Archive for July 2018
News Roundup: What Can AI Do for Cybersecurity?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a buzzword across many industries. Is the hype justified? It depends on who you ask. Many analysts see both the positive and the negative when it comes to AI and cybersecurity. According to Gartner analyst Dale Gardner, in Investor’s Business Daily’s AI Companies Race To Get Upper Hand In Cybersecurity — Before…
Read MoreBringing diversity to the cybersecurity workforce
It’s no secret that the field of IT lacks diversity. In TechTarget’s article, McAfee CISO explains why diversity in cybersecurity matters, editor Peter Loshin notes that, “Improving the state of diversity in cybersecurity shouldn’t be seen as a burden, but rather embraced as an opportunity to improve the state of the industry by expanding the…
Read MoreCybersecurity Education Focus of Cyber Oregon Summit in Wilsonville
The second Cyber Oregon Cybersecurity Summit of the year took place yesterday at the Oregon Tech campus in Wilsonville. This event, part of a three-part series organized by the Technology Association of Oregon, focused on cybersecurity workforce and education topics and was well-attended by leading cybersecurity professionals and educators from the private and public sectors.…
Read MoreNews Roundup: That data breach cost how much?
Here is some sobering news from IBM Security. Whether it’s a small security leak or a mega breach, the cost for companies that suffer from the wrath of hackers isn’t for the weak. According to the IBM study which was released on July 11, 10 of the 11 mega breaches were criminal attacks. As discussed…
Read MoreNews Roundup: Cryptojacking takes the lead
Is it surprising that five new security threats popped up every second in Q1 of 2018, according to research from McAfee? Perhaps we’ve all become numb to startling statistics about the volume of cyberthreats that we see each week. What’s new about the research from McAfee is that an alarming number of the cyberthreats focus…
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