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A Developer's Checklist To Curate Secure Software

Developing software requires immense focus on functionality and especially on its security. According to Intrusion Inc. cost of cybercrimes is increasing at a rapid speed and will cost around USD 10 Trillion. In addition, HackerOne has also issued a report, defining an increase of 65,000 vulnerabilities in different applications and development platforms. In addition, 50% of hackers don’t even report the vulnerability and take advantage for an extended period or until you patch it.

Over 9 Million AT&T Customers Exposed in Recent Cyber Attack

AT&T is a massive telecommunications company with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The company is known as the largest telecommunications company in the world according to its revenue, and it is the third-largest mobile phone service provider in the United States. The company recently suffered an attack that exposed some of its customer data to hackers and may have put customers at risk. The attack wasn't on AT&T directly but on one of the company's external marketing vendors instead.

Insights from an external incident response team: Strategies to reduce the impact of cybersecurity attacks

"Why are you here if you cannot decrypt our data?" This is how people sometimes react to the arrival of the external incident response team. In this article, I will try to answer this question, but at the same time, I am going to describe the stages of incident response, list the main mistakes that play into the hands of hackers, and give basic advice on how to respond.

How Can GRC Teams Leverage Cyber Risk Quantification?

Being part of a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) team is no easy task, as you have to stay on top of evolving expectations and laws, while connecting different business units together in a way that makes sense to other stakeholders. One area that’s been particularly tough to manage recently has been cybersecurity. From new data security standards to heightened risks around areas like ransomware, GRC teams have their hands full.

ISO27001 Updates: Change is afoot

If you blinked, you might have missed it… On October 25th 2022, the new standard for the Information Security Management System, ISO27001 was released. Without fuss, and without fanfare. But, to quote a famous movie, “There was a great disturbance in the force.” ISO27001 is possibly one of the world's best-known standards for Information Security Management because it has broken out of the realms of the cybersecurity industry and into the world of business.

The history of Ranswomware - The first ransomware attack in the world

Ransomware is not new, it has been around for more than 30 years but it has changed a lot over the years. This is a snippet from a full webinar on Ransomware with Grzegorz Bak that dives into the most alarming statistics of ransomware and how we can protect ourselves against it. This presentation is thanks to GitProtect which helps make sure your code assets are securely backed up easily.