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Addressing the 3 Million Cybersecurity Workforce Gap
2018-11-05 16:26

The Biggest Problem is Not in Measuring the Accuracy of the Cybersecurity Skills/Workforce Gap, But in Finding a Way to Close It  read more

Troy Hunt on Passwords
2018-11-05 16:24

Troy Hunt has a good essay about why passwords are here to stay, despite all their security problems: This is why passwords aren't going anywhere in the foreseeable future and why [insert thing...

DDoS Disruption: Election Attacks
2018-11-05 16:08

With all eyes on the 2018 US midterm elections November 6, election officials are on high alert for DDoS attacks.

Symantec Acquires Appthority, Javelin Networks
2018-11-05 15:59

Symantec on Monday announced the acquisition of mobile application security firm Appthority and Active Directory protection company Javelin Networks. read more

Intelligence is Not a Numbers Game
2018-11-05 14:34

If you’ve ever dabbled in data analytics, product design, or digital marketing, you’re likely familiar with vanity metrics. Just as their name implies, vanity metrics are numbers that look good on...

How Security can Drive Business Competitiveness
2018-11-05 14:21

Security is often perceived as a roadblock to accomplishing business objectives – certainly for good reason – but there exists inevitable conflict. What if security could bring a solution to the...

Election security: Tuesday and beyond
2018-11-05 14:17

CNET senior producer Dan Patterson explains hacking threats for Tuesday's elections.

How big data can help identify and motivate voters
2018-11-05 14:13

Chris Wilson of WPA Intelligence explains how data analytics experts could help increase voter turnout.

Netflix releases desktop versions of device security app Stethoscope
2018-11-05 13:58

In early 2017, the Netflix team open sourced Stethoscope, an application that collects information about users’ devices and provides them with recommendations for securing them. At the time, the...

Private Facebook data from 81,000 accounts discovered on crime forum
2018-11-05 13:40

Stolen data from the 81,000 accounts that appeared to be genuine included intimate exchanges between Facebook users.