Name: Tom MusgraveTitle: Security EngineerEmployer: Warner Bros.Location: Burbank, California, U.S.A. Degree: BA HonsYears in IT: 17Years in cybersecurity: 16Cybersecurity certifications: CISSP, CCSP, GCIH, CCNA, CCNP Security How did you decide upon a career in cybersecurity? After leaving university, and a false start selling parrots for Harrods in Knightsbridge, I needed a change in direction. I joined a web design company as a junior IT engineer and reveled in the role. I then joined the new Cisco TAC support center in Milton Keynes. I was fortuitously recruited to the security team and thoroughly enjoyed troubleshooting all manner of VPN, Firewall and general networking problems. I love solving problems and implementing the security layer over already difficult network layer was a great challenge. I had no qualms in making cybersecurity
- Sep 12,
Spying, stealing, defacing. It’s been a busy week. These are the top security headlines for the week of August 28, 2017: The U.S. Navy says there’s no evidence of a cyber attack in the crash of the USS John S. McCain – but hypothetically, this is how it would work. Reuters reports cyber spies are using malware to target India and Pakistan – including decoy clickbait with Reuters reports. Yes, you read that right. Hurricane Harvey is a once in a 1,000 years disaster, but be careful before you donate. Scammers are registering domains to collect “donations” for bogus organizations. Have you ever wondered what happened to that old malware? CSO has a “Where are they now?” Ransomware is so
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