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SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

McAfee

There are new and expanding opportunities for women’s participation in cybersecurity globally as women are present in greater numbers in leadership. Forrester also predicts that the number of women CISOs at Fortune 500 companies will rise to 20 percent in 2019 , compared with 13 percent in 2017. Director/CISO of IT Risk Management.

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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

The Security Ledger

In our latest Spotlight episode of the Security Ledger podcast, I sat down with Christopher Walcutt, Chief Security Officer at DirectDefense, to talk about the changing cybersecurity landscape for critical infrastructure and the challenges (as well as the solutions) that organizations face today.

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University of Phoenix Recognized With 2021 Academic Circle of Excellence Award by EC-Council, World’s Largest Cybersecurity Certification Body

CyberSecurity Insiders

The EC-Council Academic division awards formally highlight academic institutions and faculty within North America and across the world that excel each year with lasting impacts on their students’ cybersecurity education and local communities. Volume of students educated in Cybersecurity. Evaluation reports post class.

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What Real-Life SaaS Attack Misconfiguration Exploits Can Teach Us

IT Security Guru

With SaaS apps becoming the default system of record for organizations, it has left many struggling to secure their company’s SaaS estate. CISOs and security professionals work to limit this burgeoning threat landscape, however, it’s a work in progress. . About Maor Bin , CEO & Co-Founder of Adaptive Shield.

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Red Team vs Blue Team vs Purple Team: Differences Explained

eSecurity Planet

Red, blue and purple teams simulate cyberattacks and incident responses to test an organization’s cybersecurity readiness. Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. Here are six benefits of using these teams.

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More ‘actionable’ intel needed from HHS to support health IT security

SC Magazine

The Department of Health and Human Services has made progress in threat sharing efforts to support cybersecurity within its partnerships and the health care sector. FISMA also requires HHS to address cybersecurity within the agency and across the health care sector, while collaborating and coordinating cybersecurity efforts for the industry.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. On a Sunday in February 2018, the Colorado CISO’s office set up a temporary server to test a new cloud-based business process. Remote Desktop Software and Cybersecurity.

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