Sue Poremba

I said earlier this week that the trend discussed the most in both casual conversations and formal interviews was the effect of human behavior on cybersecurity. Yet, there was a subtext to every one of those discussions: Small businesses need to step up with their cybersecurity efforts. An article in Finance & Commerce cited a […]

I’m at the RSA security conference this week. It’s just day two of the conference as I write this, but already I’ve begun to see a trend in the conversations I’ve been having with analysts and security professionals, both in casual moments and in formal interviews. Whereas I thought I’d be hearing all about the […]

Ransomware surged last year, with over 6 million attacks, and one of the most popular ways to spread ransomware is through email, as eWeek explained: Many attackers deliver a convincing ploy to their targets via email, providing a web link for more details that, when clicked, takes the viewer to a malicious website that downloads […]

About one in five organizations within the banking and insurance industry feel confident they can detect a data breach, yet, the vast majority of their customers, 83 percent, trust these same companies to have high standards for cybersecurity practices, according to a survey by Capgemini. Capgemini Global Cyber Security Chief Operating Officer Mike Turner was […]

Where you live and work could affect your risk of a malware infection. According to ESG, if you live in Tampa, the risk of your system becoming infected with malware is 540 percent higher than the rest of the country. I checked out my own state, and it’s a good thing I don’t live in […]

We know that the number of data breaches has risen substantially over the past year, as has the number of compromised records. So it isn’t surprising that 2016 saw a record number of identity fraud cases. The 2017 Identity Fraud Study conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research found 15.4 million consumers were affected by identity […]

Anywhere high-tech is used creates a demand for security technology professionals. “We need to make sure every door has a lock, so to speak,” said PK Agarwal, regional dean and CEO of Northeastern University-Silicon Valley and former CTO for California under Governor Schwarzenegger. Security professionals are in demand right now. Entry-level security jobs, according to […]

How confident are you about your cybersecurity operations? If you are like the vast majority of respondents in Arctic Wolf Networks’ recent survey, you are highly confident in your cybersecurity defenses. However, the perception of cybersecurity operations doesn’t match the reality for these mid-market companies. While 95 percent of the respondents think their security posture […]

Take a moment to think about your security budget. Has it increased over the past few years? If it has, has your security system done a better job at preventing or mitigating potential threats? Or does it feel like you are tossing money into a giant pit because no matter what you do or how […]

5 Essential Incident Response Checklists It seems like we are constantly talking about data breaches, but as a couple of recent studies show, we may be under-reporting their frequency and severity. The 2016 Data Breach Trends report released by Risk Based Security said 4,149 breaches were reported, compromising more than 4 billion records. That’s 3 […]

Before the inauguration last week, there was a call to protesters to join in a DDoS attack against WhiteHouse.gov. I don’t know if it happened – I never heard that it did – but I point out this call for a reason. Hacktivists and cybercriminals recognize the power of a DDoS attack and they aren’t […]

January 28 is Data Privacy Day, with the theme of Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust. The idea of this annual international event is to encourage businesses and consumers to recognize the need for data privacy and to promote education and training to enhance that awareness. Data Privacy Day takes a higher profile in […]