Threat Hunting February 2, 2023

How Do Threat Hunters Keep Organizations Safe?

3 min read - Neil Wyler started his job amid an ongoing cyberattack. As a threat hunter, he helped his client discover that millions of records had been stolen over four months. Even though his client used sophisticated tools, its threat-hunting technology did not…

News January 25, 2023

New Survey Shows Burnout May Lead to Attrition

2 min read - For many organizations and the cybersecurity industry as a whole, improving retention and reducing the skills gap is a top priority. Mimecast’s The State of Ransomware Readiness 2022: Reducing the Personal and Business Cost points to another growing concern —…

CISO January 11, 2023

6 Roles That Can Easily Transition to a Cybersecurity Team

4 min read - With the shortage of qualified tech professionals in the cybersecurity industry and increasing demand for trained experts, it can take time to find the right candidate with the necessary skill set. However, while searching for specific technical skill sets, many…

Incident Response December 30, 2022

Outrageous Stories From Three Cyber Incident Responders

4 min read - Working in cyber incident response can certainly make life interesting. Experiences typically run the gamut from exciting, dull, fun, repetitive and challenging. IBM Security commissioned a study from Morning Consult that surveyed over 1,100 cybersecurity incident responders across ten countries.…

Security Services November 18, 2022

What People Get Wrong About Incident Responders

4 min read - Today’s threat landscape is ever-evolving and skyrocketing in complexity as bad actors possess more advanced tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) than ever before. To address these advanced threats, deploying an incident response team is critical for modern organizations. An incident…

Incident Response November 16, 2022

How to Start a Career in Cyber Incident Response

4 min read - Cyber incident response is one of cybersecurity’s most interesting and rewarding careers. It’s an in-demand role, and it pays well. But how do you get started? First, let’s start with the basics. What is Cyber Incident Response? Cyber incident response…

Incident Response October 25, 2022

A Day in the Life: Working in Cyber Incident Response

4 min read - As a cybersecurity incident responder, your life can go from zero to 100 in a heartbeat. One moment you are sipping a beverage reading the latest threat intelligence or getting the kids ready for bed; the next, you may be…

Intelligence & Analytics July 13, 2022

Why Threat Analysis Will Continue to Play a Vital Role in Security

3 min read - Today, the cybersecurity industry faces many challenges. Highly skilled attackers, a daily flood of data full of irrelevant information and false alarms across multiple systems come in amid a severe shortage of skilled workers. In this industry, performing detailed threat…

CISO June 27, 2022

5 Ways to Retain More Cybersecurity Professionals at Your Organization

3 min read - Companies that have low retention rates are likely to increase their risk of a cybersecurity attack. The recent ISACA’s State of the Cybersecurity Workforce study found that 69% of respondents whose companies faced more attacks in the past year report…

CISO May 31, 2022

To Retain Cybersecurity Employees, Know What Drives Them

3 min read - COVID-19 may have given cybersecurity talent retention an artificial prop up over the last two years. For example, job satisfaction was on a downward trend from 2018 to 2019, but with the pandemic came a plateau in 2020 and 2021.…