Ransomware is a more imminent threat than ever before as digital ecosystems are becoming more complex and attackers are innovating with new tools, techniques, and procedures. It’s no surprise that the frequency of these attacks nearly doubled in the first half of 2021. With double extortion ransomware, novel attacks, and the increased availability of ‘ransomware as a service’, legacy security tools reliant on rules and signat...

Like a good horror film – a talented hacker will take their time building the attack. No jump scares here – just slow and methodical. Recon, probing, reverse engineering and writing exploits – the malicious hacker builds tension and anxiety as they find a small way in, establish a presence and expand – filing your network with their malevolence, The malicious actors in the center of these webs aren’t automated to...

As you continue down the path of VM maturity, you will undoubtedly find that manual VM workflows are bottlenecks preventing your program from scaling and moving quickly enough to meet your objectives. You might even consider building your own VM platform internally to automate some of these bottlenecks. Let us stop you right there. We’ve seen it a million times. Proprietary in-house software, or homegrown vulnerability management solutio...

Phishing and ransomware attacks continue to rise, according to Proofpoint’s State of the Phish report for 2020. Organizations in the U.S. are at risk, the increase in remote work due to the pandemic has fueled a spike in attacks, and phishing attempts are up by 14 percent compared to the previous year.Email continues to be the number 1 delivery vehicle, but other social engineering schemes that rely on social media, voicemail (“vis...

EC-Council CCISO Training is coming to Tampa, FL! Don’t miss this opportunity to take the next step in your career and join the growing ranks of Certified CISOs. EC-Council’s Certified CISO (CCISO) Program has been helping information security professionals take their careers to the next level since 2012. Join the ranks of infosec managers making the leap to executive infosec leadership with live CCISO Training. EC-Council’s...

EC-Council CCISO Training is coming to Washington, D.C.! Don’t miss this opportunity to take the next step in your career and join the growing ranks of Certified CISOs. EC-Council’s Certified CISO (CCISO) Program has been helping information security professionals take their careers to the next level since 2012. Join the ranks of infosec managers making the leap to executive infosec leadership with live CCISO Training.

Conference: October 10 & 11, 2019 EC-Council’s Global CISO Forum is an invite-only, closed-door event gathering the highest level executives from across industries and countries to discuss the most pressing issues in information security. Now in its seventh year, the 2019 Global CISO Forum promises to be the best yet with an exciting mix of industries, formats, and interactive presentations.

OH FOR THE SIMPLE DAYS OF PIRACY! Though we like to have fun and play-act like the pirates in “Pirates of the Caribbean” or the Dread pirate Roberts in “The Princess Bride,” in reality, piracy has been troublesome and deadly since the dawn of civilization. Now one pirate, or the group he represents, can cause a billion-dollar data breach, take down an entire municipal government with well-placed ransomware, or weaponize...

EC-Council CCISO Training is coming to Albuquerque, NM! Don’t miss this opportunity to take the next step in your career and join the growing ranks of Certified CISOs. EC-Council’s Certified CISO (CCISO) Program has been helping information security professionals take their careers to the next level since 2012. Join the ranks of infosec managers making the leap to executive infosec leadership with live CCISO Training.

EC-Council CCISO Training is coming to Dallas, TX! Don’t miss this opportunity to take the next step in your career and join the growing ranks of Certified CISOs. EC-Council’s Certified CISO (CCISO) Program has been helping information security professionals take their careers to the next level since 2012. Join the ranks of infosec managers making the leap to executive infosec leadership with live CCISO Training.