Cybersecurity Awareness Training to Fight Ransomware

Advanced technologies allow organizations to discover, assess and mitigate cyber threats like ransomware. But truly strong cybersecurity also requires a threat-aware workforce—prompting more and more enterprises to focus on cybersecurity awareness training and testing...

From Power Plants to eWallets: The role of ZTNA in the gig economy

By Mor Ahuvia - SASE Solution Expert, Check Point Software The pandemic. A growing gig economy. Rounds of layoffs across industries. Its no wonder the workforce looks nothing… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: From Power Plants to eWallets: The role of ZTNA in the gig econo...

Spotlight: Women of Coalfire part 2

Its been nearly 50 years since Congress formally recognized the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution with Womens Equality Day on August 26. In the last half-century, women have made significant strides in the workforce and the world, but still face adversity due to their...

Redefining Security at the Mobile Edge

During the pandemic, organizations became more geographically dispersed, even if that only means people working from home instead of the office. As businesses begin to open up again, the trend is leaning toward mobility as a means to support a hybrid working environment, in which employees have...

A Look Ahead at 2021: SolarWinds Fallout and Shifting CISO Budgets

The new year started off with a bang, with the SolarWinds hack revealed in late December acting as a jarring reminder to companies and U.S. government departments alike that cybercriminals continue to successfully exploit security lapses in technology. But beyond the SolarWinds supply-chain...

Minimize business disruption and move forward with solid assessment guidance

COVID-19 has seized the worlds attention by disrupting the economy, the workforce, and our personal lives. While no one knows when this pandemic is going to end or its lasting impact, Coalfire is listening closely to our customers and doing everything we can to minimize disruption to their...

Why Cloud is the Future of Enterprise Cybersecurity

The speed at which cyberthreats have been targeting enterprise networks and endpoints is forcing IT leaders to change the way they think about cybersecurity. One alternative to how enterprises look at security is to treat cloud as an operating system, says Patrick Morley, general manager of VMwar...

Akamai Identified as a Leader Among Zero Trust Providers by Independent Research Firm

We are pleased to share that Akamai has been identified as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q4 2019. In the report, Forrester evaluated how each vendor's portfolio maps and delivers on specific components of the Zero Trust eXtended ZTX framework...

Researchers Weigh in on Trump's Cyber Workforce Executive Order

Security researchers are reacting to a cybersecurity workforce executive order from the White House that came down Thursday, aimed at improving the level of cyber-expertise at federal agencies. While outlining no specific steps or actions, the order creates a directive to create “a superior...

CVE-2018-19248

The web service on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3Recovery-mode, WF-2861 10.51.LQ20I6, and WF-2861 10.52.LQ17IA devices allows remote attackers to upload a firmware file and reset the printer without authentication by making a request to the /DOWN/FIRMWAREUPDATE/ROM1 URI and a POST request t...

CVE-2018-18960

An issue was discovered on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3, 10.51.LQ20I6 and 10.52.LQ17IA devices. They use SNMP to find certain devices on the network, but the default version is v2c, allowing an amplification attack...

Women in Cyber Take the 2019 Spotlight

As the cybersecurity industry continues to struggle to meet a workforce gap – an estimated 3.5 million jobs are expected to remain unfilled by 2021 – it’s clear that encouraging women and those from diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in the field will be a key factor in staying ahead of the...

CyberVets U.S.A.: The mission after transition

Christopher Marshall, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, currently serves as Director of Cybersecurity Research for Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, I’ve had the opportunity to use some of the greatest technology this country has to offer — from night vision goggles, to...

September 1, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Labor Day Weekend” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 1, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: This Week In...

NSA Director Urges Cyber-Resilience at Billington Summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his keynote address at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, NSA Director and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Admiral Mike Rogers, explained that the Defense Department and corporate information security teams must focus on cyber-resiliency rather than total network...

GAO: Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Intiatives Lack Focus

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, federal cybersecurity workforce initiatives are in need of better planning and coordination, particularly with regards to human capital. A study by the government’s watchdog of the seven federal agencies with the largest IT...

Progress Crawls in Securing Critical Infrastructure

The US government is progressing at a snail’s pace in securing critical American infrastructure according to a Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS commission on cybersecurity examining the first two years of the 44th presidency. Two years ago the CSIS published Securing Cyberspace...

US recruiting young cyber warriors !

The United States is attractive for the abutting bearing of cyber warriors. The US Cyber Challenge Cyber Foundations competition, kicked off this anniversary by the nonprofit Centermost for Internet Aegis , is out to acquisition 10,000 acceptance with the abeyant to become "top accoutrements in...