Technical ability and mindset, Python coding language, and the CISSP certification are among the most desired skills for cyber security jobs, SpecOps' study found.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
How do technology partners, cloud providers, vendors, distributors, customers and organizations earn trust? There is no simple answer, but compliance standards play a significant role. There can be no trust without transparency, and modern compliance helps organizations make their security practices considerably less opaque.
Owner of a botnet has leaked the access credentials for more than 515,000 servers and claimed they were changing business models to make use of cloud service providers instead.
Cybercrime group demands $1.9 million in ransom following a cyber attack at Mount Royal University in Calgary that leaked student and employee data and disrupted operations.
With lessons learned from 2016 U.S. presidential election, U.S. government officials are taking no chances in upcoming election security by pushing stricter measures to secure online information from cyber attacks.
Molson Coors filed a security incident with the Security and Exchange Commission acknowledging a cyber attack that took its systems offline, suggesting a ransomware attack.
Canada’s House of Commons experienced a data breach from a recent Microsoft vulnerability and leaked the personal information of lawmakers and legislative staff members.
Prior to its seizure in April 2022, RaidForums was one of the biggest hacking forums catering to cybercriminals that trade in stolen data. A new competitor is looking to make a name for itself by exposing some 478,000 former RaidForums members.
The private sector is increasingly turning to cyber insurance to at least mitigate some of the effects of hacking, however governments across the globe seem to have been slow to take advantage. Given the severity of the cyber threats, is it time for public sector agencies to leverage cyber insurance offerings?
Two web hosting providers in Denmark are teetering on the brink after a devastating ransomware attack that wiped out most customer data. Given the ongoing difficulty of recovery, the companies are recommending that customers move to other hosting providers.










