CISO December 11, 2024

On holiday: Most important policies for reduced staff

4 min read - On Christmas Eve, 2023, the Ohio State Lottery had to shut down some of its systems because of a cyberattack. Around the same time, the Dark Web had a “Leaksmas” event, where cyber criminals shared stolen information for free as…

Data Protection October 17, 2024

The cybersecurity skills gap contributed to a $1.76 million increase in average breach costs

4 min read - Understaffing in cybersecurity — the “skills gap” — is driving up the cost of data breaches in recent years, according to a decade of reports by IBM. The 2024 IBM Data Breach Report found that more than half of breached…

CISO December 12, 2022

How the talent shortage changes the approach to cybersecurity

4 min read - There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news is that the number of cybersecurity professionals has reached an all-time high. According to (ISC)2’s annual Cybersecurity Workforce Study, 4.7 million people currently work in a security-related job. The bad…

News October 5, 2022

Hiring and retention in the cybersecurity workforce remain difficult

2 min read - According to a new survey, it keeps getting harder to hire and retain a cybersecurity workforce. The ISACA report revealed that 63% percent of surveyed security workers indicate they have unfilled positions. That’s an 8% increase compared to 2021. Meanwhile,…