Hacking & Cybercrime
Hacking & Cybercrime
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CybersecurityThe Next Cyber Attack is Right Around the Corner—Are You Ready?
There’s a lot of pressure on IT decision-makers to fill the cybersecurity holes in their organization. The skills shortage is palpable and growing. There just aren’t enough experts in the field. Those of you expecting...
By Ryan Day -
Certification
Top 10 Steps to Building a Better Password
While most folks not in the depths of your IT department have little involvement keeping your organization’s data under wraps, there are some best practices that even the least tech savvy among us can deploy....
By John Mark Ivey -
CybersecurityData Privacy Day: Why to Care and What to Do
On January 27, 2014, when the United States Congress adopted S. Res. 337, a nonbinding resolution expressing support for the designation of a "National Data Privacy Day" to be observed on January 28, there wasn’t...
By John Mark Ivey -
CybersecurityBuilding A Better Password
As a cybersecurity enthusiast for years, I am intrigued whenever there is a huge headline-making, media-frenzied security breach. Take, for instance, those two million passwords that were hacked earlier this month from social media sites,...
By John Mark Ivey -
CEH
DoS, DDos and DeOS… Oh My!!
In the security industry, we classify our security infrastructure in a variety of ways. One important classification method is called the “CIA Triad,” which refers to three security objectives defined by the Federal Information Security...
By Daniel Cummins -
Cybersecurity
Hacked? How to Break the Bad News to the C-Suite
Sure, your organization needs defensive strategies that go beyond basic compliance and are both durable and flexible. It’s a generally accepted fact that the human element is a critical facet of cybersecurity in terms of...
By Guest Authors -
CertificationCybersecurity Supply Hasn’t Caught Up with Demand – A Decade of IT Trends, Part IV
Unlike cloud computing, the concept of cybersecurity didn’t burst onto the IT scene in the past 10 years. Securing data has always been of the utmost importance. From our inaugural survey to this year’s 10th...
By Ryan Day -
CASP
A Beginner’s Guide to Encryption
It should come as no surprise that in this modern era of digital data we need encryption. But what exactly is it? How do you know what kind of encryption you need? If you were...
By Daniel Cummins -
CASP
How Thinking Like a Hacker Can Make You More Secure
Our computer systems and networks contain quite a bit of private and often very valuable data, and we do everything within our power (and budget) to protect this data from unauthorized access. But how do...
By Daniel Cummins -
CompTIA
Password Complexity: You’re Doing It Wrong!
Just like the physical keys to your car or house, passwords add a bit of inconvenience in exchange for security. However, if you've ever been frustrated by password rules (complexity, special characters and numbers, etc.),...
By Dave Buster
