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From the Summer 2025 Issue

Enhancing Financial Industry Cybersecurity Through the Integration of Quality Assurance

Author(s):

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Faculty, Georgetown University

Enhancing Financial Industry Cybersecurity

American bank robber Willie Sutton was reportedly asked why he robbed banks and answered, “Because that is where the money is.”  The financial industry remains a prime target. Today, cybercriminals or bad actors target vulnerabilities in digital banking systems, payment infrastructures, and customer data. With a wide range of complex business operations, including the management … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

From the Publisher

Author(s):

Karen Austin, CEO, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Greetings! Welcome to the latest issue of United States Cybersecurity Magazine. As always, we extend our gratitude to our sponsors, contributors, readers, and the wider cybersecurity community that makes this publication possible. Each issue is a testament to your commitment—not just to innovation, but to the security and prosperity of our nation. Our mission here … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

From the Editor-in-Chief

Author(s):

Adam Firestone, Editor-in-Chief , United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Hello, There’s a certain thrill in watching Zero Trust Architecture march to center stage in the cybersecurity world.  Like a freshly knighted squire, it brandishes its motto— “never trust, always verify” like a shield, and does so with admirable conviction.  After all, who could possibly argue against more robust cybersecurity in a time of endemic … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

The Power of Branding for Cyber Companies: Top Three Tips for New & Existing Companies

Author(s):

Sarah Woods, Founder & President, VenturePotential

The Power of Branding

In the ever-expanding digital landscape, cybersecurity companies face a dual challenge – continuous change and trust. It is a given that cyber companies must continuously evolve and innovate to defend against increasingly sophisticated threats. While at the same time, these cyber companies must establish and maintain trust with customers in a crowded, often skeptical marketplace. … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

Top 10 AI Words to Watch (And Why Half of Them Do Not Have Real Definitions Yet)

Author(s):

Daria Bahrami, Head of Policy, Dreadnode

Diane M Janosek, Ph.D., Esq., CISSP, CEO, JANOS LLC

Top 10 AI words to watch

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not a buzzword. It is actively shaping the future of how we live, work, and interact. However, as AI engineers hustle to keep pace with rapid advancements, a proliferation of new terms has emerged to describe this field. In many cases, this emerging terminology has been frustratingly fluid, with different practitioners … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

AI’s Risks and Rewards for Cybersecurity: Navigating Its Future

Author(s):

Andrew Hodges, Quorum Cyber, Solutions Director

AI's Risks and Rewards

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a theoretical future—it’s an operational reality reshaping both the threats organizations face and the tools they use to defend against them. From AI-enhanced phishing to autonomous threat detection and response, AI is rapidly changing the rules of cybersecurity. While the benefits are compelling, so are the risks. Cyber attackers … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

AI’s Impact on SAP Systems: The Pros and Cons for Enterprise Cybersecurity

Author(s):

Christoph Nagy, CEO, SecurityBridge

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer the purview of science fiction. From Metropolis to The Matrix, we’ve been introduced to computer intelligence with above-human smarts and strength, benefits, and dangers. “Open the pod doors, Hal.” Now, AI is not fiction; it’s all too real. And with it have come its incredible abilities to learn, reason, … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

AI-Driven SDLC: Reducing Human Error, Stopping Ransomware

Author(s):

Pratik Kamble, SEO Specialist, Boston Institute of Analytics

AI-Driven SDLC

Ransomware attacks have increasingly become a threat in the field of cybersecurity and are very often caused by human errors in the development and deployment of software. Vulnerabilities such as insecure code, unpatched systems, or misconfigurations give ransomware a foothold in entering systems. It is proven that even with advanced security tools in place, human … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

Security Beyond the Audit: The Strategic Role of Compliance in Cybersecurity

Author(s):

Justin Petitt, Strategic Capture Manager, Markon Solutions

Larry Letow, CEO, U.S., CyberCX

In our world’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity has long since graduated from being a peripheral IT concern—it is a core business imperative in every market. As organizations grapple with an increasingly complex threat environment, compliance has emerged as a cornerstone of enterprise risk management. But despite its criticality, compliance is far too often misunderstood … Read more

From the Summer 2025 Issue

The Danger of Being “Too Small to Matter”

Author(s):

Cydney Howard, Cyber Analyst, CISPOINT

Jacqui Magnes, CEO and Owner, COMSO, Inc. dba CISPOINT

Jeremy Lemke, IT Director, CISPOINT

The Danger of Being "Too Small to Matter"

In the cyber world of 2025, the most disruptive threats no longer require sophisticated zero-day exploits or the backing of nation-state arsenals. More often, they begin with what is mundane and easily overlooked: a reused password, an unlocked laptop, or an unattended browser session. This was precisely the case for a small federal construction contractor … Read more