Author: Anthony Lim

Is a cybersecurity degree worth it? The answer is yes, but it also depends on who’s asking. Higher education could be a profitable pathway, especially if you’re already a student. However, school isn’t the only way to get your foot in the door. You can land a job in cybersecurity…

Where does digital security end and tangible, or physical, security begin? In today’s cybersecurity ecosystem, I’d argue that it’s all just security. In fact, if you are handling these domains in discrete silos, your cyber resilience is already taking a hit. If your identity and access management (IAM) and physical…

IBM X-Force researchers monitor the activity of top cybercrime gangs on an ongoing basis. In a recent analysis of Ramnit Trojan targets, the team looked into the way the malware’s operators target e-commerce vendors in Japan — the gang’s active attack turf nowadays. As it turns out, Ramnit in Japan…

Let’s talk about the “people problem.” Cybersecurity defenses and cyberattack methods are evolving rapidly, but human beings, not so much. This is why nearly all cyberattacks are now based on exploiting human nature. This month, Proofpoint made the stunning claim that more than 99 percent of attacks observed by their…