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Distributed denial of service attacks, or DDoS, remain a serious source of disruption across the internet. DDoS attacks continue to grow in their frequency and volume. Researchers at NETSCOUT recorded over 8m DDoS attacks in […] The post DDoS, geopolitics and AI appeared first on Security Insights.

Is cybersecurity’s skills crisis one of its own making? There are between three and four million vacancies for cybersecurity professionals worldwide, depending on the research you read. Over the years, there has been plenty of […] The post Cyber skills: a crisis of our own making? appeared first on Security Insights.

Education is an attractive target for malicious actors in cyberspace. Hackers attack schools, colleges and universities for the information they hold. That includes personal, academic and research data. And they are also vulnerable to extortion […] The post Defending education: countering the cyber threat appeared first on Security Insights.

The way we measure security threats is changing. As security has become a board-level priority, cybersecurity teams need to think in terms of risk. But where does that leave vulnerability scores? Are venerable systems such […] The post Vulnerabilities, CVEs and the attack surface appeared first on Security Insights.

One of the biggest, if not the biggest, risks in cybersecurity is human behaviour. More than three quarters of security breaches result from human action or errors. But the cybersecurity industry focuses more on technical […] The post Human risk factors: cybersecurity’s hidden weak spot appeared first on Security Insights.

AI clearly offers benefits. But when it comes to security, it also brings its own risks. Artificial intelligence is often described as a “black box”. We can see what we put in, and what comes […] The post AI, Testing and Red Teaming, with Peter Garraghan appeared first on Security Insights.

The vast majority of internet users are no longer humans. The stark reality is that most online traffic is now between machines, or software. Non-human identities, or machine identities, now outnumber human actors on the […] The post Non-human identities: the rise of the machines appeared first on Security Insights.

Effective cybersecurity is no longer about stopping every attack. That is simply no longer possible. But moving from prevention to accepting that attacks will happen means thinking much more about business risk. That is not […] The post Balancing risk and security: Rich Seiersen appeared first on Security Insights.

There’s no shortage of information on cybersecurity online. But could a new book hold the answers to our cybersecurity challenges? Perhaps not, or at least not on its own. But a new book from the […] The post Cyber Security Foundations: security by the book appeared first on Security Insights.

Cybersecurity is an increasingly important component of defence. And the number of forces veterans moving into civilian cybersecurity careers is growing steadily. Veterans can offer a range of skills and qualities to civilian employers. But […] The post Cybersecurity Skills: Veterans in cyber appeared first on Security Insights.