Sue Poremba

I’m all about being educated and understanding the risks involved every time you connect to the internet or access your company’s network or handle sensitive data. But can being educated actually work against cybersecurity efforts? A study conducted by online IT training company CBT Nuggets found that overconfidence in our abilities, and in our devices, […]

The other day, I downloaded an app that I know will make a particular task much easier. I also downloaded an app that will allow me to follow my favorite baseball team when I’m not at home. Mobile apps have become such a regular part of my life, both personal and professional, that I’ve come […]

If it’s been a while since you’ve changed your passwords, especially on your social media accounts, don’t feel too bad. Security professionals aren’t following their own advice about password hygiene. Thycotic, a provider of privileged account management, conducted a survey at RSA in February, and the results were a little surprising, when you consider the […]

IBM Watson was introduced to the average person years ago when the cognitive computing platform went up against game show Jeopardy’s most famous contestant, Ken Jennings – and won big. However, IBM Watson is much more than a trivia buff. Today, according to IBM, Watson represents a new era in computing called cognitive computing, where […]

I’ve been writing about cybersecurity for a decade. I’ve been writing about the concerns surrounding cloud security for the entirety of that time. Ten years ago, businesses hesitated to adopt cloud computing because so many questions surrounded the security of data stored and used outside of the control of internal servers. Clearly, comfort with the […]

I’ve been writing about security for so long now that very little surprises me – except for this: The continued reluctance of small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) to accept that they are, and will be, targets for hackers and subject to many of the same types of security risks as larger enterprises. A recent study […]

As wearable devices evolve, they will take on more functionality, especially within the workplace, potentially affecting the data within a wide range of industries. On one hand, wearables are revolutionizing the workplace, with innovations that create a safer work environment or enhance the way professionals are able to go about their job. Expect to see […]

As I’ve said many times, cybersecurity seems to be more about reacting than acting or being proactive. Now, a new study by 1E found that, in fact, IT professionals spend a third of their time reacting to emergencies. Nearly 30 percent of the IT tasks are unplanned, which works out to be about 14 weeks […]

We haven’t even finished the first quarter of 2017, and already one publication is calling this the worst year ever for hacks and data breaches. A Benzinga article highlighted major security incidents that have been reported so far this year, including McDonald’s Twitter account (although, oddly, the story did not mention the larger Twitter hack) […]

Cybersecurity isn’t just about securing the data on the network. It’s about securing the data anywhere on any endpoint, on any device, on any application. An incident from last week put the importance of endpoint security front and center. A Secret Service laptop with extremely sensitive information stored on it was stolen, as ZDNet explained: […]

Even though I don’t use it as much as I should, I’m a big fan of Twitter. I like the immediacy of it, and its use as a tool to get information to the world quickly. At the same time, Twitter has serious flaws that have led to hacked accounts that were then taken over […]

Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is one of the most respected studies on cybersecurity, cited by security professionals and security writers regularly and throughout the year. Although the 2017 DBIR was not released at RSA – it will come out later in the spring – Verizon did introduce its Data Breach Digest — […]