Author: Asad Yaseen

By Jessica Davis January 21, 2021 – Recent Proofpoint research shows hackers are continuing to prey on fears tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. And as the vaccine rollout continues, social engineering lures are being leveraged in malware, phishing, and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. Throughout the year, security researchers have consistently warned that hackers are using the pandemic to their advantage in a number of attacks. It follows repeated trends of cybercriminals leveraging popular, ongoing global…

Digital initiatives come in many flavors and vary widely, but they do have one thing in common and that’s data. That’s why the need to easily manage, analyze, and find key insights—and those “a-ha” moments—from data is critical to achieving and maintaining a market-leading position.  One quick look at leading companies today and it’s easy to see they aren’t just technology-centric companies, but data-centric ones. The challenge for most companies is how to make data…

“Pasa a la nube” ha sido la respuesta vez más común en los últimos años para abordar el problema de cómo manejar cantidades masivas de datos. Por un lado, es comprensible, usar infraestructura propiedad de un tercero con equipos dedicados a implementar la seguridad desde su diseño, pruebas continuas y la validación suena atractivo. Sin embargo, lo que muchos no toman en cuenta si bien la infraestructura de terceros está protegida y se prueba con…

As we say goodbye to 2020 and spend time reflecting on the industry changes, reassess our workflows and procedures in order to identify where 2021 will bring us, it’s a brilliant time to also address our security practices and ways we can bring improvement to those, as well. After considering the top challenges I saw with development teams and security teams within development environments, I came up with a list of ways to focus our…

Ransomware and DDoS is on the Rise: Tips for Distance Learning in 2021 The holidays have come and gone, and students returned to the virtual classroom. But according to the FBI, cyberattacks are likely to disrupt online learning in the new year. As of December 2020, the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and MS-ISAC continue to receive reports from K-12 educational institutions about the disruptions caused by cyberthreats, primarily ransomware and Distributed Denial…