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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. military officials hired data analysts to crack the Japanese secret code known as JN-25. After the devastating blow of Pearl Harbor, U.S.

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Applying Heuristics in Cybersecurity

Approachable Cyber Threats

Data analysts aren’t immune to the ill effects of the recognition heuristic either. Availability bias can impact data analysis just as much as the alternative informal mental meanderings that we use most of the time. That few months of identity theft protection solved all your problems, right? That makes sense.