […]

Security and Giveaway Phishing Emails Most Likely to Lure Users

This entry was posted in Guest Contributor Industry Trends and tagged KnowBe4 on January 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff

Cyberattacks are becoming easier to carry out and will threaten the digital economy unless businesses innovate Cybercriminal activity is one of the biggest challenges that humanity will face in the next two decades. That’s a bold statement, but not without warrant. Cybercrime represents one of the fastest-growing categories of crime in […]

Cybersecurity 2020: Innovate or Surrender

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor Industry Trends Opinion on January 14, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Robin Tandon, Director of Product Marketing, Cloud Solutions, HID Global The way ID cards are used in the enterprise and on college and university campuses has changed dramatically in recent years. Once a simple identification tool, corporate ID badges now provide the means to open doors and access IT […]

ID Card Issuance Moves to the Cloud

This entry was posted in Access Management Campus Safety Expert Insights Guest Contributor Industry Trends Physical Security on January 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Jascha Bryce Almost everyone puts a premium on cybersecurity these days. From average Joes to small and medium enterprises, to multinational companies, people have made a concerted effort to protect their online identity. In essence, Generation X paved the way for the evolutionary process of Internet security. This demographic […]

The Next Generation of Cyber Security Pros: Is Gen Z ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor Industry Trends on November 27, 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Greg Young, Vice President of Cybersecurity at Trend Micro DevOps is the new engine for global business growth. All over the planet, organizations are becoming more responsive to changing market demands thanks to the roll-out of agile, automated development processes. Yet there are challenges. Cybersecurity remains the number one […]

Securing DevOps: Why Culture is Key to Driving Company-Wide Success

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor on October 1, 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Matthias Völkl, Cherry, Vice President Business Unit Office & Security Did you know that 87 percent of companies rely on employees having access to mobile business apps from their personal smartphones? It wasn’t so long ago that employers issued the same computer equipment to each employee — regardless of work […]

6 Facts You Should Know About the Future of BYOD

This entry was posted in BYOD Guest Contributor and tagged Cherry Americas on August 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Mr. Shomiron Dasgupta, CEO & Founder, DNIF Vulnerability assessment (VA) and penetration testing (often shortened to “pentesting”) are effective techniques for identifying and eliminating risks in a software system. In IT security, a vulnerability is a kind of loophole or weak link in a software system. While penetration testing […]

How to perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments

This entry was posted in Guest Contributor Pentesting Vulnerability Assessment and tagged DNIF on July 23, 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Don Boxley, CEO and Co-Founder, DH2i (http://dh2i.com) “Digital transformation”—it’s a term used so often that it’s starting to lose its meaning. But before your eyes glaze over and you click to another page, let’s think about one of the biggest challenges that workforce digitization can bring about for those […]

4 Questions to Ask Before Investing in a New Network ...

This entry was posted in Guest Contributor Network Security and tagged DH2i on July 23, 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Andrew Lancaster Universities and colleges are expanding their range of cybersecurity courses every year. A survey of online programs shows that educators are working hard to keep up with the demand for cybersecurity training and bridge the skills gap. Whether you’re an industry newbie or experienced professional, there’s probably […]

University Options for Learning Cybersecurity

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Education Guest Contributor and tagged Unicurve on July 22, 2019 by Editorial Staff