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The 4 Questions You Need To Ask When Purchasing Cybersecurity Professional Services
A professional services engagement can be critical for companies looking to successfully implement cybersecurity. From solutions to vendors, new cybersecurity solutions contain a lot of complexity and variables, and many IT teams don’t have the time or capacity to handle them entirely themselves. That makes a professional services engagement a necessary investment, which means you need to ask firms the right questions to ensure everything goes smoothly and you maximize your value.
6 Creative Ways to Easily Increase Password Security
When it comes to cybersecurity, everyday tips for staying safe can seem complicated and unnecessary. How else do we explain why so many online users continue to resist best practices for creating strong passwords, even though it sets them up to be victims of data breaches and identity theft?
Stop Hoarding Data Unless It Makes Sense: Tips for Small Businesses
When running a small business, you have many reasons to maintain the personal data of your customers, employees, and other entities with whom you interact. Selling, marketing, financials, and compliance all require having data — and, in some cases, hoarding it. But when does your hoarding become an issue?
Operational Technology Security: The Silent Guardian of Industry
Events at the end of 2023 have underscored the importance of operational technology (OT) security – a series of cyber attacks, suspected to be the work of an Iranian government-linked group, targeted US water facilities using Israeli-made technology.
Protecting Your Intellectual Property From Cyberattacks: An Overview
Most businesses have something unique, like a product, process, innovation, code, ingredient, recipe, or idea. It’s their “special sauce” or “better mouse trap.” It sets them apart from the competition and will help them change or disrupt the world (hopefully for the good). It’s called “intellectual property,” and protecting it from bad cyber actors is critical.
5 Myths about Starting a Cybersecurity Career
Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing field with excellent career prospects. There are two main reasons. First, the cybersecurity market is increasing and is forecast to reach a global volume of $273.6 billion by 2028 (CAGR of 10.48%). Second, the cybersecurity skills shortage persists. With that in mind, let’s bust the five myths about starting a career in cybersecurity.
Remote Browser Isolation: Preventing Malicious Web Code from Entering Your Network
Remote browser isolation, or RBI, is a technology that uses logical or physical barriers to separate non-trusted web browsing from the corporate network.
5 Critical Cyber Risks that Can Threaten Business Profits
In today’s interconnected world, business leaders must confront the pervasive and detrimental risk of cyberattacks and data breaches. Yet the consequences of cyber incidents extend beyond compromising sensitive information — they can severely impact a company’s profitability.
5 Steps to Maximize AI in Business Projects: Avoiding Security and Regulatory Headaches
Companies across the globe have jumped on the artificial intelligence (AI) bandwagon and started developing products that incorporate AI or use AI tools to empower their current workforce.
Vulnerability Management: 5 Steps To Protect Your Business
In the most simplistic terms, vulnerability management is an element of cybersecurity that involves finding and remediating weaknesses in your computer systems to minimize ways hackers can negatively impact your business.
6 Things to Look for in a Cyber Expert for Your Board of Directors
A board of directors (BoD) has the power to shape an organization significantly, which means it is also responsible for managing security. With the global cost of cybercrime expected to rise to $13.2 trillion by 2028, selecting a cybersecurity expert to sit on the board of directors should be a top priority for any company.
Preparing For the Next Wave of Data Privacy Obligations
Some things just are better together. Peanut butter and jelly. Coffee and cream. Batman and Robin. Salt and pepper. Security and privacy.
How the SBOM Executive Order Helps Improve Cybersecurity
In the wake of major cyberattacks, such as December 2021’s Log4Shell, Congress and federal agencies have ramped up requirements for transparency in software supply chains. Software vendors are facing new requirements, including providing a software bill of materials, or SBOM, which can help improve cybersecurity measures.
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