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Survey says, women in cyber make 31 percent less than men
The ever-widening cyber skills gap necessitates the closing of the gender pay gap, say experts. A few new initiatives attempt to do that.
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After widespread hospital attacks, targeting of health care industry continues to rise
In the two months following a highly publicized series of ransomware attacks against UHS last year, cyber attacks of all stripes against healthcare facilities worldwide shot up 45%.
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SolarWinds, top executives hit with class action lawsuit over Orion software breach
Stockholders who purchased company shares in 2020 are suing the IT management software company for materially misleading investors about their security practices.
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Microsoft doesn’t treat its source code like a trade secret. Is that smart?
In the course of investigating the impacts of the SolarWinds breach, Microsoft security specialists discovered “unusual activity” within a number of internal accounts, including one that was used to view the company’s internal source code.
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From diversity efforts to pandemic recovery, workforce issues will evolve in 2021
Vaccine distribution could mean a return to offices, but most experts expect a new hybrid model to emerge. Pile that on top of the already challenging situation posed by a supposed skills gap and efforts to improve diversity, and the cybersecurity community may need to redefine workforce priorities.
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The 2020 SolarWinds reality check: As cleanup continues, community considers implications
What might go down as the most consequential story of the year for the cybersecurity community only surfaced in December. And yet, experts predict years of clean up, both physical and political, and potential shifts in how the nation secures the supply chain.
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2021 strategy predictions: Shifts in business models, shifts in security priorities
Enhanced email security? Growth of digital identities? Vulnerability management born from mergers and acquisitions? Here, cybersecurity experts offer their take on what strategic shifts we should expect within the enterprise.
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A new year, a new administration: Doors open in 2021 for public-private cooperation
While much is speculative, a few aspects of how the government’s information security interactions with the private sector have begun to crystalize.
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2021 threat predictions: Bad actors that honed their craft with COVID are ready to go big
Cyber experts expect more sophisticated attacks to come – with ransomware and phishing continuing at a steady, but more advanced clip, and emerging threats tied to deepfakes and 5G beginning to show impact.
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