Author: Asad Yaseen

Unfamiliar territory As a security analyst, engineer, or CISO, there are so many aspects of the field that require immediate attention that one cannot possibly know everything.  Some of the common areas of security knowledge include topics such as where to place a firewall, configuration and patch management, physical and logical security, and legal and regulatory concerns.  However, learning about an unfamiliar topic can not only serve to enhance your awareness, giving you another tool…

By Duncan Greatwood, CEO, Xage Security Cybersecurity solutions are often thought of as a single-issue solution: protecting companies from dangerous or costly hacks, or detecting hacks after they’ve already happened, when it may be too late. But in an era when our essential industries are continuing to digitize, organizations need to approach cybersecurity as a foundational element of innovation. Security must evolve to enable efficient data sharing, across the company, location, and network zone boundaries….

Looking Ahead to 2021: The Things We’ll Carry Forward Right now, I’m thinking about how my life changed in 2020. Not so much in the sweeping and upending ways. More in the little ways. I’m thinking about the coping ways. The cobble-it-all-together ways. The little changes to make things work ways. There were plenty.  Now, with the first doses of vaccine going to those who need it most, I find myself wondering which of those…

By Tim Sadler, Co-founder, and CEO of Tessian Events this year have changed the way we think about work indefinitely. In fact, new research from Tessian shows that only 11% of employees want to work exclusively in the office post-pandemic. Businesses must now consider whether the remote work shift brought on by COVID-19 should become permanent. But, then again, remote work isn’t accessible or preferable for every employee. Business leaders, therefore, have important decisions to…

By Peter Ferguson, Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist at EclecticIQ’s Fusion Center The devastation of the  COVID-19 pandemic has caused public-health and economic issues to countries around the globe, and the complications of which are far from over. In accordance to scientific guidance, many nations have launched contact tracing applications to monitor, identify, alert, and reduce the spread of infections. However, the shift towards tracing apps has not always been smooth in the eyes of both…