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Latest news and opinions in cybersecurity industry trends, threats, and best practices.
Guide to Meeting Cybersecurity Insurance Requirements
Cyber insurance claims are climbing as data breach and ransomware attacks become more costly. It's pushing underwriters to set requirements on their policyholders' cyber hygiene.
A Modern Guide to Ransomware Protection
A ransomware attack is everyone’s nightmare. Nothing can cripple an organization like workstations locked and encrypted, demanding payment in…
Pen Test Postmortem: How To Get Owned
Professional good-guy attacker Pedro M. Sosa covers the most common findings from security assessments that make your organization easier to compromise.
The Return of Emotet Malware
The infamous botnet and malware known as Emotet is making a rise from the ashes in a new, more advanced form after last year's government takedown of its operators.
Why Scheduled Patch Windows Are Bad Practice
The growing rate of new vulnerabilities and the short time it takes adversaries to weaponize them is making the practice of patch windows less sustainable with every passing day. It's time to consider alternatives.
The Market Collision of SIEM, EDR, MDR, XDR, and the MSSP
The market for security tools and managed services are approaching a collision point as feature sets overlap. Solutions that collect, index, and search large data sets are quickly becoming competitors.
8 Years Until Quantum Computers Break Cryptography
Researchers believe they've targeted the date when a quantum computer will defeat contemporary cryptographic algorithms used to secure modern technology and networking, which could wreak havoc on the Internet so irrevocably enmeshed with society.
Can we adopt a strategy now to prepare for post-quantum?
What You Need to Know About Shrinking Certificate Lifespans
A threat to modern encryption comes from ever increasing power in brute force hardware and the looming prospect of quantum computing. Its time to shift to a shorter certificate and key cycle.
Quantifying Cybersecurity Risk and Uncertainty
Adapting a few quantitative analysis methodologies to decision making in cybersecurity planning can help reduce the guesswork. Mostly.
Open Source Developers Sabotage Projects Downloaded By Millions
What can devOps and cybersecurity professionals learn from the latest software supply chain disaster?