Behind every contagious cybersecurity threat is a case of human error. Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), a non-profit information security advocacy group, predicts that there will be a shortage of two million cybersecurity professionals by 2019. Good news for applicants, bad news for companies. It’s easy to see why businesses are now investing more on hiring experts on cybersecurity. A quick glance at Information is Beautiful shows that almost every big name in…
Experts predict that there will be 200 billion connected things by 2020. The last decade seemed like a race on who can put the most software into anything and it changed the way we live and do things. As it continues to penetrate every aspect of human life, we as humans also continue to depend on it. A nice thought, except that this dependence also results into a lot of digital vulnerabilities. This puts cybersecurity…
Petya might be more than just your everyday ransomware attack. According to Gizmodo, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD COE) announced that the attack is believed to be a potential act of cyber war. At this point in time, it is clear that it uses the same exploit as WannaCry (EternalBlue and EternalRomance) that were leaked from the National Security Agency of America (NSA) by Shadow Broker. This has led to most…
One part of a strong cybersecurity structure are the digital habits of your company’s employees: how they surf, which sites they go to, what files they download, and what transactions they do are all potential entry points for cybercrime. With that in mind, here are five common habits you do in the office that might be potential risks. 1. Email You can’t escape emails. Almost everything you do for every project you can think of…
“2016 was the year that hacking became mainstream, but 2017 will be the year where hackers innovate.” — Dan Patterson, Senior Writer for TechRepublic Cybersecurity is an issue that most people often take for granted. Recently, the world witnessed as WannaCry laid waste to the entire internet, paralyzing even hospitals and government units. With the advent of more “things” getting networked, we might just be at the tip of the iceberg. According to Aaron Jacobson of…
