Hello, I’m writing this letter four days after the attempted assassination of an American presidential candidate. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised, but political violence in America still shocks me. That being said, what didn’t shock … Read more
Greetings! Welcome to the Summer 2024 issue of the United States Cybersecurity Magazine! As always, we’d like to take a moment to thank our supporters, members, sponsors, contributors and everyone else who makes the magazine … Read more
If there is any consensus within IT security, it is that the security provided is often ineffective in preventing or detecting unauthorized activity. Attackers’ agility often exceeds the defenders’ ability to adapt to changing tactics … Read more
All too often, (cyber) security is seen as an impediment to the organizational mission. Industry is rampant with examples of boardrooms and decision-makers waylaying and marginalizing the security professional and their team(s). What is needed … Read more
In the following, we’ll talk about how to transition from a Bug Hunter to a Pentester. It’s important to note that this content is intended to be an objective comparison with a real person’s experiences. … Read more
By 2026, what will the landscape of DevSecOps look like? How can organizations prepare for this future in the present? Before we can speculate on the future of DevSecOps, we must first consider how it came to be. Before DevSecOps, there was simply DevOps. The goal of DevOps was to allow the development and operations teams within an organization to work together as one cohesive unit, instead of two separate entities. The combination of these teams resulted in a decrease of time for both continuous integration and deployment (Rajapakse, Zahedi, Babar, & Shen, 2021). From the . . .
Introduction In a world that revolves around the collection and use of various forms of data, continuously assuring the privacy of data being collected and stored is a major factor in cybersecurity hygiene, i.e. habitual … Read more
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines a pandemic as an “outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents).” The recent COVID-19 outbreak is an example of a pandemic with … Read more
While all companies with an online profile are at risk, nonprofit organizations face significant challenges. Not only are they increasingly targeted by cybercriminals due to their valuable donor data, storage of financial information, and stance … Read more
In the evolving landscape of cyber threats, the dilemma of whether or not to pay ransomware actors remains a contentious issue. As cybercriminals continue to leverage ransomware attacks to extort money from organizations, the responses … Read more
