When an organization becomes aware of a new attack, spreading the word helps the community get ahead of threats before they get worse. TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Neal Dennis, a threat intel specialist at Cyware and a former U.S. Marine, about cybersecurity. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: Neal, why is sharing intelligence important? SEE: Security incident response policy (TechRepublic Premium) Neal Dennis: There’s a lot of good things…

This post on Oracle Cloud VMware Solution will help you identify the differences between a 6.5 or 6.7 and a 7.0 update 1 vSphere deployment. Oracle Cloud VMware Solution VMware with vSphere 7.0 update 1 was made generally available on March 30, 2021. As the sole proprietor of your VMware SDDC, after deployment, any changes (which there are from 6.x) should be documented because they can have a real operational impact on your day-to-day operations….

  Just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Neha Abbad got an opportunity to work as a part of a high performing team at MattsenKumar Cyber Services in Gurgaon, a top metropolitan city of India. Accepting the challenge meant being separated from her family for months during the country-wide, pandemic-related lockdown. While difficult, the new work greatly inspired her and the support and encouragement from her seniors helped her build confidence…

Personal devices and the information they carry are incredibly valuable to their owners. It is only natural to want to protect your device like a royal family fortifying a medieval castle. Unlike medieval castles that depended upon layers and layers of protection (moats, drawbridges, spiky gates, etc.), personal devices thrive on just one defense: a devoted guard called antivirus software.  Increasing your personal device’s security detail with more than one guard, or antivirus software is actually less effective than using a single, comprehensive option. Microsoft operating systems recognize the detriment of running…

Personal devices and the information they carry are incredibly valuable to their owners. It is only natural to want to protect your device like a royal family fortifying a medieval castle. Unlike medieval castles that depended upon layers and layers of protection (moats, drawbridges, spiky gates, etc.), personal devices thrive on just one defense: a devoted guard called antivirus software.  Increasing your personal device’s security detail with more than one guard, or antivirus software is actually less effective than using a single, comprehensive option. Microsoft operating systems recognize the detriment of running…

CISOs from Twitter, United Airlines and a Bain Capital partner discuss how to integrate security into all aspects of an organization at Rubrik’s FORWARD conference Tuesday. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto There are higher incidents of ransomware because new threat models are emerging and bad actors are participating more frequently in ransomware as a service, said United Airlines VP and CISO Deneen DeFiore. “There is an evolution happening,” said DeFiore, speaking during a data security panel…