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Failing Toward Zero: Why Your Security Needs to Fail to Get Better
Each security incident should lead to a successive reduction in future incidences of the same type. Organizations that fail toward zero embrace failure and learn from their mistakes.
Why Security Awareness Training Should Be Backed by Security by Design
Cybersecurity training needs an overhaul, though the training itself is only one small part of how security teams can influence user behavior.
As 'Anywhere Work' Evolves, Security Will Be Key Challenge
Companies should plan their future workforce model now, so they have time to implement the necessary tools, including cybersecurity and seamless remote access, a Forrester report says.
10 Undergraduate Security Degree Programs to Explore
Colleges and universities are ramping up cybersecurity education with a wider range of degree programs and more resources for students to build their infosec careers.
2021 Cybersecurity Spending: How to Maximize Value
This is a pivotal moment for CISOs. As their influence increases, so does the pressure for them to make the right decisions.
Twitter Taps Mudge
Noted security researcher Peiter Zatko joins the social network as head of security.
The Sameness of Every Day: How to Change Up Audit Fatigue
And with more data compliance laws on the way, audit fatigue could be a real challenge for infosec professionals.
3 Tips For Successfully Running Tech Outside the IT Department
When marketing opts for "extra-departmental IT," coordination and communication are required to keep things secured.
Overlooked Security Risks of the M&A Rebound
Successful technology integration, post-merger, is tricky in any market, and never more so than with today's remote work environments and distributed IT infrastructure.
Digital Transformation Means Security Must Also Transform
Being successful in this moment requires the ability to evolve in terms of team management, visibility, and crisis management.
Online Users Feel Safe, But Risky Behavior Abounds
New research also shows a divide between younger and older users in their security practices, including use of two-factor authentication and how often software updates are performed.
Public Safety & Cybersecurity Concerns Elevate Need for a Converged Approach
As public and private spaces are opening up, the need for a converged approach to cybersecurity and physical security is essential, as is integration with health measures and tech.
SANS Launches New CyberStart Program for All High School Students
Free program lets students solve real-world security problems - and learn about cybersecurity.
How Healthcare Organizations Can Combat Ransomware
The days of healthcare organizations relying solely on endpoint security software to stop attacks are over. Here are six ways that healthcare providers can fight the ever-present threat.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Tough for Women, Tougher for Women of Color
Security practitioners shed light on obstacles limiting career growth and the steps businesses can take to achieve their promises of a more diverse workforce.
5 Human Factors That Affect Secure Software Development
With the move to remote work, it's especially important to understand how to support, discourage, and monitor conditions for development teams.
New Report Links Cybersecurity and Sustainability
Some have also created the role of chief sustainability officer, according to Kaspersky.
FIRST Announces Cyber-Response Ethical Guidelines
The 12 points seek to provide security professionals with advice on ethical behavior during incident response.
Dealing With Insider Threats in the Age of COVID
Dangerous gray areas like new BYOD policies and shadow IT devices have increased, thanks to the rapid shift to remote working.
Are You One COVID-19 Test Away From a Cybersecurity Disaster?
One cybersecurity failure can result in a successful ransomware attack or data breach that could cause tremendous damage. There's no need to panic, but neither is there time to ignore the issue.
Building the Human Firewall
Cybersecurity was a challenge before COVID-19 sent millions of employees home to work from their own devices and networks. Now what?
Security Officers, Are Your Employees Practicing Good Habits from Home?
Even if you can't see your employees in the office, they still need to be reminded that criminals are always trying to spot a weak link in the chain.
Why MSPs Are Hacker Targets, and What To Do About It
Managed service providers are increasingly becoming the launching pad of choice for ransomware and other online malfeasance.
John McAfee Indicted on Tax Charges
The indictment alleging tax evasion and failure to file returns was unsealed after his arrest in Spain.
'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness
To protect your organization from all emerging file-borne threats, the security and leadership teams must align to develop a streamlined approach to file security.
7 Non-Technical Skills Threat Analysts Should Master to Keep Their Jobs
It's not just technical expertise and certifications that enable analysts to build long-term careers in cybersecurity.
Nearly 70% of IT & Security Pros Hone Their Cyber Skills Outside of Work
New research shows how security skills are lacking across multiple IT disciplines as well - including network engineers, sys admins, and cloud developers.
Time for CEOs to Stop Enabling China's Blatant IP Theft
Protecting intellectual property in the name of US economic and national security should be part of every company's fiduciary duty.
Cybersecurity Bounces Back, but Talent Still Absent
While the demand for cybersecurity talent rebounds, organizations will need to focus on cyber-enabled roles to fill immediate skills gaps.
6 Lessons IT Security Can Learn From DevOps
DevOps has taken over enterprise software development. The discipline has lessons for IT security -- here are a quick half-dozen.
Post-COVID-19 Security Spending Update
Security spending growth will slow in 2020, but purse strings are looser than for other areas of IT.
5 Ways for Cybersecurity Teams to Work Smarter, Not Harder
Burnout is real and pervasive, but some common sense tools and techniques can help mitigate all that.
From Defense to Offense: Giving CISOs Their Due
In today's unparalleled era of disruption, forward-thinking CISOs can become key to company transformation -- but this means resetting relationships with the board and C-suite.
Redefining What CISO Success Looks Like
Key to this new definition is the principle that security programs are designed to minimize business risk, not to achieve 100% no-risk.
The Inside Threat from Psychological Manipulators
How internal manipulators can actually degrade your organization's cyber defense, and how to defend against them.
How CISOs Can Play a New Role in Defining the Future of Work
Rather than just reacting to security issues in the COVID-19 era, CISOs are now in a position to be change agents alongside their C-suite peers.
Black Hat USA 2020 Musings: Weird and Wonderful Virtual Events are Here to Stay
Black Hat USA 2020 was nothing like an in-person event, but it was incredibly useful for all involved, providing even the most grizzled industry veterans with fresh perspectives.
10 Resume and Interview Tips from Security Pros
Experts from the DEF CON Career Hacking Village explain how job seekers can build a resume and rock an interview.
Secure Development Takes a (Remote) Village
The shift to work from home isn't just about giving your Dev team the physical tools they need.
Black Hat USA 2020 Shines Spotlight on the Mental Challenges of Cybersecurity
Infosec practitioners face a variety of mental struggles in areas such as awareness training, problem solving, or general mental health. Several sessions at Black Hat USA 2020 highlighted these challenges and how to overcome them.
Hacking It as a CISO: Advice for Security Leadership
A security leader shares tips for adopting a CISO mindset, creating risk management strategies, and "selling infosec" to IT and executives.
Dark Reading Video News Desk Returns to Black Hat
UPDATED: Coming to you prerecorded from in front of carefully arranged bookcases around the world ...!
Where Dark Reading Goes Next
Dark Reading Editor-in-Chief gives a complete rundown of all the Dark Reading projects you might not even know about, his insight into the future of the security industry, and how we plan to cover it.
Four Rules and Three Tools to Protect Against Fake SaaS Apps
Here's how to blunt the twinned forces of shadow IT and counterfeit apps and keep your data safe.
Supporting Women in InfoSec
Maxine Holt, research director from Omdia, explains why the time is right for women to step into more cybersecurity jobs now.
Developing Community for Woman Infosec Pros in India
Vandana Verma tells us how women in India are finding support, education and love of cybersecurity through the growing InfosecGirls community.
What to Tell Young People of Color About InfoSec Careers
CEO and founder of Revolution Cyber Juliet Okafor and Baker Hughes Director of Global OT Security Programs Paul Brager talk about the unique lessons and hard truths they provide when mentoring young black cybersecurity professionals.
Pen Testers Share the Inside Story of Their Arrest and Exoneration
Coalfire's Gary De Mercurio and Justin Wynn share the inside story of their infamous arrest last year while conducting a contracted red-team engagement in an Iowa courthouse -- and what it took to clear their names.
A Paramedic's Guide to Cybersecurity: Video
In this video segment, the Dark Reading News Desk speaks to several guests about healthcare cybersecurity. We begin with Rich Mogull, infosec pro and paramedic, for a discussion about what lessons cybersecurity can learn from emergency medical services and the parallels that already exist.
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