Like many of you, I spent a lot of time at home this year, but it came with an unexpected upside: an excuse to upgrade all my home tech! With so many great new products on the market, from 5G devices to smart TVs, cameras, and more, there’s a lot to choose from this holiday season, and into the New Year. In fact, the smart home market is set to grow by nearly 12% over…

A cybersecurity expert suggests looking deep below the surface to find the cure for our lack of digital security. Image: iStockphoto/koyso Gregory Conti, Ph.D., senior security strategist at IronNet, in his Federal News Network article Why haven’t we ‘solved’ cybersecurity?, takes on a very difficult subject. To answer his own question, Conti, who gained significant cybersecurity experience working for several US security agencies and West Point, not only offers what he sees as big picture cybersecurity…

Expert pleads with companies to realize they are potential attack victims, no matter their size. TechRepublic’s Karen Roby talked with Marcus Valor, director of strategic threat at Darktrace, about predictions for the future of cybersecurity in 2021. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: I have to say Marcus, before we start, it actually sounds like a really cool title with the name Darktrace. All of that just sounds really cool….

Good and bad news for cybersecurity in 2021 Length: 10:50 | Dec 18, 2020 Expert sees improvement in attacks as well as defense technologies. He reminds businesses that all companies are potential targets. Source link

The attacks have reportedly hit the US Energy Department and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as well as other vital agencies and companies around the world. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto State-sponsored hackers who exploited a security hole in a SolarWinds monitoring tool to infiltrate government and business networks have apparently left a long line of victims in their wake. SEE: Zero trust security: A cheat sheet (free PDF) (TechRepublic)  In an alert published Thursday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…

We are excited to let you know that we have released a new experimental tool. We would love to get your feedback on it. Today we have released an experimental Docker Hub CLI tool, the hub-tool. The new Hub CLI tool lets you explore, inspect and manage your content on Docker Hub as well as work with your teams and manage your account.  The new tool is available as of today for Docker Desktop for…

TechRepublic spoke with email security firm Tessian’s CEO Tim Sadler, who tells us how to avoid being phished or scammed during the search for perfect presents. Image: iStock/Madmaxer The final countdown to Christmas and holiday gift-giving is nigh upon us, and why wouldn’t the 2020 holiday season be as challenging as the rest of the year? Hampered by COVID-19 protective restrictions, brick-and-mortar stores are either closed or limiting how many can go in, resulting in…

A new information sharing and analysis center (ISAC) set up to help American school districts protect themselves against cyber-threats has named its first national director. Heading up the Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Security Information Exchange, or K12 SIX, is president of consulting firm EdTech Strategies and the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, Douglas Levin. Levin is the founder of the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center and creator of the K–12 Cyber Incident Map, a visualization of cybersecurity-related incidents reported about US…