While the world tried to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, behind the scenes cybercriminals were taking advantage of “fear, concern and curiosity” to perpetrate a record-setting increase in social engineering attacks, according to a new report from CrowdStrike.  A solid majority of cyberattacks (79%) resulted from hands-on-keyboard techniques, which means a human being was involved, according to the 2021 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. Such attacks, the report says, have increased fourfold in the past four years. Healthcare continues to be a favorite target, even after some threat actors vowed to stay away from patient-treatment facilities during the pandemic. Some attacks targeted at healthcare, the report says, involved nation-state hacker groups attempting to steal information on COVID-19 vaccines and

The fast and innovative nature of modern business requires enterprises to become competitive and disrupt their markets. The best way to do that is to incorporate agile methodologies into operational processes. Software development is a business function transformed by agile methodologies. Agile Software Development Benefits Businesses Agile software development is the method of developing high-quality software solutions, web applications and mobile applications, where the requirements and implementations evolve through the collaborative effort of cross-functional teams and their customers. Agile software development focuses on continuous software delivery and requires change even in late development stages. Businesses benefit from agile software development methodologies in various ways: Faster development and time to market High-quality products Enhanced project management Reduction of risks Increased customer

Today is International Women’s Day and what better way to celebrate it than with a glimpse into the careers of four successful women in cybersecurity. At 11 a.m. ET, (ISC)2 will host “Celebrating International Women’s Day: Carving a Cybersecurity Career Path.” This group of accomplished security professionals will come together to discuss why women should be interested in joining the cybersecurity field and ways to encourage this. They will also share highlights in their own journeys in the profession that led them to the leadership positions they now hold. You can attend the event live or watch the replay by clicking here: https://www.isc2.org/en/News-and-Events/Webinars/ThinkTank?commid=470265 The panel will be moderated by Sharon Smith, CISSP, cybersecurity strategy and advisory consultant, and will include the

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. This is so because of all the doors that certification opens to a CISSP professional. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted. In support of this, (ISC)2 has launched a series of interviews to explore where CISSP certification has led security professionals. Last time we heard from Melissa Parsons. This installment features Chris Clinton. He is CTO and co-founder of Naq Cyber, he is an advocate of helping small business owners protect themselves against digital threats. What job do you do today? I am the co-founder of a start-up

CISSP trends strong with BrightTALK webinar viewers. BrightTALK, our primary webinar platform, identifies the most popular and trending topics out of more than 100,000 security and technology talks. We recently noticed that cybersecurity is holding strong and ranked number one in the most popular category, but we were excited to see that CISSP was ranked number two in the trending category, outranking a wide array of popular interests. During the year when a pandemic halted travel and training budgets, many people turned to webinars to help sustain their professional development goals. (ISC)² Think Tank webinars and Security Briefings experienced a record 67% year-over-year increase in views with more than 690,000 total views. We awarded more than 396,000 continuing professional education