As organizations consider recalling workers back to the office, many are finding resistance – and in some cases, open revolt. Employees have become accustomed to the work-from-home (WFH) lifestyle and they aren’t necessarily willing to trade it for commutes and cubicles. Most want the choice of whether to stay home, return to the office or a combination of both, and many cybersecurity professionals are among them. A new (ISC)² member poll looks at how organizations are changing remote work policies in 2022 and what it means for worker satisfaction. The poll found the most satisfied cybersecurity professionals have the choice of where to work, and the least satisfied are those being forced back into the office. While choice rules, working

As organizations consider recalling workers back to the office, many are finding resistance – and in some cases, open revolt. Employees have become accustomed to the work-from-home (WFH) lifestyle and they aren’t necessarily willing to trade it for commutes and cubicles. Most want the choice of whether to stay home, return to the office or a combination of both, and many cybersecurity professionals are among them. A new (ISC)² member poll looks at how organizations are changing remote work policies in 2022 and what it means for worker satisfaction. The poll found the most satisfied cybersecurity professionals have the choice of where to work, and the least satisfied are those being forced back into the office. While choice rules, working

Did you catch The ‘Hottest’ IT Security Technologies in 2022 webinar? If not, we are here to share the key takeaways. Steve Piper, CISSP, CEO and Founder of CyberEdge Group joined moderator Brandon Dunlap in this initial kickoff of a five-part webinar series discussing key insights from the 2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report. This webinar focused on which security technologies are most widely deployed and most planned for acquisition in 2022. The 2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report is now in its 9th year and surveys 1,200 IT security and decision-makers and practitioners in organizations of 500+ employees. The survey is designed to assess organizations’ security posture, perceptions of cyber threats and IT security challenges, current and future IT security investments and IT

The need for cybersecurity professionals has been building for years, and nearly exponentially since the beginning of the global pandemic. At this point, it’s painfully evident there’s a wide talent gap in the field, and research proves it — the global workforce needs an influx of 2.7 million cybersecurity professionals to meet demand.1 In a recent survey of cybersecurity professionals, more than three-quarters said it’s “extremely or somewhat difficult to recruit and hire security professionals.”2 A majority (95%) said the cybersecurity skills shortage and its associated impacts have not improved over the past few years, and close of half (44%) say it’s gotten worse. If the face of today’s pressing need for skilled professionals, there’s never been a better time

Big tech breaches, the rise of callback phishing and joint advisories issued by CISA…here are the latest cybersecurity threats and advisories for the week of August 19, 2022. Threat Advisories and Alerts Cybercriminals Exploit Zimbra Vulnerabilities CISA and MS-ISAC have issued a joint advisory in response to active exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities against Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). Cybercriminals may target unpatched ZCS security holes in government and private sector networks. Organizations who didn’t make  the appropriate updates upon patch release should assume they’ve been compromised and follow the recovery steps in the CISA advisory. Source: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-228a CISA and the FBI Issue Warning for Zeppelin Ransomware The FBI and CISA have issued a joint advisory concerning Zeppelin ransomware, which has been