Check Point’s annual cybersecurity event spotlights power of AI

The company showcased dozens of new security tools and services to detect and prevent malware, phishing, ransomware and other attacks, but AI took center stage. Image: your123/Adobe Stock Artificial intelligence…

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SimSpace CEO brings dogfight mentality to terra firma for IT cybersecurity training

Image: Pixabay/Pexels As an F-15 fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, William “Hutch” Hutchison flew high-stakes, train-to-failure exercises in aerial jousting of the type popularized by movies like “Top…

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Open source code for commercial software applications is ubiquitous, but so is the risk

As the SolarWinds and Log4j hacks show, vulnerabilities in open source software used in application development can open doors for attackers with vast consequences. A new study looks at the open source community’s efforts to “credit-rate” the risk.

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2022 State of the Threat: Ransomware is still hitting companies hard

Image: Alex/Adobe Stock The ransomware landscape has not changed in terms of volume, yet the researchers from SecureWorks report that incident response engagements in May and June 2022 saw the…

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Training the next generation of cybersecurity experts to close the crisis gap

Image: Unsplash The cybersecurity sector faces a severe crisis: a lack of qualified workers. In June 2022, Fortune reported that companies are desperate for cybersecurity workers. Cyber Seek lists more…

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