For cybersecurity experts, artificial intelligence (AI) can both respond to and predict threats. But because AI security is everywhere, attackers are using it to launch more refined attacks. Each side…
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How to Build Usability Into Your Security Program
A positive user experience with security tools is essential to security itself. If a given application or policy is too hard or time-consuming to use, users will simply work outside…
Does Your Security Awareness Program Account for Changing Work Environments?
With a sound security awareness program, your employees are better prepared to identify, protect and respond to phishing and social engineering attacks & help minimize the overall cost of security incidents.
Beyond IT: Assessing the Human Impact of Healthcare Cybersecurity
Healthcare cybersecurity attacks are on the rise. As Protenus notes, industry data breaches increased by 48 percent between 2018 and 2019, with more than 41 million patient records compromised. Meanwhile,…
How Human Security Investments Created a Global Culture of Accountability at ADP
Practice doesn’t necessarily make perfect, but it can lead to improvement. Quality practice is key in matters of human security, and the right quantity of practice can also make a…
We Need More Than Security Awareness to Combat Insider Threats
When I was new to the security industry, I firmly believed that people got infected with malware because they didn’t know how to be safe online. I thought problems happened…
Biased AI Is Another Sign We Need to Solve the Cybersecurity Diversity Problem
Artificial intelligence (AI) excels at finding patterns like unusual human behavior or abnormal incidents. It can also reflect human flaws and inconsistencies, including 180 known types of bias. Biased AI…
A Complete Guide to Hacking the 2020 RSA Conference
The RSA Conference is just around the corner. If you feel like this cybersecurity conference snuck up, you’re not alone. The 29th RSAC is Feb. 23–27 at San Francisco’s Moscone…
10 Do’s and Don’ts for Writing a Winning Cybersecurity Resume
Is a cybersecurity degree worth it? The answer is yes, but it also depends on who’s asking. Higher education could be a profitable pathway, especially if you’re already a student.…
Why Humans Are a Growing Target for Cyberattacks — And What to Do About It
Let’s talk about the “people problem.” Cybersecurity defenses and cyberattack methods are evolving rapidly, but human beings, not so much. This is why nearly all cyberattacks are now based on…