Security and compliance—a phrase often uttered in the same breath as if they are two sides of the same coin, two members of the same team, or two great tastes that go great together. The truth is, they can be. But it takes some effort. How can security and compliance teams work together to create a winning alliance, protect data, develop according to modern practices, and still pass an audit? This blog will give you a start. A Real-World Scenario of Compliance and Security Living Two Separate Lives As much as I would like to see auditors, developers, and security analysts living in harmony...

Since the floodgates opened in November 2022 (at the arrival of ChatGPT), there has been one question on everyone’s mind: Is AI going to take my job? While the answers range from yes to no to maybe, there are ways to ride the AI wave without being subsumed by it. The way skilled professionals will do that, especially within cybersecurity, all depends on how well they know the industry—and how well they understand the value of their place in it. This blog will focus on the mixed opportunities of AI in the cybersecurity field and the undoable changes it has produced. Given this landscape, it...

February 7th is the 20th Safer Internet Day, a day to focus on addressing ways to reduce the risks created by our now very online world. Painting the internet as an inherently dangerous place full of predators and … would be using too broad a brush. The internet is an amazing technology - an information sharing resource unrivaled in depth, breadth, and reach. Despite all the good, useful, and fun the internet brings, it has one major drawback: on the other end of the computer is a person. Like any tool, the impact of its use depends on the user and people will find ways to misuse and abuse...