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...
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...
Whether or not you work in cybersecurity, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is a great time to start promoting online safety awareness. Every October when NCSAM rolls around, we at Global Knowledge find it...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.),...
There has been a lot of discussion among chief information security officers (CISOs) about the "right number" to invest in cybersecurity. It’s a hot button topic with few signs of waning. Unfortunately, there is no...
The proliferation of interconnected network devices across the Internet is a hot topic of conversation in the IT world these days. Everywhere you look, you see references to the Internet of Things, or IoT, as...