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Hiring kit: Cybersecurity engineer

Tech Republic Security

PURPOSE Recruiting a cybersecurity engineer with the right combination of technical and industry experience will require a comprehensive screening process. The post Hiring kit: Cybersecurity engineer appeared first on TechRepublic. From the hiring kit: DETERMINING FACTORS, DESIRABLE PERSONALITY TRAITS.

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Hiring Kit: Cryptography Engineer

Tech Republic Security

Cryptography engineers often collaborate with cybersecurity teams to integrate robust cryptographic solutions into software, hardware and network infrastructure, addressing potential vulnerabilities and mitigating risks associated with data breaches or cyberattacks.

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New cybersecurity data reveals persistent social engineering vulnerabilities

Tech Republic Security

The post New cybersecurity data reveals persistent social engineering vulnerabilities appeared first on TechRepublic. Ransomware was down last year, though LockBit led threat actors and employees opened a third of the toxic emails in the last six months of 2022.

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How social engineering is related to Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Social engineering is a term used to describe the manipulation of people into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that they otherwise wouldn’t. It is an ever-increasing threat to cybersecurity, as it can be used to gain unauthorized access to systems, steal sensitive data, or carry out fraudulent activities.

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Back to Cooking: Detection Engineer vs Detection Consumer, Again?

Anton on Security

On the right, we pay… Initially, I wanted to say that these are warring clans, but I think a better metaphor is parallel universes: Clan 1 (who engineer their detections) counts about 30% of the security population and most of their detection content is written by them. Back to Cooking: Detection Engineer vs Detection Consumer, Again?

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Build for Detection Engineering, and Alerting Will Improve (Part 3)

Anton on Security

This blog series was written jointly with Amine Besson, Principal Cyber Engineer, Behemoth CyberDefence and one more anonymous collaborator. In this blog (#3 in the series), we will start to define and refine our detection engineering machinery to avoid the problems covered in Parts 1 and 2. Stay tuned!

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Cyclops Unveils Cybersecurity Search Engine Based on Generative AI

Security Boulevard

Cyclops today emerged from stealth to launch a search engine platform for cybersecurity teams that makes use of metadata and generative artificial intelligence (AI) to make it simpler to successfully defend organizations from cyberthreats. Fresh from raising $6.4