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Is cybersecurity’s skills crisis one of its own making? There are between three and four million vacancies for cybersecurity professionals worldwide, depending on the research you read. Over the years, there has been plenty of [...] -
Education is an attractive target for malicious actors in cyberspace. Hackers attack schools, colleges and universities for the information they hold. That includes personal, academic and research data. And they are also vulnerable to extortion [...] -
The way we measure security threats is changing. As security has become a board-level priority, cybersecurity teams need to think in terms of risk. But where does that leave vulnerability scores? Are venerable systems such [...] -
One of the biggest, if not the biggest, risks in cybersecurity is human behaviour. More than three quarters of security breaches result from human action or errors. But the cybersecurity industry focuses more on technical [...] -
AI clearly offers benefits. But when it comes to security, it also brings its own risks. Artificial intelligence is often described as a “black box”. We can see what we put in, and what comes [...] -
The vast majority of internet users are no longer humans. The stark reality is that most online traffic is now between machines, or software. Non-human identities, or machine identities, now outnumber human actors on the [...] -
Effective cybersecurity is no longer about stopping every attack. That is simply no longer possible. But moving from prevention to accepting that attacks will happen means thinking much more about business risk. That is not [...] -
There’s no shortage of information on cybersecurity online. But could a new book hold the answers to our cybersecurity challenges? Perhaps not, or at least not on its own. But a new book from the [...] -
What are the greatest threats to organisations online? Which emerging threats do CISOs need to worry about? And which industry sectors are attackers targeting? These are all key questions when it comes to understanding the [...] -
Post industrial: cybersecurity is one of Northern Ireland’s growth industries. Northern Ireland has moved on dramatically since the Good Friday agreement. And its prosperity has been boosted by significant inward investment, much of it in [...] -
Enterprises rely heavily on open source software. By one estimate, all cloud computing projects use open source elements. And open source is more than just the Linux operating system. The number of open source tools [...] -
How does a CISO stay ahead of rapidly changing threats? And what do you do, if cyber attacks are more frequent, happen more quickly, and cause more harm? Can we cope when an attacker can [...] -
Our guest for this episode is Dr Claudia Natanson, CEO at the UK Cyber Security Council. The Council is funded by the Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and acts as an umbrella body [...] -
Amanda Finch is one of the UK’s foremost advocates for professional standards in cybersecurity. As CEO of the Institute of Information Security Professionals – now the Chartered Institute of Information Security – Amanda has worked [...]
