What is cyber risk quantification, and why is it important?

What is cyber risk quantification, and why is it important?

One way to get C-level managers and cybersecurity department heads on the same page is to employ cyber risk quantification, as it speaks to costs versus risks. Image: iStockphoto/anyaberkut It’s a reasonably safe bet cyber incidents will be more of the same in 2021. However, there is something different blowing in the cyber wind this year. Business leaders are asking those in charge of cybersecurity departments to relate monetary costs to each potential cybersecurity risk…

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Coding for robots: Need-to-know languages and skills

Coding for robots: Need-to-know languages and skills

KODA advising CTO John Suit discusses the skills and languages that are important for developers who want to build software and systems for modern robots. Robots come in all shapes and sizes, but typically, they’re autonomous devices that operate on their own to help us complete a task. If you’re a developer looking to get into the growing field of robotics, what are the right skills to have? What languages should you know? In this…

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SolarWinds attack makes us distrust the software we buy

SolarWinds attack makes us distrust the software we buy

Security expert says because we can’t inspect the inner workings of the software we buy, we’re at the mercy of software companies’ security practices. TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Manish Gupta, founder and CEO of ShiftLeft, a code analysis software company, about the SolarWinds attack and its effect on cybersecurity. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: Manish you’ve been in security for a long time now. And the SolarWinds attack…

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Dog Helps Kids Stay Safe Online

Dog Helps Kids Stay Safe Online

A fictional dog is to teach elementary and middle school kids how to maintain a secure digital footprint in a new book co-authored by Fortinet’s deputy CISO.  Lacey the pooch is the creation of Renee Tarun, a cybersecurity veteran of two and half decades. The character is based on Tarun’s pet chocolate Labrador, Lacey, who died three years ago at the age of 15.  In Cyber Safe: A Dog’s Guide to Internet Security, Lacey shows her friend…

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Financial Operations and Kubernetes – VMware Cloud Community

Financial Operations and Kubernetes – VMware Cloud Community

Financial Operations (FinOps) is becoming more relevant than ever when I&O organizations that are moving towards cloud. When moving towards a cloud operating model it is necessary to provide the consumers of the platform with the right information when it comes to the associated cost of the consumed services. This is where FinOps comes into play. FinOps is the part that deals with Cloud Financial Management. It is a cultural practice that makes sure that…

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Cyberbullying Linked to Social Media Addiction

Cyberbullying Linked to Social Media Addiction

New research by the University of Georgia suggests the existence of a link between excessive social media use and cyberbullying behavior in teens.  A study led by principal investigator Amanda Giordano, an associate professor in the UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education, found that teens with higher social media addiction scores, who spent more hours online, were more likely to engage in cyberbullying.  Cyberbullies, who carry out behavior such as personal attacks, harassment or discriminatory behavior, spreading…

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Hackers disrupted live broadcasts at Channel Nine. Is it a Russian retaliation?

Hackers disrupted live broadcasts at Channel Nine. Is it a Russian retaliation?

A cyber attack has disrupted the Australian Channel Nine’s live broadcasts, the company was unable to transmit its Sunday morning news program. A cyber attack has hit the Australian Channel Nine’s live broadcasts causing the disruption of its operations. The broadcaster was unable to air its Sunday morning news program, which runs from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm from Sidney. The 5:00pm news program, which is transmitted from Melbourne, did not go to air too. “We wish…

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