To remain competitive in the digital age, organizations frequently introduce new hardware devices and software installations to their IT environments. The problem is that these assets might suffer from vulnerabilities that attackers could misuse, if un…
Read More What Is Log Management and Why you Need itOn May 13, Verizon released its Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2021. This annual publication serves many purposes. It yields context into what security analysts are seeing, for instance. But it also affects organizations’ security postures at…
Read More 5 Ways to Navigate the Threat Landscape Conveyed in Verizon’s DBIR 2021Information security is an exciting and rapidly growing field for individuals who are interested in protecting users and their data. In an effort to map out the industry as a possible career choice, we recently conducted research into the top 10 infose…
Read More The Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs in Information Security – Part 2Ransomware is having a bit of a moment. Check Point revealed that ransomware attacks increased 102% globally in H1 2021 compared to the start of the previous year, with the number of corporate ransomware victims having doubled over that same period. Av…
Read More How Tripwire Can Help to Defend Against RansomwareWant a job in cybersecurity? There are plenty to go around. Cybersecurity Ventures estimated that there will be 3.5 million job openings in the industry by the end of the year. That makes sense. According to Gartner, global spending on information secu…
Read More The Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs in Information Security – Part 1The cyber security skills gap was a problem prior to the pandemic. In a survey of 342 security professionals released in early 2020, Tripwire found that 83% of security experts felt more overworked going into the new year compared to how they felt at t…
Read More Survey: Only 39% of Orgs Have Ability to Retain Cyber Security TalentThe Biden administration said it’s drafting an executive order to help the United States government better defend itself against digital supply chain attacks. A Step Up for Federal Procurement According to NPR, the executive order that’s being drafted …
Read More Biden Administration Drafting EO to Help U.S. Gov’t Secure Digital Supply ChainOn March 17, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department announced the extension of the federal income tax filing due date from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021. This decision is designed “to help taxpayers navigate the unusual ci…
Read More Beware of These 3 Scams Making the Rounds This Tax SeasonDigital attackers are increasingly launching sophisticated campaigns in an effort to target U.S. federal agencies and other organizations. Two recent examples demonstrate this reality. These are the SolarWinds supply chain attack and the HAFNIUM Exchan…
Read More How Tripwire Can Help U.S. Federal Agencies Implement the CIS ControlsAn attacker hacked into a Florida city’s water treatment plant and attempted to leverage that access to poison the municipality’s water supply. According to WTSP-TV, an operator at the water treatment plant in the 15,000-person City of Oldsm…
Read More Attacker Hacked into Florida City’s Water Treatment Plant, Attempted to Poison Water SupplyAttacks against industrial control systems (ICS) are on the rise. In its 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Report, for instance, IBM found that digital attacks targeting organizations’ ICS had increased by more than 2,000% between 2019 and 2018. Most of…
Read More 8 Top Technical Resource Providers for ICS Security ProfessionalsWe at The State of Security are committed to helping aspiring information security professionals to reach their full potential. Towards that end, we compiled a two–part list of the top 10 highest paying jobs in the industry. Back in 2017, we even…
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