Joan Goodchild

Joan is a veteran journalist, editor and writer who has been covering security for more than a decade. She has written for several publications and previously served as editor-in-chief for CSO Online.

As the impacts of the global spread of COVID-19 continue to be felt by businesses everywhere, one area that is increasingly strained is the supply chain. If your business has not already seen disruption to its supply chain, chances are a need to adjust planning and make accommodations for disruption ... Read More

I have been writing about the skills shortage in cybersecurity for years. Often when we reporters cover this topic, we note that many estimates predict there is a global shortage of around 3 million cybersecurity professionals. But it’s a topic not without controversy. For every person I interview who claims it ... Read More

New research from PWC finds almost half (48%) of CEOs in the UK are concerned enough about cyberattacks that they are shuttering their social media accounts. The report, the “23rd Annual Global CEO Survey,” also reveals most CEOs (around 80%) have changed their online behavior due to potential risks. Social ... Read More

Of all the headaches CISOs deal with daily (and we know there are many!), making a hard-fought case for an appropriate security budget is one they often have to contend with annually. While security and risk mitigation are certainly receiving more attention and priority these days, sufficient dollars for the ... Read More

The debate over who the CISO should report to is a hot topic among security professionals, and that shows no sign of changing soon. That’s because there is still no standard or clear-cut answer. Ask CISOs themselves for their opinion, and you will get a variety of ideas. “Historically, CISOs ... Read More

Iran vowed revenge after a U.S. airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump killed the country’s top general Qasem Soleimani earlier this month. While recent missile strikes conducted by Iran against U.S. bases in Iraq was the first public move to respond to the killing, analysts say Iran’s next retaliatory move ... Read More

State-sponsored hackers and other threat actors are impersonating each other in an attempt to evade detection, according to a recent report from Optiv. The “2019 Cyber Threat Intelligence Estimate” report, comprised of data from Optiv’s Global Threat Intelligence Center (gTIC), and security firms IntSights and Carbon Black, finds hackers or so-called “hybrid ... Read More

OWASP this month released a top ten list focused on application programming interfaces (APIs). The list summarizes the new vectors that attackers use today to breach APIs, and is intended to serve as an awareness document to highlight the security risks in API-based apps, according to both Inon Shkedy and ... Read More

When it comes to falling prey to a phishing email scam, one study found that those working in certain industries are more likely than others. A study released this summer by KnowBe4 found that those who work in construction are the most susceptible to phishing attacks among small-to-medium-sized businesses and ... Read More

Businesses are bearing the brunt of ransomware today, according to a new report from Malwarebytes. The research finds a whopping 363% increase in overall ransomware detections against businesses between Q2 2018 and Q2 2019. “This once dangerous but recently-dormant (sic) threat has come back to life in a big way, ... Read More