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Decoding the “Feds”: Law Enforcement vs Regulation
Explore the complex world of US government agencies, distinguishing between law enforcement and regulatory bodies. Discover how they impact your businesses.
Vendors Explained: Navigating the Digital Defense Landscape
Learn about the different cybersecurity vendors: product vendors, MSSPs, and consulting firms. Understand how to choose the right one for your business.
The World of Hackers: White, Black, and Gray Hats
In cybersecurity, the term "hacker" often conjures images of malicious actors causing digital mayhem. However, the reality is far more nuanced.
The Critical Role of a CISO in Modern Organizations
The modern CISO is a cyber security leader who protects data and builds strategy. Learn about this essential role for business survival in the digital age.
SIEM and SOAR: Are They Right For Your Organization?
SIEM and SOAR are critical for helping organizations defend against cyberattacks because they do different but equally important things. But what are they?
Conquer Cybersecurity Challenges in the Cloud with SASE
Feeling overwhelmed by complex cybersecurity solutions? SASE simplifies cloud security, boosts performance, and cuts costs. Learn more about how SASE can help.
Misinformation vs. Disinformation: Ways to Combat Fake News
Disinformation can cripple your business. Learn 5 effective strategies to combat fake news and protect your organization's reputation, finances, and operations.
The Biggest Security Threat You Might Not Know About: Insider Threats Explained for SMBs
In today's fast-paced business world, small and medium-sized businesses often race against time, striving to carve their niche and make their mark. Amid the hustle and bustle, one critical factor often overlooked is cybersecurity. Yet, the digital age has brought many threats, including the looming specter of insider threats, which often leverage cyber means.
DevSecOps for Startups: Building Cybersecurity into Your Product From the Beginning
If you’re leading a startup, you should prioritize security from the beginning. You want to prevent bad actors from stealing your intellectual property and don't want to turn down business opportunities because you can’t comply with regulations or meet security standards. The fastest and most efficient way to build security into your product is DevSecOps.
3 Questions Every Investor Should Ask About Security Before Giving Money to a Startup
Investing in startups is a risk. The earlier the stage, the more the investment is about promises rather than products, to say nothing of proven business models. Yet startups are worth the investment because funding a successful one can mean a huge payoff. The problem is that a significant obstacle often lurks in these investments: poor security.
The 4 Questions You Need To Ask When Purchasing Cybersecurity Professional Services
A professional services engagement can be critical for companies looking to successfully implement cybersecurity. From solutions to vendors, new cybersecurity solutions contain a lot of complexity and variables, and many IT teams don’t have the time or capacity to handle them entirely themselves. That makes a professional services engagement a necessary investment, which means you need to ask firms the right questions to ensure everything goes smoothly and you maximize your value.
Stop Hoarding Data Unless It Makes Sense: Tips for Small Businesses
When running a small business, you have many reasons to maintain the personal data of your customers, employees, and other entities with whom you interact. Selling, marketing, financials, and compliance all require having data — and, in some cases, hoarding it. But when does your hoarding become an issue?
5 Reasons Your Startup Needs to Include Cybersecurity From the Beginning
Starting your own company may be one of the most exciting things you ever do. There’s nothing like building a business from scratch simply because you have a fantastic idea and the skills, team, and determination to pull it off. So imagine you’re living your best entrepreneurial dream, and suddenly, it all comes crashing down.
Protecting Your Intellectual Property From Cyberattacks: An Overview
Most businesses have something unique, like a product, process, innovation, code, ingredient, recipe, or idea. It’s their “special sauce” or “better mouse trap.” It sets them apart from the competition and will help them change or disrupt the world (hopefully for the good). It’s called “intellectual property,” and protecting it from bad cyber actors is critical.
How to Guard Against Ransomware on a Budget
Ransomware is malware that a bad cyber actor installs on your computer systems, encrypting essential files to hold your business hostage in exchange for money. Learn how to combat it!
Top 3 Cybersecurity Concerns For E-commerce Businesses During Online Shopping Season
The holiday season is here, which means time with friends and family, overpriced pumpkin-spiced lattes, and online shopping! If you’re an e-commerce vendor, what can put a wrinkle in your plans for online shopping domination? Two words: bad actors… or economic slowdown… or angry Swifties. But we at decodingCyber can’t help with the last two, but we can help with bad actors.
How To Fix an Underperforming Cybersecurity Team
Cybersecurity teams are critical for helping organizations protect their network and get ahead of cyberattacks. They’re a smart way to organize cyber defenses and a strategic, efficient way of pooling resources. But cybersecurity teams can underperform as well, and if that’s the case, the team might be harming your business more than helping it.
A Cyberween Special: The Scariest Things about a Data Breach for an SMB
A data breach can devastate any business but significantly damage a small and midsize business (SMB). SMBs often have fewer resources to deal with a data breach and have less cybersecurity expertise than larger organizations. The last thing you want to deal with on Cyberween is a data breach!
Remote Browser Isolation: Preventing Malicious Web Code from Entering Your Network
Remote browser isolation, or RBI, is a technology that uses logical or physical barriers to separate non-trusted web browsing from the corporate network.
5 Critical Cyber Risks that Can Threaten Business Profits
In today’s interconnected world, business leaders must confront the pervasive and detrimental risk of cyberattacks and data breaches. Yet the consequences of cyber incidents extend beyond compromising sensitive information — they can severely impact a company’s profitability.
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