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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. In 1971, researcher Bob Thomas and his team at BBN Technologies created a virus that was later coined the “Creeper” worm.

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The Evolution of SIEM: Where It’s Been and Where It is Going

CyberSecurity Insiders

Over the last 20+ years, the SIEM market has procured substantial growth within the technology industry. This is easy to understand as SIEM has evolved into the data store for cybersecurity data which has been exploding as the volume of data and number of alerts is growing exponentially. billion globally by 2027.

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Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Pursues a Stronger Consent Framework and More Proactive Enforcement

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Consent and Technology. In 2016, the OPC issued a consultation paper regarding the challenges of obtaining meaningful consent in a continuously evolving technological ecosystem where the traditional “privacy policy” may not always be suitable. Overhaul of PIPEDA including new Powers. and Europe. issuing binding orders, and.

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Critical Event Management (CEM) Leader Everbridge Completes Acquisition of xMatters to Accelerate Digital Transformation for Enterprise IT and Cyber Resilience

CyberSecurity Insiders

xMatters’ strong position within many of the Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 adds even greater value to our CIO and C-suite customers and prospects across large enterprises. xMatters’ technology will complement our successful IT alerting business, providing a natural combination to further strengthen our CEM for Digital solution.

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Best SIEM Tools & Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is a crucial enterprise technology that ties the stack of cybersecurity systems together to assess threats and manage risks. Unified storage of logs capable of big-data searches and visualizing analytics. Best SIEM Tools & Software. Fortinet FortiSIEM. Rapid7 Features.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Started in 1987, the telecommunications provider has become a multinational technology whale. At just $42M, Huawei added HexaTier’s patented technology offering cloud-based databases (DBaaS) security via a reverse proxy on endpoints. Through acquisitions in the 2000s, SAP launched their database platform, HANA, in 2010.

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