Increased Cyber Threats to Medical Devices Cause Healthcare Industry Self-Evaluation
When you think of cyber threats, you probably think about phishing attacks targeted at corporate employees or ransomware aimed at financial institutions. You probably don’t think about a hacker attacking a digital thermometer, but you should. The next great wave of...
New Reports: Developers, Overwhelmed by Security Issues, Pushing Vulnerable Code and Missing Over Half of Reported Vulnerabilities
Two new reports find that developers are struggling to keep up with an endless flood of security issues, and that overall security is suffering as a result. 42% self-reported pushing vulnerable code at least once every month, and they are only able to get to 32% of...
When Forbes Says Threat Modeling is Critical You Know it’s Important
The Forbes Magazine has been around since 1917 and we’re guessing this is the first article they’ve ever done on threat modeling. According to its bio, it Forbes magazine features “original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.” And while it...
Understanding the Challenges of Securing Cloud Environments That Never Stop Changing
The good news with deploying applications in the cloud is that you can changes things fast in response to changing demands. The bad news? The same thing: you can change things really fast. And generally speaking, fast changes and security don’t mix very well. Clouds...
Threat Hunting Skills Can Boost Your Cybersecurity Career
Every year, cybercrime continues to increase. Consider the annual Internet Crime Report released by the FBI’s Internet Crime Center (IC3) in March. The survey found that American citizens lost about $6.9 billion to cybercriminals and online scammers throughout 2021—a...
The Role That Threat Modeling Plays in the DevOps Security Process
There’s little disagreement that security should be baked into every step of the DevOps lifecycle. In fact, there’s even a name for it: DevSecOps. So, why isn’t its adoption more widespread? Well, as things turn out, there are quite a few challenges to DevOps...
14 Tips For Developing An Effective System For Managing Remote Tech Equipment
When companies and organizations shifted to remote work arrangements in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, leadership teams may have viewed it as a temporary situation. “Tech plans” in the beginning may have simply consisted of noting which employees had taken home a...
Why Threat Modeling is Essential in Evaluating Policy-Driven Security
Policy-driven security makes perfect sense. You’re developing a secure system and you have some compliance requirements it must meet. You start by translating those requirements into a series of security policies with which your system must comply. You then cut loose...
