Fresh out of college at Emory University (go Eagles!), I landed a strategy consulting role with a top firm and headed to Washington, DC. The work was challenging and provided an amazing view into the inner workings of some amazing clients across a broad range of markets. While I enjoyed the job, I wanted more. I wanted to be closer to the action and execution, but I needed to … [Read more...] about How Cybersecurity Found Me: My Career Journey
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What Does It Take To Be a Cybersecurity Researcher?
Behind the strategies and solutions needed to counter today's cyber threats are—dedicated cybersecurity researchers. They spend their lives dissecting code and analyzing incident reports to discover how to stop the bad guys. But what drives these specialists? To understand the motivations for why these cybersecurity pros do what they do, we decided to talk with cybersecurity … [Read more...] about What Does It Take To Be a Cybersecurity Researcher?
How Cyrebro Can Unify Multiple Cybersecurity Defenses to Optimize Protection
Many enterprises rely on more than one security tool to protect their technology assets, devices, and networks. This is particularly true for organizations that use hybrid systems or a combination of cloud and local applications. Likewise, companies whose networks include a multitude of smartphones and IoT devices are likely to deploy multiple security solutions suitable for … [Read more...] about How Cyrebro Can Unify Multiple Cybersecurity Defenses to Optimize Protection
How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected cybersecurity
By March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak had already reached more than 100 countries and was officially designated a pandemic. The world has now been fighting this unprecedented virus for a whole year. In addition to its obvious effects on individuals’ health and entire countries’ economies, the disease’s spread triggered sudden and radical changes in the daily life of millions of … [Read more...] about How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected cybersecurity
Growing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent
With the industry cyber skills gap widening, it is the role of organizations like Cisco to help foster education and grow the next generation of talent in the communities that we live, work, and serve. The persistent and everchanging landscape of cybersecurity challenges will require a new set of diverse talent. It will literally take a village and require the action of … [Read more...] about Growing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent
New CISOs Survey Reveals How Small Cybersecurity Teams Can Confront 2021
The pressure on small to medium-sized enterprises to protect their organizations against cyberthreats is astronomical. These businesses face the same threats as the largest enterprises, experience the same (relative) damages and consequences when breaches occur as the largest enterprises but are forced to protect their organizations with a fraction of the resources as the … [Read more...] about New CISOs Survey Reveals How Small Cybersecurity Teams Can Confront 2021
SolarWinds Hackers Also Breached Malwarebytes Cybersecurity Firm
Malwarebytes on Tuesday said it was breached by the same group who broke into SolarWinds to access some of its internal emails, making it the fourth major cybersecurity vendor to be targeted after FireEye, Microsoft, and CrowdStrike. The company said its intrusion was not the result of a SolarWinds compromise, but rather due to a separate initial access vector that works by … [Read more...] about SolarWinds Hackers Also Breached Malwarebytes Cybersecurity Firm
IT and OT Cybersecurity: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
I was intrigued to learn that certain coyotes and badgers team up while hunting. If the prey runs fast, the coyote takes the lead. If the prey dives underground, it’s the badger’s department. IT and OT can take note. They share a common enemy: cyberattacks targeting the industrial networks that connect Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and industrial control systems (ICS) that … [Read more...] about IT and OT Cybersecurity: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Use This Ultimate Template to Plan and Monitor Your Cybersecurity Budgets
Sound security budget planning and execution are essential for CIO's/CISO's success.Now, for the first time, the Ultimate Security Budget Plan and Track Excel template (download here) provide security executives a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned vs. actual spend, ensuring that security needs are addressed while maintaining the budgetary frame.The dynamic … [Read more...] about Use This Ultimate Template to Plan and Monitor Your Cybersecurity Budgets
Cybersecurity in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Pre-Close Phase
This is Part 2 of our three-part blog series on the critical importance of cybersecurity in the M&A process. Part 1 addressed due diligence, and in this blog, we cover the pre-close phase. The pre-close period of an M&A transaction typically lasts just 30 days — an extraordinarily brief period considering the incredible amount of work that goes into closing a … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Pre-Close Phase