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The Ultimate Challenge

What is Penetration Testing?

Following a wave of devastating breaches, many firms are looking for better strategies to manage cybersecurity risks. One highly effective exercise is the PenTest.

Cybersecurity Trends

Top Five Challenges Facing CISOs in 2020

At long last, the World Economic Forum has finally come to recognize cybersecurity as the "second most concerning risk for doing business globally over the next 10 years," signaling a growing recognition within the business community of the importance of their CISOs and the challenges they face.

It's official

Airports are Terrible at Cybersecurity

Airports are (in)famous for their lengthy physical security checks, but how do they rank in terms of cybersecurity? A team of security researchers recently set out to find out once and for all by assessing the current state of cybersecurity at the world's 100 largest airports. Here's what they found:

A Guide to Ransomware Payments

To Pay or Not to Pay

It's no secret that 2019 was in many ways the Year of Data Breaches. While many cybercriminals steal data in order to mount further attacks or to sell it on the Dark Web, ransomware attackers are unique in that they make a simple offer: pay a ransom and everything will go back to normal.

Four Lessons from FIC 2020

Politely Paranoid: the current state of cybersecurity

The theme of FIC 2020 was Putting Humans at the Heart of Cybersecurity, so it's no surprise that social hacking remained a hot button topic throughout the three-day conference.

Cybersecurity Trends

WEF: Major Risk of Cyberattack in 2020

The World Economic Forum just released their 2020 Global Risk Report, a compilation of research conducted by global risk consultants and financial analysts defining the major business risks facing the markets in both the short and long term.

Cybersecurity Trends

Social Engineering is on the Rise

While encryption technologies, systems, and standards have become incredibly secure over the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that the the largest cybersecurity threat to nearly any organization is its people. ...

Cybersecurity for IoT

Where Amazon's Ring Went Wrong

You know that you've done something truly wrong when your cybersecurity scandal makes this year's mega-breaches (affecting everyone from Facebook to Equifax) seem quaint.

Happy New Year's

5 Cybersecurity Resolutions for 2020

As 2019 winds down, we've decided to dig through the Silent Breach archives and review the numerous challenges, lessons, and solutions that this year has presented. What we've come up with is a list of the top five cybersecurity resolutions to make 2020 a cyber-success!

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From Caesar to Honeypots

A Brief History of Cryptography

90% of the world's data was generated in the last two years. To keep pace with this massive proliferation of data creation and transmission, cryptographers have been working overtime to engineer increasingly complex encryption techniques.

The Cybersecurity Mindset

Top Four Security Myths

Myth 1: Everyone is accountable for cybersecurity.
We often hear things like "Everyone is accountable for security." This is false. While everyone is responsible for cyber security, only a select few are ultimately accountable.

Expect the unexpected

Guide to Business Continuity Planning

What is a business continuity plan?

Although Business Continuity Plans should be specially tailored (in consultation with your cybersecurity partner) to your organization's needs and abilities, most IT BCPs should include the following 3 sections: ...

Are our governments prepared?

The Politics of Cybersecurity

The State of Mississippi completed its first governmentwide cybersecurity audit this month. The results were less than encouraging.

Can they work together?

Cybersecurity and Healthcare

In the wave of large-scale cybersecurity breaches sweeping the country, there is one sector which is barely reported on, and yet represents possibly the most pressing technological threat to human life.

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The California Consumer Protection Act

A Brief Guide to CCPA

The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is designed to enhance data privacy rights and consumer protections for the citizens of California and comes into effect on January 1, 2020. Although it's been over 2 years since the bill has been ratified, many companies are still not sure if and how they will be affected.

3 Takeaways from the Ecuador Breach

Julian Assange Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine

Earlier this week, residents of Ecuador woke up to the news that much of their personal data, including banking details, employment information, and identification numbers, had been made publicly available by a small online consulting firm.

What Facebook keeps getting wrong

The Culture of Cybersecurity

Yet another 419 million Facebook accounts have been breached. Add this to the 100s of millions already compromised in the Cambridge Analytica, UpGuard, and 'View As' scandals, and the question becomes: can Facebook ever be secure?

Continuous Monitoring

The Latest in Cybersecurity Trends

Here's a fact: On average, it takes companies nearly half a year to identify a cyber security breach.
Here's another fact: Research shows that breaches that take over 30 days to contain cost an average of $1 million more than those contained within the first month.
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Lessons from Black Hat 2019 and Def Con 27

The Myth of Cyber Security

Riddle: What do Marriott, Equifax, and Capital One all have in common?
Answer: They've each been the victim of a data breach compromising 100 million+ users each; all in the past 12 months.

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