In 2020, cyber defenders have seen a high level of innovation from cybercriminals, who are leveraging new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to maintain persistence and counter incident response efforts. At an alarming rate, transnational organized crime groups and spies are leveraging cybercrime tools and services to conduct a wide range of crimes against government agencies and financial institutions. Criminals are increasingly shari...

Right now, governments have a lot on their plates, from determining reopening policies and potentially transitioning workforces from telework back to their offices, to ensuring communities are staying safe and healthy. That’s why, when it comes to grants and funding, many agencies and departments may not be thinking of their long-term post-pandemic measurement and performance. Ensuring your agency is prepared for the single audit is more...

Seton Hall University Modernizes Identity with Okta At Okta, they focus on two main themes which are to protect campuses from security threats while making the user's experience simple and enjoyable. Higher education has taken great steps forward to automate identity management, but most colleges and universities are just starting their path to a true frictionless experience by eliminating passwords and incorporating device trust into their ac...

Cybersecurity is a complex problem, constantly evolving and shifting with teams unable to understand where threats are emerging. While the tools being used are valuable and have costly limitations, operators need a full picture of the cybersecurity battlefield. Are you making the most out of your security investments? How can we enrich the picture for each team to ensure that they have the best possible information and insight into the securit...

Nuance security and biometrics solutions enable easy and secure authentication by identifying a person based on their human traits; like their voice, fingerprints, face or even how they use their devices. The importance of security cannot be understated. Today's businesses rely on working with known customers in a friction-free environment. To get to that level of customer service, organizations need to be confident that their customer is who...

Now more than ever, there’s a need for a flexible, future-state identity service that enables a fast and secure shift to support a remote and collaborative workforce outside the network. Federal employees need to work with contractors from home. Citizens need to engage via digital means rather than in person. Constituents not only require access to mission-critical tools they were already using but the pandemic has highlighted the need t...

Email fraud leads to two main threats - one is Business Email Compromise (BEC) where attackers pretend to be you; the other one is Email Account Compromise (EAC) where attackers become you. BEC/EAC scams have cost the victimized organizations over $26 billion since 2016. What they have in common is that they both target people.They both rely on social engineering and are designed to solicit fraudulent wire transfers or payment. Unlike malware...

When systems were predominately hardware-based, components were built to specification. Systems engineers defined and verified component functions and interfaces that together provided total system capability. Today, system capability is largely supplied through software components and network connectivity. This increases the system’s flexibility and adaptability—and its cyber risk! Software components are specified loosely, if at...

Join Dr. Richard T. White and Robert D. Long of Tennessee Department of Transportation's Cyber Security Team on how they secure of the Top 5 highway systems in the U.S. against advanced persistent threats (APTs) and ransomware attacks. Richard and Robert will be interviewed by Val Bercovici, CEO and co-founder of Chainkit about the their new architecture and highlights published in their new technical paper: Secure Connectivity for Intelligent...

The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge OnDemand Training program promotes the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing. Intrinsec’s OnDemand CCSK Foundation resources will help you successfully prepare for the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) exam. Official CCSK Foundation Student Handbook Over 10 Hours of CCSK Video Content Accessible via your provided student account, you can conv...