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Check out this episode from the Secure Digital Life Vault, hand picked by main host Doug White! This segment was originally published on June 8, 2017. Doug and Russ swim the warm waters of academia, college degrees, types of degrees, and whether or not you need one.

Check out this interview from the BSW Vault, hand picked by main host Matt Alderman! This segment was originally published on June 27, 2022. Forgepoint Capital’s Co-Founder and Managing Director, Alberto Yépez, explains what the current economic challenges mean for innovation and the future of the cybersecurity market. Hear his perspective on wha...

Seventy percent of chief information security officers from organizations with 1,000 or more employees in the U.S. and 15 other countries expressed concern over their organizations' susceptibility to material cyberattacks within the next year, which is an increase from the 68% and 48% of CISOs that had the same worries in 2023 and 2022, respectively, reports The Register.

A CISO job description is a moving target in 2024 as these security leaders face new twists on employment challenges, a 'hostile' regulatory climate and a bevy of new internal and external digital threats.

Secure coding education should be more than a list of issues or repeating generic advice. Liran Tal explains his approach to teaching developers through examples that start with exploiting known vulns and end with discussions on possible fixes. Not only does this create a more engaging experience, but it also relies on code that looks familiar to d...

Chris DeRusha is stepping down as federal chief information security officer after more than three years in the role, during which he significantly contributed to the Biden administration's cybersecurity initiatives, FedScoop reports.

More complex simulations and actors are being mulled by the U.S. Cyber Command to be included in its Persistent Cyber Training Environment client to bolster mission rehearsal and training for the agency's cyber mission force amid increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats, DefenseScoop reports.