Cyber Security Articles & News

SEE LIVE: 7 awesome things you’ll learn at SpiceWorld 2017

Every year, thousands of IT pros and tech marketers descend upon Austin, Texas to talk about tech at our IT conference, SpiceWorld (where everything IT connects!). And if you attend, you'll experience not only awesome parties and networking with your peers over a beer or three, you'll also have the opportunity to see great presentations put on by IT professionals in the know.

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Cybersecurity books arm readers in the war against hackers

The Editors at Cybersecurity Ventures read “The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age” by Adam Segal last year and featured it here. The groundbreaking book about cyberwarfare is as relevant today and when it was published — and recommended summer reading for anyone who hasn’t gotten to it yet.

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Hackerbay: The legit website that pays you to embrace the dark side

“Criminals of Curiosity”

The word “hacker” conjures many mental images in the marketplace, and very, very few of them are good. Seriously, it’s pretty much Snowden and Angelina Jolie with a pixie cut, and plenty of people don’t like Snowden.

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The Ethical Hacker: Are You Accounting for One of Your Largest Cybersecurity Risks?

I’ve written on this topic before, and despite the danger of sounding like a broken record, I will repeat myself: Cybersecurity is all about risk management. Many of you are likely working with your company’s chief information security officer (CISO) and security teams to help assess and control this cyberrisk. (At least I hope you are.) And one of the first things most security professionals recommend is taking an inventory of your IT assets. In fact, it’s embodied in the first Function of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework:

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WATCH: The 3 least secure free Wi-Fi spots of 2017

Are you part of the 87 percent of Americans that use public Wi-Fi? If your answer is yes then you could be in the crosshairs of a hacker. That's right, free Wi-Fi comes with a price and it’s your information. Jared Cotter is talking with security expert Kevin Mitnick to find out where the three spots are where you’re more likely to be hacked, and how to better protect yourself

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EVENT REVIEW: IP Expo grows attendance by 30%

The event, which ran in April, saw over 6,000 visitors across the two days at Manchester Central

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KnowBe4 Moves From #38 to #6 on Cybersecurity 500

The Cybersecurity 500 / Q2 2017 list of the world’s hottest security companies was officially released June 21, 2017.

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Book Review: Ghost in The Wires – Kevin Mitnick

While attending the RSA show in February, I met Kevin (@KevinMitnick) and obtained a copy of The Art of Invisibility, which I immediately read. Due to the great many references to Kevin’s past, I thought it would be informative and worthwhile to read Ghost in the Wires. It’s also listed on the Tripwire 10 must-read books for information security professionals.

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5 Steps for User Security from Kevin Mitnick, the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

As one of the world leaders in cyber hacking, Kevin Mitnick has a lot to say about user security.

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SEE LIVE: PECB Insights Conference in Montreal, Canada on the 29th – 30th of June, 2017

The first edition of the PECB Insights Conference will be hosted at the “Palais des congrès de Montréal”, in Montreal, Canada, from the 29th to the 30th of June, 2017. With a variety of stimulating and interactive sessions, this edition begins with some interesting Pre-Conference Training courses, exclusively revealed on the 27th and 28th of June, 2017.

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