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Owners of small- or medium-sized business (SMBs) often assume they are less likely than larger companies to face a cyberattack. The reality, however, is very different....Read more

Originally a U.S.-based initiative, Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM) is now an annual international event that highlights the importance of security awareness....Read more

In cybersecurity, the present moment is one of both opportunity and crisis. The demand for cybersecurity professionals is growing rapidly, but there are simply not enough trained professionals to meet the current needs....Read more

According to Richard Pethia from Carnegie Mellon University, DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) established the first Security Operations Center (SOC), the CERT/CC (Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center) in 1988 in the aftermath of the infamous Morris Worm propagation....Read more

The world’s shortage of qualified cybersecurity workers has been steadily growing since 2013 and is expected to reach 3.5 million in 2021i. With the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape, the need for security experts is far outstripping supply....Read more

Over the last year, the demand for cloud-based services and applications has dramatically increased and the need to scale pushed to new levels. We are moving away from an era where networks were clearly defined and usually specific to a certain location. Now there isn’t necessarily a contained/defined network to secure, but instead a vast...Read more

Cybersecurity used to be a lot easier. IT teams did their best to build a security perimeter—a walled garden—where they could treat anything or anyone in that network as secure. This classic approach of attempting to restrict everything to a “secure” network does not accommodate the modern world, where almost everyone works remotely from different...Read more

Bad actors want your data. While a lot of things can happen before a user or system get to access an organization’s data, data is still ultimately what criminals want; personal information, customer lists, credit card numbers, trade secrets – to name a few....Read more

Through the new realities of working from home, organizations are seeing a substantial increase in the diversity of devices accessing their networks. In a receive survey, due to the pandemic, 86% of IT leaders say at least ¼ of their staff are connecting to the corporate networks through personal and shared devices right now. With...Read more

The way we worked evolved rapidly in 2020. Organizations around the world have adapted and embraced remote work. With employees working from home, being able to connect to any resource, on any device, inclusive of using personal devices, has become a productivity requirement to be able complete their work. In turn, IT still has the...Read more