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(ISC)²’s ThinkTank webinar channel has just been named the 2018 Highest Growth Channel in IT by BrightTALK, an online webinar platform aimed at providing professionals with business and professional growth.  ThinkTank is a free cybersecurity webinar channel that features 60-minute roundtable discussions with influential security experts. These discussions cover a range of thought-provoking topics that are among the most pressing cybersecurity challenges. BrightTALK awarded 10 organizations for accomplishments in the IT category. Those winners included Palo Alto Networks, Symantec, and more with (ISC)² being the only certifying body to be recognized.  So far this year, ThinkTank webinars have been viewed more than 60,000 times in North America alone, with the top-rated session being The Future of Authentication in a Hyper Connected

The sweeping new privacy law that went into effect in the European Union in May has significantly boosted demand for data protection expertise, according to job postings site Indeed. A report from the popular recruitment site found that job openings for data protection officers (DPO) have skyrocketed 829 percent since 2016 as organizations took steps to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The need for the expertise is about to get even greater, thanks to a newly approved data privacy law in California, the world’s fifth largest economy. The new law was rushed through the state’s legislation to preempt a more stringent privacy regulation that was headed for the ballot in November. It takes effect in January 2020.

Cybersecurity job searches increased nearly six percent between March 2017 and March 2018, according to recently published research by job listings site Indeed. The increase actually outpaced a 3.5 percent uptick in jobs posted. These numbers do not mean that supply is exceeding demand – far from it. The reality is that finding cybersecurity talent remains a major challenge for employers, both in and outside the tech field. But the Indeed findings seem to confirm what (ISC)² discovered earlier this year: There is a big appetite among cybersecurity workers for a change of employment. In our “Hiring and Retaining Top Cybersecurity Talent” study, (ISC)² found that 84 percent of cybersecurity workers would welcome new employment opportunities in 2018, including 14

By Ravindra Krishna, CISSP In a recent Operational Technology (OT) cyberattack, Monero Crypto-currency mining malware was discovered in the ICS network of a water utility company located in Europe. The company found the malware during a routine monitoring check of their OT network and confirmed that the malware infected five servers including the Human machine interface (HMI), which is used to control and manage physical components of OT networks. This attack provides further evidence that OT networks are not simply vulnerable, but actually easy targets. The Post-Stuxnet OT Cyberattack Era I believe that we can divide OT attacks into two eras: before Stuxnet and post-Stuxnet. The infamous worm was a fully loaded weapon completely made of code. The first source

Like many chapters, the (ISC)² Hawaii Chapter has had challenges with officer vacancies, legal registration, and low attendance at events over the past three years that the chapter has held its official charter. In early 2018, the new officer board took over and began to plan events to get the information security professionals in the area together to better connect, educate, inspire, and secure the communities of Hawaii. While the chapter has held its official charter with (ISC)², the chapter has been somewhat dis-engaged from the local community. The new chapter officers have made it their mission to re-invigorate the chapter and self-proclaim the chapter as the active arm of Hawaii’s cyber security professionals.  With new leadership and goals in