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

The Last Watchdog

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. Here are five notable historical events that influenced cybersecurity assessment and transformed it into what it is today: The Battle of Midway (1942).

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3 Things Leaders Often Miss When Trying to Get More Women into Tech

Jane Frankland

Most people know I’m driven to build a safer, happier and more prosperous world, and that one of the ways I do this is by creating awareness around how to get more women into male dominated industries, like tech and cybersecurity. It goes into the why, the what and the how to. So, prepare for this transition Plan.

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Indicators of compromise (IOCs): how we collect and use them

SecureList

This in effect offers knowledge, enables anticipation, and supports three main global goals in an ever-growing threats landscape: Strategic level: helping organizations decide how many of their resources they should invest in cybersecurity. By searching for any previously known IOC (e.g., How does GReAT consume IOCs? 5] NIST.