5 benefits of paying for an employee’s professional certification
There are many reasons an employee may want professional certification: personal sense of achievement, an increase in salary or status, promotion or specialized...
Penny Hoelscher
Penny Hoelscher has a degree in Journalism. She worked as a programmer on legacy projects for a number of years before combining her passion for writing and IT to become a technical writer.
OWASP Top 10 #10: Unprotected APIs [Updated 2019]
Modern applications are becoming more complex, more critical and more connected. The difficulty of achieving application security has increased exponentially...
Protecting the Secret Sauce: What You Need to Know About Intellectual Property (IP)
Intellectual property (IP) rights may apply to a multitude of things, from corporate branding names and new inventions to product designs and secret recipes....
Data Destruction for Everyday People
Do you have unnecessary sensitive documents laying around? How about old electronic devices that have your data stored on them, but which you no longer use?...
It’s Free: Security Doesn’t Have to Cost a Cent
Statistics suggest that between 43 percent and 70 percent of cyber-attacks are aimed at small businesses. The average cost to a small business in 2017 was $2,235,000....
The Psychological Profile of a Hacker With Emphasis on Security Awareness
The term “hacker” is a little vague.
For instance, it is usually derogatory when actually there are “good” hackers too, ethical hackers whose job it...
If You Use Freelancers, Do You Need to Educate Them About Security Awareness?
Hopefully, your freelancers are security-aware. However, it is up to you to put policies into place to protect yourself from rogue or shoddy security practices...
Building a Security Awareness Program for Small Businesses
InfoSec Institute is dedicated to increasing security awareness and has an enormous repository of information to help individuals, small- and mid-sized businesses...
Top 10 Endpoint Security Trends in 2019
The Shodan search engine is an excellent resource for hackers looking for unprotected endpoints. If you have ever played with Shodan, you will probably know...
5 Steps to Mitigate Endpoint Security Incidents
Endpoint security may be the best investment you have ever made. According to a Ponemon survey (The 2017 State of Endpoint Security Risk), an organization’s...