The Great Cybersecurity Compromise of 2021
How can agencies and employees improve their cybersecurity knowledge in a more effective and fun way? Here are some great takeaways.
Posts Tagged: cybersecurity
Why Your Contractors Need Your Help (and Why You Should Care)
Meeting compliance requirements can challenge small businesses without on-staff expertise. Here are three things you can do to help.
Ransomware’s Deadly Turn for the Worse (and What You Can Do About It)
Like lethal strikes carried out by the Serengetti’s deadly predators, ransomware attacks often unfold quickly, stealthily and with great harm to victims. That’s because beasts of prey, whether equipped with claw and fang or malicious malware, exploit a pack’s weakest links. They prey on the careless and the naive, the ones who stray from theRead… Read more »
A CISO’s 365 Days Journey – Part 4
After building the program for three quarters, seeking feedback from the stakeholders and making course corrections, a CISO should look forward.
3 Things Colleges Can Teach Agencies About Cybersecurity
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both government and higher education to think more about remote data and other cybersecurity concerns.
How States Secured the Election… And So Much More
Responsible for carrying out the election were not just poll workers and election officials, but thousands of IT staffers around the country who defended against cyberattacks.
Why You Can’t Kill Off Passwords
Authentication factors don’t govern security; the authentication infrastructure determines security. So what’s with all the “killing passwords” talk?
A CISO’s 365 Days Journey – Part 1
The first 90 days are crucial for establishing credibility as a chief information security officer, or CISO, at an agency.
A New Normal Means New Security Trends
Even with the sudden shift of circumstance, security experts had already foreseen the eventual need for distributed, remotely applied security.
Fixing the Weakest Link in Cybersecurity: People
In the wake of massive computer advancements, why are humans still the ones being asked to generate, know and reveal passwords?