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8 Essential Skills for Modern Cybersecurity Professionals

Cybersecurity is one of the most in-demand and rewarding fields in the IT industry. As cyberthreats continue to evolve and pose challenges to individuals and businesses, cybersecurity professionals need to have a diverse set of skills to protect data, networks, and systems. We understand that each organization and security operations team will vary somewhat, and […]

Navigating Your Managed Cybersecurity Options

If you’re aiming to improve your organization’s threat detection and incident response (TDIR) capabilities, I’m willing to bet you’re annoyed and frustrated by trying to navigate the managed cybersecurity market that’s rife with imprecise terminology and vendors willing to bend definitions to fit their solutions. As a result, you have an extremely difficult job in trying to find the right solutions, let alone pick the best one.

Three myths surrounding cybersecurity

A common dysfunction in many companies is the disconnect between the CISO, who views cybersecurity as an everyday priority, versus top management who may see it as a priority only when an intrusion is detected. Does your organization suffer from any of these?

Welcome to the New Security World of SMB Partners

Yet another recent report confirms the obvious, that SMBs in general do not take security seriously enough. The truth is a bit more nuanced than that, of course—SMB execs generally take security very seriously, but they don’t have the dollars to do enough about it—although it amounts to the same thing.

Prevention is Key in Cybersecurity

A lot of data, an overwhelming amount actually, is available from hundreds of sources, but rarely is it observed. Having something and getting value from it are entirely different.

The Perimeter is Dead: Long-live the Perimeter

In 2005, the Department of Homeland Security commissioned Livermore National Labs to produce a kind of pre-emptive post-mortem report.

Time is money. Downtime is loss of money.

The technological revolution has introduced a plethora of advanced solutions to help identify and stop intrusions. There is no shortage of hype, innovation, and emerging trends in today's security markets. However, data leaks and breaches persist.

RetailNOW Recap 2016: Security Top of Mind for Attendees

The event, aimed at connecting the point-of-sale (POS) technology ecosystem, was extremely successful because it gave us the perfect platform to further connect with our existing partners—and to meet and interact with industry leaders.

Diagnosing Account Lockout in Active Directory

Here we are going to look for Event ID 4740. This is the security event that is logged whenever an account gets locked. “User X” is getting locked out and Security Event ID 4740 are logged on respective servers with detailed information.

Hungry...Hungry...HIPAA

I have fond memories of playing a board game called Hungry Hungry Hippos in my younger days. Today’s medical practices mirror the chaos of the game. Each day seems more hectic than the previous...

Secure, Usable, Cheap: Pick any two

This fundamental tradeoff between security, usability, and cost is critical. Yes, it is possible to have both security and usability, but at a cost, in terms of money, time and personnel. While making something both cost efficient and usable, or even making something secure and cost-efficient may not be very hard, it is however more difficult and time consuming to make something both secure and usable. This takes a lot of effort and thinking because security takes planning and resources.

What You Should Know About
PCI DSS 4

Discover PCI DSS v4.0, the latest global standard for securing payment card data. Released March 31, 2022, it enhances security against evolving threats.

What you should know about programs, ports and services

In this fourth article in the series, we continue to explore some of the basic ways that business of all sizes can keep their computer systems safer. We will discuss the topic of programs, ports and services.

PCI 3.0 Is Coming - Are You Ready?

Every 3 years the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) is updated to a new version. The time for the next release is right around the corner. Are you Ready?

Key takeaways from the presidential debate on cybersecurity.

?The presidential debate, as entertaining as it was for many, was a great place to hear about the focus needed on cybersecurity issues in this country. Both candidates were asked the following question on the topic of cybersecurity in the U.S...

Four CompTIA ChannelCon Takeaways for MSPs to Boost Cybersecurity

It was great to be back in Chicago for ChannelCon 2022. Thank you to CompTIA for their successful event, with 1,000 attendees and vendor partners for the extensive formal and informal learning opportunities enabling us to recommend and reinvigorate after the last 24 months.

Make a cybersecurity list and check it twice this holiday season

As the holidays swiftly approach, many of us are making lists and plans as part of the crescendo of year-end activity. We don’t want to forget anything important, but is ensuring safety from cybercrime at the top of your list?

How to Overcome Three Major Cybersecurity Budget Hurdles

Success starts with a well-planned strategic budget. Face the fear…now’s the time to plan for powerful yet practical cybersecurity.

Today’s CISO Challenges - The Talent Gap

It continues to be challenging being a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) today – and this year promises no rest. As high-profile data breaches escalate, CISOs, CIOs, and other information security professionals believe their organizations are more likely than ever to fall victim to a data breach or cyber attack.

Do you have a cyber blind spot?

What's the cost of securing your network from a cyber attack? According to Precision Analytics and The CAP Group, many companies are now spending less than 0.2 percent of their revenue on cybersecurity, at least one-third less than financial institutions. If that's you then you may have a cyber blind spot.

Essential soft skills for cybersecurity success

IT workers in general, but more so IT Security professionals, pride themselves on their technical skills. Keeping abreast of the latest threats and the newest tactics to demonstrate to management and peers that one is “worthy.”

Using Dynamic Audit Policy to Detect Unauthorized File Access

One thing I always wished you could do in Windows auditing was mandate that access to an object be audited if the user was NOT a member of a specified group. Why? Well sometimes you have data that you know a given group of people will be accessing and for that activity you have no need of an audit trail. Let’s just say you know that members of the Engineering group will be accessing your Transmogrifier project folder and you do NOT need an audit trail for when they do. But this is very sensitive data and you DO need to know if anyone else looks at Transmogrifier.

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