In 2021 alone, humanity (and a few robots) will create 79 sextillion bytes of data. That’s nearly 10 million times the estimated number of grains of sand on Earth. And those…
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The Hottest Cybersecurity Must-Reads for the Busy Security Practitioner
You’re busy. We get that. Let’s suppose you’re like most of your colleagues in security. In that case, it’s almost like Groundhog Day. It starts with chasing the latest threat…
Surge of New Digital Accounts During the Pandemic Leads to Lingering Security Side Effects
How many online accounts did you open during the pandemic? A new survey examines the impact of this digital surge on risk to consumers and businesses alike. The unexpected nature…
The OSI Model and You Part 4: Stopping Threats at the OSI Transport Layer
As we’ve talked about in the rest of this series, there are several ways to use the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven layers of networking model to help us secure our…
Educating the Educators: Protecting Student Data
I found my 17-year-old son happily playing video games last year when he was supposed to be in virtual school. But after a few questions, I learned he wasn’t skipping…
What is Network Detection and Response and Why is it So Important?
Networks are the foundation of today’s connected world. They allow millions of people, devices, apps and systems to talk with one another every minute of the day. Without networks, modern…
Confidential Computing: The Future of Cloud Computing Security
Two years ago, a group of tech companies introduced a new roadmap for cloud computing security. Confidential computing “uses hardware-based techniques to isolate data, specific functions, or an entire application…
How Good Transaction Security Can Make Customer Visits Easier
Every time I start to put my information into an online form, especially if it’s my credit card number or a banking transaction, I almost always pause. There was a…
5 Global Supply Chain Security Threats (and How to Handle Them)
In December 2020, a nation-state attack on the SolarWinds network management system compromised the supply chains of over 18,000 organizations, including the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security. With…
Thoughts From a Data Security Expert: 3 Things That Keep Me Up at Night
As an IT leader in charge of database engineering and database audit and compliance for a Fortune 50 American company with millions of customers, I know that there are potential…