Training

Security awareness training company AwareGO recently announced the availability of a free 30-minute cybersecurity training course for up to 500 employees.

Financial institutions tend to run an average of seven cyber exercises per year, according to an Immersive Labs study, but the sector did not fare well in cyber crisis response.

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 five-level program looks to measure the security cultures of companies.

MITRE released the first official version of its deception framework Engage on Monday after eight months of operating as a public beta.

The bills are designed to authorize DHS grant funding for higher education cybersecurity training and education, authorize the procurement of airport security screening technologies, codify a federal cybersecurity contest and restrict the use of a popular social media app on DHS phones and devices.

New training program in Canada aims to encourage women to upskill and pursue careers in cybersecurity.

One expert compares aggressive or tricky security testing to "ambulance chasing" sales tactics, creating a negative association that gets in the way of the constructive relationship building between security and other areas of the business.