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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. military officials hired data analysts to crack the Japanese secret code known as JN-25. The Creeper Virus (1971).

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How Big Data Is Transforming the Education

CyberSecurity Insiders

Now, a rare person will be surprised by the presence and active usage of modern technologies in the education and the learning process, in particular. . And education hasn’t become an exception. So, it is not for nothing that people have invented cloud storages for keeping data sets.

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Misconfigured Registries: Security Researchers Find 250 Million Artifacts Exposed

eSecurity Planet

Aqua Security lead threat intelligence and data analyst Assaf Morag told eSecurity Planet by email that it’s crucial for companies of all sizes to have a defined point of contact for security researchers and a known security disclosure playbook.

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GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef

Security Affairs

UK intelligence agency GCHQ, as part of the celebration of its centenary , has released emulators for World War II cipher machines that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef released for educational purposes. We even tested them against the real thing! Try them out for yourself! .”

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

Jane Frankland

Most people know that technology creates more jobs than any other industry and that digital is the golden thread that runs across all industries. According to the World Economic Forum, at least 133 million new roles are set to emerge globally in the next year as a result of the new division of labour between human ingenuity and technology.