FBI warning: China-based hacking group APT41 hacks into over 100 companies
Hacking group APT41 used spearphishing attacks, publicly known exploits and carefully crafted personas to compromise more than 100 companies worldwide....
Susan Morrow
Susan has worked in the IT security sector since the early 90s; working across diverse sectors such as file encryption, digital rights management, digital signing, and online identity. Her mantra is that security is about human beings as much as it is about technology.
Malicious SEO campaigns: Mitigating risk with zero-trust approach
The culture of the “corporate website” has become synonymous with 21st-century business. To compete and be seen in a global space, organizations need...
Security vs. usability: Pros and cons of risk-based authentication
Risk-based authentication (RBA) has to become part of the enterprise lexicon for a good reason. The authentication measures used to protect access to resources...
Software maturity models for AppSec initiatives
Software is on the front lines of security: a 2019 report from GitLab found that almost half of respondents deploy software on-demand or multiple times per...
Average CCNP salary [Updated 2021]
The CCNP, or Cisco Certified Network Professional, is a certification endorsing IT professionals who have the knowhow and skill to set up, configure and manage...
Average CISSP Salary [Updated 2021]
The CISSP certification has long been considered the gold standard of security certifications and adding those letters next to your name is no easy task....
Phishing attack timeline: 21 hours from target to detection
Phishing seems to be ever-present in the modern cyber-threat landscape. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has even been an increase in phishing attacks...
First Safe Harbor, then Privacy Shield: What EU-US data-sharing agreement is next?
The EU has become known internationally as an organization that takes data privacy very seriously. The EU’s stand-out data privacy law, the General Data...
How to make cybersecurity budget cuts without sacrificing security
2020 has been an incredibly challenging year. Physical and mental health has taken a heavy toll; economies are under threat; and organizational processes...
Reactive vs. proactive security: Three benefits of a proactive cybersecurity strategy
I’ve been writing cybersecurity articles for many years, and in that time, I have only seen increasingly complex security threats. Cybercriminals take their...