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When building a cybersecurity team, you likely asked yourself, “Should I focus on certifications or real-world skills?” And since you rarely encounter entry-level candidates who can hit the ground running, naturally, you’d consider a candidate with both. But that’s not always the best option unless you have the time, money, and patience. One of these factors usually has a priority over the other. Your starting point or a nice-to-have? ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity 2024 Report … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, John Cohen, Executive Director, Program for Countering Hybrid Threats at the Center for Internet Security, discusses the four pillars of the National Framework for Action, emphasizing how these measures can combat the exploitation of technology and social media by threat actors. Cohen argues that a coordinated, whole-of-society approach is essential to empower communities and counter integrated threats to national security. Can you walk us through the four pillars of … More →

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Cyber insurance is vital for companies mitigating cyber risks, but the industry still encounters significant challenges, including shifting policy requirements and uncertainty around coverage in the event of an incident. As cyberattacks continue to cause problems for organizations worldwide, it’s essential for businesses to take proactive measures to align their insurance strategies with their broader risk management plans. Vishaal Hariprasad, CEO at Resilience, discusses how cyber insurance needs to evolve to prepare companies better to … More →

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AI impersonation is now the hardest vector for cybersecurity professionals to protect companies against, according to Teleport. The study, which surveyed 250 senior US and UK decision-makers, shows that social engineering remains one of the top tactics cybercriminals use to install malware and steal sensitive data, with the advancement of AI and deepfakes further fueling the effectiveness of phishing scams. Advanced phishing tactics on the rise When asked to rank the difficulty of each attack … More →

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To safeguard your data, Google Chrome uses Safe Browsing to protect you from: harmful websites and extensions, malicious or intrusive advertisements, malware, phishing attacks, and social engineering threats. Safe Browsing scans and evaluates websites to identify potentially harmful sites, which are then added to its database. Whenever you visit a website or try to download something, Google Chrome consults Safe Browsing according to the protection level you’ve chosen. How to choose your Safe Browsing protection … More →

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Cofense released new AI-driven spam reduction capabilities to its Phishing Detection and Response (PDR) platform. These enhancements reduce workload so SOC analysts can concentrate on genuine threats that could quickly harm an organization’s revenue or reputation. “As phishing attacks continue to evolve, security teams demand tools that improve efficiency but also give them an edge in identifying and responding to threats,” said Jason Reinard, SVP of Product Engineering. “With these new AI features, Cofense is … More →

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ESET announced its upgraded consumer offering, ESET HOME Security, with new features, such as ESET Folder Guard and Multithread Scanning. These enhancements to ESET HOME Security, as an all-in-one solution for consumers, correspond to the increasing number of advanced, automated, and AI-driven threats targeting individuals and address growing concerns about data privacy, ransomware attacks, phishing, and scams. “As a progressive digital life protection vendor, ESET is dedicated to always being one step ahead of digital threats,” … More →

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Cohesity introduced a patent-pending visual data exploration capability to Cohesity Gaia, its AI-powered search assistant launched earlier this year. By providing customers with a visual categorization of the themes across documents and files within a data set, the visual data explorer brings new context to the data and suggests queries that help users gain insights faster. With traditional approaches, enterprises often struggle to gain insights across unstructured data and text. This challenge only grows as … More →

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Reality Defender announced that its Series A fundraising has been expanded, securing a total of $33 million in capital investment. The expanded fundraising round was led by Illuminate Financial, with additional participation from Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, the Jefferies Family Office, and Accenture, as well as additional participation from original Series A lead investor DCVC and past investors The Partnership Fund for New York City and Y Combinator. Founded in 2021, Reality Defender is … More →

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Stream.Security closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by U.S. Venture Partners, with participation from new investors, Citi Ventures, and existing investors, Energy Impact Partners (EIP), Cervin Ventures, TLV Partners, and Glilot Capital Partners VC. This new round of funding brings the total investment in Stream.Security to $55 million. Stream.Security’s Cloud Twin technology provides SecOps teams with real-time cloud threat and exposure modeling to accelerate response. As a result, SecOps teams can trust … More →

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In this Help Net Security interview, Detective Superintendent Ian Kirby, CEO of the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG), discusses the emerging cyber threats and strategies organizations can use to increase cyber resilience. He emphasizes basic cyber hygiene, security awareness training, multi-factor authentication, and stakeholder involvement at all levels in building a resilient organizational culture. What are the most significant emerging cyber threats organizations should prioritize when developing resilience strategies? There are a myriad of … More →

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Argus is an open-source toolkit that simplifies information gathering and reconnaissance. It features a user-friendly interface and a collection of powerful modules, enabling the exploration of networks, web applications, and security configurations. Argus offers a collection of tools categorized into three main areas: Network and infrastructure tools These tools help you gather data about a network, uncovering vital details about servers, IP addresses, DNS records, and more: Associated Hosts: Discover domains associated with the target. … More →

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Recently, IBM X-Force released its 2024 Cloud Threat Landscape Report. This uses incident data and insights to reveal how attackers successfully compromise organizations by leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AITM) attacks to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). This often leads to business email compromise (BEC), which IBM X-Force observed as threat actors’ #1 objective when targeting cloud-based environments. In this Help Net Security video, Austin Zeizel, Threat Intelligence Consultant at IBM X-Force, discusses the cloud threat landscape. Key findings … More →

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Cybersecurity Engineer Texas Instruments | USA | On-site – View job details As a Cybersecurity Engineer, you will design, implement and maintain cybersecurity controls for security tools to help drive zero trust and secure by design principles across complex environments. Validate and test security configurations and controls to a variety of security (e.g., firewalls, email gateway, WAFs, DLP, endpoint protection, baselines, etc.). Cyber Security Architect – Product Security Honeywell | USA | On-site – View … More →

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As a historically male-dominated industry, many IT companies have been described as having limited career development opportunities for female employees, according to Acronis. Issues like lack of mentorship, inadequate policies for work-life balance, and sometimes even a culture of exclusion have contributed to this. To gain insight into the current state of gender diversity in IT, Acronis commissioned a survey of full-time female employees to gauge their sentiments on equality in the IT industry and … More →

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Cranium launched Detect AI, an AI discovery tool at scale. With this launch, Cranium is extending its platform capabilities to include visibility and access across an organization’s AI instances, which enables security and compliance teams to uncover and label all AI systems within hours, instead of days or weeks. “Large organizations are integrating AI into thousands of instances within their digital ecosystem. With incoming and existing regulations, we are seeing companies racing to discover and … More →

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SailPoint launched SailPoint Machine Identity Security, a new Identity Security Cloud product. SailPoint Machine Identity Security is a dedicated product built specifically for machine accounts such as service accounts and bots. Built on SailPoint Atlas, Machine Identity Security unifies the process of identity security for both machine and human identities, allowing enterprises to manage all identities in a more simplified, holistic manner. SailPoint’s recent research report, “Machine identity crisis: The challenges of manual processes and … More →

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By ingesting Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) data – a list of all software components – the Kusari platform presents a timeline of the software to identify where impacts are likely to surface. In creating a single source of truth, Kusari is helping security, engineering, legal, finance, and regulatory teams gain visibility into their software, so they can quickly detect vulnerabilities, identify open source licensing issues, and conduct compliance checks. “Kusari takes a proactive approach … More →

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As hybrid cloud-, AI-, and quantum-related risks upend the traditional data security paradigm, IBM is launching IBM Guardium Data Security Center – allowing organizations to protect data in any environment, throughout its full lifecycle, and with unified controls. IBM Guardium Data Security Center provides a common view of organizations’ data assets, empowering security teams to integrate workflows and address data monitoring and governance, data detection and response, data and AI security posture management, and cryptography management together … More →

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cPacket Networks launched Packet Capture cStor 200S, the latest addition to its Packet Capture and analytics portfolio. Engineered to meet the escalating demands of enterprise data centers, high-frequency trading platforms, and mission-critical networks, the Packet Capture cStor 200S delivers 200Gbps concurrent packet capture, indexing, and analytics, ensuring security and performance for cPacket customers. While competitors struggle to operate at 100Gbps, the cStor 200S breaks through these limitations, setting a new bar for high-performance packet capture, … More →

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