A recent survey from cybersecurity firm Bitdefender revealed that nearly 50% of infosec professionals admitted that their organization doesn’t have a contingency plan to handle a situation like COVID-19 or a similar. In the survey “the Indelible Impact Of...
A survey on the current state of security operations center (SOC) performance revealed that even though organizations have increased their cybersecurity budget on SOC, the overall results are not satisfactory. It is found that the average annual cybersecurity budget...
Threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered that personal records of U.S. citizens were exposed on darknet forums. The researchers stated that an unknown hacker posted an advertisement on the dark web claiming that they had stolen personal details of more...
The MGM Resorts, in February 2020, reported a data breach that affected nearly 10.6 million of its guests. The company took help of two cybersecurity firms to probe the incident and correspondingly beefed-up the security lines to avoid such...
In the last two decades, the cybersecurity landscape has evolved, but security processes and controls have failed to integrate quality outside — in view of new cyberthreats and risks. Cyberthreat intelligence is an increasingly overused terminology, confusing the industry...
With four months toward the Election Day, and several state-sponsored cyberattacks already targeting the 2020 election, cybersecurity has taken the center stage. The presumptive Democratic nominee for President, Joe Biden hired former White House cybersecurity official Chris DeRusha as...
Dunzo, an India-based on-demand delivery provider app that has seen large investments from Google on the back of its top-notch services, reported a limited data breach that compromised its customer database. However, the breach has now been resolved and...
A new survey from the Cybersecure Policy Exchange (CPX) at Ryerson University in Toronto revealed that nearly 57% of Canadians have been the victims of a cyberattack. The survey "Advancing a Cybersecure Canada" highlighted Canadians’ online behavior and their...
In this article, I will look at how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help improve cybersecurity practices in an environment of ever-increasing threats and discuss the role of AI in alleviating the perennial talent shortage in the field of cybersecurity....
The cybersecurity talent gap is well documented and well-known throughout the cybersecurity industry. Not surprisingly, CISOs believe this problem will continue to worsen resulting in understaffed security teams defending organizations against sophisticated cyberattacks.
By AJ Yawn, Cloud Security Expert
The recent...
