With the industry cyber skills gap widening, it is the role of organizations like Cisco to help foster education and grow the next generation of talent in the communities that we live, work, and serve. The persistent and everchanging landscape of cybersecurity challenges will require a new set of diverse talent. It will literally take a village and require the action of … [Read more...] about Growing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent
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New CISOs Survey Reveals How Small Cybersecurity Teams Can Confront 2021
The pressure on small to medium-sized enterprises to protect their organizations against cyberthreats is astronomical. These businesses face the same threats as the largest enterprises, experience the same (relative) damages and consequences when breaches occur as the largest enterprises but are forced to protect their organizations with a fraction of the resources as the … [Read more...] about New CISOs Survey Reveals How Small Cybersecurity Teams Can Confront 2021
SolarWinds Hackers Also Breached Malwarebytes Cybersecurity Firm
Malwarebytes on Tuesday said it was breached by the same group who broke into SolarWinds to access some of its internal emails, making it the fourth major cybersecurity vendor to be targeted after FireEye, Microsoft, and CrowdStrike. The company said its intrusion was not the result of a SolarWinds compromise, but rather due to a separate initial access vector that works by … [Read more...] about SolarWinds Hackers Also Breached Malwarebytes Cybersecurity Firm
IT and OT Cybersecurity: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
I was intrigued to learn that certain coyotes and badgers team up while hunting. If the prey runs fast, the coyote takes the lead. If the prey dives underground, it’s the badger’s department. IT and OT can take note. They share a common enemy: cyberattacks targeting the industrial networks that connect Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and industrial control systems (ICS) that … [Read more...] about IT and OT Cybersecurity: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Use This Ultimate Template to Plan and Monitor Your Cybersecurity Budgets
Sound security budget planning and execution are essential for CIO's/CISO's success.Now, for the first time, the Ultimate Security Budget Plan and Track Excel template (download here) provide security executives a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned vs. actual spend, ensuring that security needs are addressed while maintaining the budgetary frame.The dynamic … [Read more...] about Use This Ultimate Template to Plan and Monitor Your Cybersecurity Budgets
Cybersecurity in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Pre-Close Phase
This is Part 2 of our three-part blog series on the critical importance of cybersecurity in the M&A process. Part 1 addressed due diligence, and in this blog, we cover the pre-close phase. The pre-close period of an M&A transaction typically lasts just 30 days — an extraordinarily brief period considering the incredible amount of work that goes into closing a … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Pre-Close Phase
How to Make the Most of Your Budding Cybersecurity Career
Having a career in cybersecurity can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. But it can also be extremely difficult starting off. Where can you turn for allies? How can you relate your knowledge to non-technical employees? To find some answers to these questions, Cisco asked numerous experts in the field of cybersecurity to answer the following question: “If … [Read more...] about How to Make the Most of Your Budding Cybersecurity Career
Healthcare Cybersecurity: What’s at Stake?
Today, healthcare organizations are more connected than ever before. The number of internet-connected devices in healthcare are rising, and the average hospital room is equipped with 15-20 connected medical devices.1 With this proliferation of devices comes both clinical benefits and security risks. In the past two years, 63% of healthcare organizations experienced a security … [Read more...] about Healthcare Cybersecurity: What’s at Stake?
What Cybersecurity and Traveling Have in Common
My favorite thing about my career in cybersecurity has been a constant opportunity to learn new topics. Cybersecurity weaves itself through every aspect of our lives: the phone in your pocket, the smart TV in your home, and on and on. And the idea that each of these devices allows me to gain new knowledge is fascinating. It can also be daunting when there is always so much to … [Read more...] about What Cybersecurity and Traveling Have in Common
Technology as a Security Springboard: How These Experts Pivoted to Cybersecurity
Last week I highlighted some of the brilliant stories which are covered in our new eBook, “Diversity in cybersecurity: A Mosaic of Career Possibilities”. For this blog, we meet some new folks, and uncover how they got their unique starts in the industry. What’s interesting about these stories in particular, is that most people started in a general field of technology. But … [Read more...] about Technology as a Security Springboard: How These Experts Pivoted to Cybersecurity