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Demand, CyberInsurance, and Automation/AI Are the Future of InfoSec

Daniel Miessler

2021-2030) A Surge in Demand for InfoSec people will result in many more professionals being trained and placed within companies, likely using more of a trade/certification model than a 4-year university model. That’s the distant future of InfoSec, with humans playing less and less a part in the equation as time goes on.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

A web application firewall is a specialized firewall designed to filter and control HTTP traffic in internet traffic between web clients and application servers. Unlike its predecessor–the timeless port-connected network firewall–web application firewalls go further in offering security for applications served over the internet.