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An education in data science can help you land a job as a data analyst, data engineer, data architect, or data scientist. The data science path you ultimately choose will depend on your skillset and interests, but each career path will require some level of programming, data visualization, statistics, and machine learning knowledge and skills. Data engineers and data architects spend more time dealing with code, databases, and complex queries, whereas data analysts and data…

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of April 18, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. CISA Alert on ICS, SCADA Devices Highlights Growing Enterprise IoT Security Risks On April 13, the Department of Energy (DoE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the…

A government regulator is set to investigate claims that the Spanish authorities used notorious Israeli-made spyware to snoop on separatist politicians from the Catalonia region, according to reports. The ombudsman, which is tasked with holding public institutions to account, said on Sunday that it would look into the allegations – specifically, “a possible inappropriate use of the Pegasus software tools” that may have put “fundamental rights” at risk, according to Reuters. Minister for the presidency Felix…

The UK’s financial regulator has urged the country’s challenger banks to improve their anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud controls after highlighting multiple shortcomings. These relatively new financial services firms are typically digital-only and rely on rapid growth for survival, according to a new report from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). However, after appraising the financial crime controls put in place by a sample of banks with over eight million customers, the FCA found several issues….

The UK’s education sector continues to be hit by spiraling ransomware attacks, which can cost affected organizations in excess of £2m per incident, according to a new Jisc report. The non-profit provides the UK’s higher and further education sector with IT services, including the superfast Janet network and incident response. Head of Janet policy and strategy, John Chapman, warned that ransomware and malware were now the top threats for the sector, with phishing and social engineering coming second….

For most organizations, Security Operations Center (SOC) teams have long since been their first line of defense. These SOC systems efficiently ensure robust cybersecurity and are designed to detect, analyze, respond to, and prevent any cybersecurity incident that the organization might come across. Integrating a SOC within an organization aims to improve its cybersecurity posture, using a blend of state-of-the-art technology and skilled professionals. However, the sophistication and rapid development of modern cyber threats have…

An Indispensable Element of Cyber Risk Management Strategy By Kaustubh Medhe, Head of Research and Intelligence, Cyble As the COVID pandemic rages on and threatens to delay the restoration of normalcy, organizations have had to rapidly transition to a digital model of working to ensure operational continuity and maintain their competitive advantage. Experts claim that the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital ecosystems by nearly a decade, with companies rushing to embrace the cloud,…

By Danny Lopez, CEO, Glasswall While technology, finance, and diplomacy may seem worlds away from one another in most people’s minds, they may be surprised to learn that there is a significant crossover of the skills required. Prior to my time at Glasswall, I worked in finance for the first decade of my career at Barclays in a variety of international banking positions. I then transitioned into working as the managing director of marketing and…