Cybersecurity Salaries, Emerging Threat Vectors and Security Integration: The 10 Most Read Posts by Bricata on Cybersecurity in 2019
As the year winds down, we’ve identified our 2019 blog posts that drew the most interest. While we explore topics central to network security, we also examine broader cybersecurity topics ranging from cybersecurity statistics and studies – to leadership and security culture.
Below are the most-read Bricata blog posts for 2019.
1) 6 Cybersecurity Salary Surveys: What’s a Security Pro Worth in 2019?
The national average salary for a cybersecurity position in the U.S. is $96,185 – yet there’s variance by level and geography. This post looks at six studies examining cybersecurity compensation.
2) What is Suricata? Intro to a Best of Breed Open Source IDS and IPS
Suricata is an open source intrusion detection (IDS), intrusion prevention (IPS), and network security monitoring engine.
3) 62 Articles, Blog Posts and Links that Summarize the 2019 RSA Conference
If there was a theme that emerged from the 2019 RSA Conference, we venture to say it was the human element in cybersecurity. The fatigue and stress of security jobs, the shortage of cybersecurity talent, and women in cybersecurity were all key themes that seemed to underscore many of the stories that emerged.
4) 5 Emerging Vectors of Attack and Recommendations for Mitigating the Risks
DNS manipulation, domain fronting, targeted cloud individual attacks and the exploitation of hardware features are among the emerging challenges adversaries can exploit according to cybersecurity experts at SANS.
5) Make it Harder to Hide: 3 Techniques for Conducting Threat Hunting at Scale
Since most attacks introduce something new into the environment, security can use the law of large numbers theorem to narrow down a massive amount of activity on a large network to just those transactions that seem out of place.
6) 3 Reasons Why the Integration of Cybersecurity Tools is a Growing Imperative
Cybersecurity integration is a growing imperative because it reduces inefficiency, accelerates detection and enables an organization to pick and choose the best-of-breed tools that meet the needs of their unique environment.
7) Considerations for Planning, Structuring and Deploying a New Network Security Strategy
Planning and deploying a new network security strategy should involve many departments across the business and multiple steps. This post offers key considerations.
8) Reasons Professionals Give for Why Network Security is Getting Harder
A survey found most cybersecurity professionals think the function of network security is getting harder. The survey also asked them “Why?” and this post reviews some of the common answers.
9) What the Top 25% of Cybersecurity Pros do Differently in Strategy, Risk and Communication
A benchmarking study found the top cybersecurity pros tend to be better aligned with business strategy, take a risk-based approach and communicate with leaders effectively.
10) Aligning Security with Patient Safety: 8 Insights for Healthcare Cybersecurity
The chances of shoring up healthcare cybersecurity with budget and staff, improve when security goals are aligned with healthcare goals, like patient safety.
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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Bricata authored by Bricata. Read the original post at: https://bricata.com/blog/most-read-cybersecurity-2019/
