Coronavirus predictions: What are the long-term workplace implications of COVID-19?

| | General Security
Introduction: What will the world look like after the COVID-19 vaccine? Human societies are often challenged by events out of our control. Extreme weather events happen and take with them many... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Critical security concerns for the education industry

| | General Security
Balancing cybersecurity & compliance requirements in a resource-limited industry Executive summary The education industry has become a top hacker target: birth certificates, Social Security... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Podcast recap: Identifying worms, bots, fraud and other malicious traffic (with guest Fang Yu)

Introduction Fang Yu is CTO of fraud detection platform DataVisor. She is also a prolific writer and conference presenter and has filed over 20 patents. Fang spoke with Infosec‘s Cyber Work podcast... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Security risks of outdated encryption: Is your data really secure?

| | cryptography
Introduction They say that those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. A salient factor in the defeat of Austria by Prussia in the 1866 Austro-Prussian war was the Prussian army’s... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Can 2FA prevent breaches? Lessons learned from the SFO airport watering hole attack

| | Security Awareness
Introduction In March 2020, two websites serving customers of San Francisco International Airport were hacked. The websites used first-factor authentication only and the cybercriminals had inserted... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Top 8 tips for office security when employees are working from home

| | General Security
Introduction: Who’s minding the store? Cybersecurity has become even more high profile during the current COVID-19 pandemic. A recent warning from the UK National Cyber Security Centre and the US... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Cyber Work Episode Recap: How is the open exchange of information affecting cybersecurity?

| | Cyber Work Podcast
Introduction Cody Cornell, CEO of Swimlane, is a passionate advocate for the open exchange of security information. Infosec recently chatted with Cody about his rise to the cybersecurity challenge... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

How to stay cyber-secure at home with a secure home network

| | Security Awareness
Introduction: Working from home made secure Many companies across the world have been introducing their employees to the concept of working from home. Although the COVID-19 lockdown is beginning to... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Critical security concerns for the financial services industry

Compliance regulations in the financial services industry The financial services industry is heavily regulated with compliance requirements focusing on the management of risk and fraud. The sector... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Critical security concerns facing government

Challenge 1: Staying compliant If the government enforces regulations, then its various departments and functions must also comply with those same regulations. Major data security regulations... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More