“I would say to women starting out in cyber to stop asking permission, and stop waiting for opportunities. If you want to transition internally ask how your employer can help you, not if they will permit you.” Eliza May Austin, Ladies of London Hacking Society It’s not a surprise that men still ou
In the digital era, cybersecurity is very often an asset that separates mediocre businesses from extraordinary ones. And with the average cost of a data breach being around $3.86 million , it seems to also make the difference between low and high revenue. However, 2020 has brought difficult
The COVID-19 pandemic shook the business world to the core since restrictions and mandatory public health measures forced employees to work from home. As lockdowns ended, more and more businesses started to rethink in-office perks and extend their work-from-home arrangements. As a result, tech
Regardless of the political side of the situation, the curious case of Edward Snowden has proven one thing: when uncovered, government spying enables a giant push to data scrambling on the Web. Giants like Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft have substantially implemented encrypted data over the last 15
Today, many businesses use a large number of connected devices, ranging from desktop computers to barcode scanners. As IT and security leaders work around the clock to secure and maintain servers, computers, smartphones, tablets, iPads, IoT devices, virtual machines, and more, choosing the right
Is your business prepared to face the new cyber cold war threat? This is becoming an increasingly pressing concern for many European and US businesses, as the reality of a digital cold war between the west and the east becomes clearer and clearer each day. For many, what lies ahead is a big
A new decade fresh with opportunity is upon us, along with new opportunities for cybercriminals to prove their skills. Cybersecurity threats have become increasingly ingenious over the last couple of years. To think that it all started out as “phone phreaking” in the late 1960s and early 1970
Security researchers have recently found that almost “all modern computers” are vulnerable to a modified version of the old cold boot attacks. This new version, discovered by a Finnish company last year, can interfere with a machine’s firmware in order to disable all security measures and allow an
Every headline-grabbing cyberattack unveils new sophisticated hacking techniques, but the attacker’s portrait remains the same: a modern-day professional with a strong sense of curiosity, patience, and social skills that thoroughly examines a company’s systems, takes note of every vulnerability, the
Facial recognition technology is the new gold standard for the modern business world. Although these face-detecting systems have been around for decades, their use has expanded tremendously in a rather short period of time. So much, in fact, that they are now powerful enough to authorize payments,
