In the Enterprise Security News for this week: Google intends to acquire Mandiant HelpSystems to pick up Alert Logic - at least their 11th security acquisition in the past 3 years, Rumor that Abnormal Security could be our next security unicorn, Axonius raises a $200M Series E, A number of AppSec and cloud security startups raise their first big ro...
The Forrester report, which offers eight best practices to help encourage diversity in the workforce, found that while the industry has made significant efforts to recruit women, security culture across many organizations remains hostile toward women.
The Office of the National Cyber Director currently has around 30 employees on staff, but that number is expected rise to around 85 when initial hiring efforts are complete.
Security is a complex subject and getting organizations to change is a hard thing to do. Columnist Michael Santarcangelo offers tips on how cybersecurity professionals can help executives connect the dots by giving them a map.
Unix-like systems are growing rapidly. Sometimes we forget to learn from the past and sometimes the past haunts us. We talk about how the rapid change in Unix-like systems affected it's security state.
In a world with rapidly-changing technology, it can be tempting to constantly reach for the newest, shiniest security tools/techniques at both the program management and engineering levels. But even given unusual circumstances like startup hypergrowth or Web3 applications, sometimes we should focus on more basic issues. We can learn a lot about whe...
Sharing sensitive information on a website is likely to solicit a ‘No Way” response from the CISO. Renee was faced with these decisions early in her career and needed a way to determine and communicate the right pragmatic and ethical decision. She developed the ‘Six-Month Rule”, which has evolved into the “Six-Minute Rule” to guide these decisions....
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