Dec 12, 2023The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / GenAI Security 2023 has seen its fair share of cyber attacks, however there's one attack vector that proves to be more prominent than others - non-human access. With 11 high-profile attacks in 13 months and an ever-growing ungoverned attack surface, non-human identities are the new perimeter, and 2023 is only the beginning. Why … [Read more...] about Non-Human Access is the Path of Least Resistance: A 2023 Recap
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Embracing equity, crafting your career path, and other lessons from women at Elastic
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #EmbraceEquity—something we take quite seriously at Elastic. In 2019 we conducted not one, but two, audits to ensure equal pay, and we provide men and women the same amount of paid parental leave within the first year of family formation. We also have an employee resource group dedicated to women whose mission is to help women … [Read more...] about Embracing equity, crafting your career path, and other lessons from women at Elastic
Get clear on your career path. Elastic’s Alexis Young gives advice on how.
After six years in the accounting department of a staffing company, Alexis Young realized she was good at her job, but it didn’t fulfill her. She pivoted her career path into HR in 2012 and joined Elastic as Senior HR Business Partner in 2022. Her role requires her to partner closely with her respective leadership team and the business to work through HR-related issues as they … [Read more...] about Get clear on your career path. Elastic’s Alexis Young gives advice on how.
DoD + DevSecOps: A path toward speed and agility
As the US Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Software Modernization Strategy is put into place, agility, cloud adoption, and the software-factory methodology are top of mind. But according to a new study from the Hudson Institute, the DoD’s current approach to software and software updates isn’t fast enough to keep pace with modern warfare. The authors write: “The DoD needs to act … [Read more...] about DoD + DevSecOps: A path toward speed and agility
A Unique Cybersecurity Career Path: From Journalism to Cisco
Few security career paths are linear. For Stephanie Frankel the journey to Cisco Secure was circuitous. The Ann Arbor, Michigan native studied journalism at the University of Michigan before managing communications for the Washington Capitals and NBC Sports. But after several stints at communications agencies, she charted a new path for herself in cybersecurity. Not only has … [Read more...] about A Unique Cybersecurity Career Path: From Journalism to Cisco
Continuity and recovery on the path towards resiliency
Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR)—cybersecurity’s neglected middle children. BCDR gets no respect. It’s delegated down or relegated out. It’s practically a rite of passage for a junior security analyst to take on BCDR documentation. So, you can imagine our surprise when disaster recovery was identified as the fourth strongest contributor to building a … [Read more...] about Continuity and recovery on the path towards resiliency
Creating a Path to Successful Security Hygiene
Security posture management challenges are driven by the growing attack surface. Organizations have accelerated cloud computing initiatives and have been forced to support a growing population of remote users as a result of the pandemic. Firms are also deploying new types of devices as part of digital transformation initiatives, further exacerbating the growing attack surface, … [Read more...] about Creating a Path to Successful Security Hygiene
New Patch Released for Actively Exploited 0-Day Apache Path Traversal to RCE Attacks
The Apache Software Foundation on Thursday released additional security updates for its HTTP Server product to remediate what it says is an "incomplete fix" for an actively exploited path traversal and remote code execution flaw that it patched earlier this week. CVE-2021-42013, as the new vulnerability is identified as, builds upon CVE-2021-41773, a flaw that impacted Apache … [Read more...] about New Patch Released for Actively Exploited 0-Day Apache Path Traversal to RCE Attacks
Podcast: Taking the unconventional career path in cybersecurity
Security Stories PodcastIn the latest episode of the Security Stories podcast, we take on the topic of cybersecurity careers. Myself, Ben Nahorney and Noureen Njoroge are joined by guests Mitch Neff, Marketing Lead at Cisco Talos, and Corien Vermaak, Cybersecurity Partner Sales Lead for Cisco APJC. We each discuss on how we all got our starts in the cybersecurity … [Read more...] about Podcast: Taking the unconventional career path in cybersecurity