Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas closed Black Hat Thursday evening with a keynote asking cybersecurity professionals to consider working for or with the Department of Homeland Security.
A technology-based hedge fund outlined how they were able to save millions of dollars, ingest exponentially more data and cut down on the avalanche of false positives by building their own custom SIEM.
NSA expert recommends a comprehensive risk management program, better advance planning, and awareness training to help prevent employees and security pros from making rash decisions following a cyber incident.
Robotics companies intentionally shorten the lifespan of their products, say Víctor Mayoral-Vilches and Frederico Maggi, and security suffers as a result.
The mass of cybercriminals are in support jobs, like web designer, say researchers, introducing the notion that perhaps some could be pulled back into better, legitimate opportunities.
Three months after the Biden administration mandated formation of a national cybersecurity safety board, staffing by DHS and the attorney general is about complete. Indiana University's Scott Shackelford and former NTSB chairman Christopher Hart detailed the potential during a Black Hat virtual session, but also its complications.
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