Machine learning in cybersecurity will boost big data, intelligence, and analytics spending

Cyber threats are an ever-present danger to global economies and are projected to surpass the trillion dollar mark in damages within the next year. As a result, the cybersecurity industry is investing heavily in machine learning in hopes of providing…

Build a SOC or Choose an MSSP?

Introduction: The decision to build an internal Security Operations Center (SOC) versus selecting a Managed SecurityService Provider (MSSP) to handle operational information security concerns can be a difficult and time consuming task for organizations seeking to improve their security posture.…

With IT Operations Analytics, Data Is Everything

DevOps. Machine learning. Faster decision making. The biggest trends in IT are helping us speed release cycles, get more insights, and improve operations like never before. But as IT begins adopting and optimizing these new strategies in their organization, there’s…

How Business Email Compromise Scams Can Hurt Your Business

Today’s digital frontier can be very much likened to the old days of the Wild West. In this present era identified by the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, cybercriminals are calling the shots; constantly blazing new trails in increasing sophistication…

The Business Risk of Cyber Threats to Ghana’s Banking & Financial Systems

The Cyber Security Threat Landscape Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years you most certainly have been struck in awe by the overwhelming impact of cyber security breaches in major organizations making the headline…

Future SOC

Are you waiting for something bad, or going somewhere good? A CEO asked me that once. It is one of those deep questions that more information security people need to ask themselves. In the world of cybersecurity, the conventional thinking…

These CISOs explain why they got fired

Today’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) leads an increasingly precarious life.Since the emergence of the job title in the late 1990s, the CISO job has become more complex - and demanding - by the day. Whereas once this was a…

Threat Intelligence Starter Resources

Creating a threat intelligence capability can be a challenging undertaking, and not all companies are ready for it. Businesses that run successful threat intelligence teams generally: Collect externally available data on threats and correlate it with internal events. Be aware…

The life of a social engineer: Hacking the human

A clean-cut guy with rimmed glasses and a warm smile, Jayson E. Street looks nothing like the stereotypical hacker regularly portrayed in movies (i.e. pale, grim and antisocial). But he is one – he just “hacks” humans. Street is a…

The Cyber Kill Chain or: how I learned to stop worrying and love data breaches

Pulling off a heist is no easy feat – and in order to prevent theft, you best understand the plan of attack. Like any good ol’ traditional heist, there are multiple stages to consider in a cyber-attack. To help prevent…