Cyber Heroes: How Security Teams Have Scaled the Popularity Charts

In the past, cybersecurity professionals were often viewed as a necessary evil.
Fast forward to today, however, and it’s a very different story.
Stephen Roostan takes a look at the role cybersecurity professionals can play in the protection of businesses and some of the factors that have contributed to what is a truly epic reputational turnaround.

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Patience and persistence trump technology in SolarWinds attack

As soon as the SolarWinds breach hit the news, press releases started pouring out of the cyber security industry with claims that their products or services would have prevented the breach, but talking to people in the trenches, that is a dangerous claim to believe. The truth it, human error and intention can defeat any security protocol or technology. We talked to Matthew Rosenquist and Steve Hanna about the only way to deal with security: vigilance.

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Security for Everybody or Security for Nobody

Authorities do have a legitimate need for access to communication and electronic devices. But a blanket master key to the encryption is a massive threat to our individual privacy and security. Read the comment from Tom Madsen and his Colleague Anders Hoegh Olesen on the encryption backdoor planned by the EU.

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COVID19 and US Politics dominated security news in 2020

The security concerns of the 2020 election brought digital security to the forefront of the Western world’s attention and the buzz phrase “zero trust” went from tech company lip service to an actual technology feature. And for good reason. The biggest problem in digital security is not technological but human. People just didn’t want to make the effort to keep their data secure.

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