The transition to a career in cybersecurity is not just a change of professional direction; it represents a commitment to defending the digital world. Here's how you can get the critical technical skills needed to fill the 4-million-job shortfall and protect our interconnected world.
Chief information security officers are challenged with building high-functioning cybersecurity teams amid an impossible labor and skills market. Here are strategies they can use to assemble teams capable of defending their organizations against the myriad of cyberthreats they face daily.
Cybersecurity startups are wary of the public markets following a hard economic reset that made profitability more important than growth and performance more important than potential. Due to this dramatic shift, lots of cybersecurity startups want to file for an IPO, but nobody wants to go first.
A new analysis has unearthed that cryptocurrency scammers siphoned off a staggering $43.6 million in 2022. Those who enjoy forensics should have a field day in this domain. From ethical hacking to penetration testing and incident response, there are tons of well-paying opportunities.
Wiz is reportedly set to buy centralized cloud threat management vendor Gem Security for $350 million, Bloomberg reported this week. The deal would come just four months after Wiz made its first-ever acquisition, scooping up cloud-based development platform Raftt for as much as $50 million.
Beyond the hype, AI is transforming cybersecurity by automating threat detection, streamlining incident response and predicting attacker behaviors. Organizations are increasingly deploying AI to protect their data, stay ahead of cybercriminals and build more resilient security systems.
The number of victims who opt to pay a ransom appears to have declined to a record low. During the last three months of 2023, an average of 29% of organizations hit by ransomware paid a ransom - a notable shift from what ransomware watchers saw in recent years.
Rumors are swirling about how the Department of Health and Human Services lost about $7.5 million in grant payments through a series of cyberattacks last year, including speculation over whether the incidents involved sophisticated AI-augmented spear-phishing or more commonplace fraud schemes.
Switzerland's federal government reports that multiple federal agencies' public-facing sites were temporarily disrupted by distributed denial-of-service attacks perpetrated by a self-proclaimed Russian hacktivist group "as a means of gaining media attention for their cause."
Seeking to maximize profits no matter the cost, ransomware groups have been bolstering their technical prowess and psychological shakedowns with a fresh strategy: attempting to control the narrative. Experts are warning security researchers and journalists to beware being co-opted.
Winter in London features Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland, Christmas lights galore, and the return of the Black Hat Europe cybersecurity conference, featuring briefings on everything from quantum cryptography and router pwning to dissecting iOS zero-days and training generative AI to attack.
A scientist claims to have developed an inexpensive system for using quantum computing to crack RSA, which is the world's most commonly used public key algorithm. If true, this would be a breakthrough that comes years before experts predicted. Now, they're asking for proof.
The unique characteristics of the telecommunications industry pose significant challenges to the implementation of robust vulnerability management programs. Security director Ian Keller lists the top four challenges and discusses strategies to overcome them.
Arctic Wolf last week announced plans to buy SOAR platform provider Revelstoke in a move to boost Arctic Wolf's automated response capabilities and lay the groundwork for "deeply embedded" AI and machine learning. CEO Nick Schneider explained how the deal will benefit customers and drive innovation.
A data security startup led by a Microsoft and Google veteran and backed by Samsung and CrowdStrike could soon be acquired by Palo Alto Networks. The company is in advanced talks to buy data security posture management startup Dig Security for between $300 million and $400 million.
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