Cybersecurity
Cyber News Roundup: 80% of Businesses Experienced a Cybersecurity Incident, What to Do
If your organization has suffered a cybersecurity incident, you are not alone. In fact, 80% of businesses experienced a cybersecurity incident this past year, according to the latest report from Forrester Consulting. An article in Security Magazine, highlights the key – and very real – findings, including the fact that security incidents put customer privacy…
Read MoreDEF CON 27 Was Hacking Airplanes, Voting Machines, Cameras, Schools
After a full week invading Las Vegas, top security conferences Black Hat USA 2019 and DEF CON 27 have come to an end…or is just the beginning? What a week it was! The conferences proved that nearly everything is hackable: Airplanes. This year marked the first-ever aviation village at DEF CON. According to an article…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: What to Expect at Black Hat and DEF CON
Your phone is leaking your personally identifiable information (PII). Learn how to break modern encryption and hack into a car. Explore ways to hack physical security, including disabling alarm systems and cameras. Hear lessons learned from running a national penetration testing competition. These are just some of many topics that will be explored – and…
Read MoreOregon Cybersecurity Leader Charlie Kawasaki Featured on KGW
While many people understand the need to build a larger cybersecurity workforce with trained cybersecurity experts, it takes dedicated cybersecurity leaders to push this initiative forward. One standout in this effort is Charlie Kawasaki, vice chair of the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council (OCAC), CTO of PacStar, and co-founder of NW Cyber Camp – which kicks…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: Cybersecurity is the Biggest Threat to the Global Economy
“CEOs see cybersecurity as the number one threat to the global economy over the next five to 10 years,” according to the latest EY report, the 2019 CEO Imperative Study, that surveyed global CEOs among Forbes Global 2000 and Forbes Largest Private Companies. Top global concerns among CEOs are climate change, geopolitical instability and conflict,…
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