General Security
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Why Cyber Basics Still Matter
As October kicks off, we are reminded of the importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week. These initiatives serve not just to raise awareness but to equip everyone—from individuals ...
Reflecting on National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023: A Call for Continued Vigilance
October is recognized as Cyber Security Awareness Month and as we come to the end of the month, so does National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) 2023. This annual observance, dedicated to promoting ...
Top 5 Open Source Vulnerability Security Scanning Tools
Nmap: Nmap is a powerful open source network exploration and security auditing tool that can help identify vulnerabilities in a system. It is widely used for port scanning, version detection, and network ...
U.S. Can Expect to see more Ransomware Attacks
In the cybersecurity space, there are many things we do not all agree on, but one thing I have noticed in the past year is that we all agree that the U.S ...
Bad Ending for Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) after a Ransomware Attack
A group of ransomware hackers known as “Babuk” leaked internal police files from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The information was stolen in late April. The post Bad Ending for ...
Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack
One of the nation's largest fuel pipelines has been forced to shut down after being affected by a ransomware cyberattack. Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts a victim's files. The attacker then ...
Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system
By: David E. Sanger A cyberattack forced the shutdown of one of the largest pipelines in the United States, in what appeared to be a significant attempt to disrupt vulnerable energy infrastructure. The ...
Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Explained
Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is the process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risks associated with the distributed and interconnected nature of IT products and service supply chain ...
The Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve: A National Guard-like program to address growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by the U.S. government
This would be like a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve and it would be voluntary and by invitation only. This would allow our national security agencies to have access to the qualified, capable, and ...
Time to Retire a Cybersecurity Cliché
I’ve had it. It is time to retire some of the old, worn-out cybersecurity clichés polluting the landscape. Clichés are painful to hear. At the top of the list is the ‘defender’s ...
