The Many Advisory Roles of a CISSP A Long and Prosperous Career Throughout your cybersecurity career, you will spend a lot of time in the world of identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover. Sometimes, the skills required for the job can range from the mundane, such as running a phishing campaign, to some nail-biting, all-nighters of remediation (after someone ignored your carefully crafted phishing campaign and clicked on a malicious link). Your skills were not easily acquired. Perhaps you derived these skills from tinkering with machinery, dumpster-diving, and everything in between. Information security research has transitioned to more sophisticated tools and methods. The entire security profession has been elevated to new levels that require more than just technical know-how. In

Have you ever baked something, only to see it fail due to the lack of a key ingredient? For instance, a cake will not rise if you add baking powder after you realize it was forgotten in the original ingredient list. The same is true for many failed endeavors. The addition of a critical component after the project is completed does little to improve the original plan. In many cases, it introduces unintended complexity that sets off a cascading series of problems. As a security professional, you probably can name a list of software that was released too early, requiring so many revisions to correct the problems that the original intent was dwarfed by the patches. According to one source,

The evolution of the cyber threat landscape highlights the emerging need for organizations to strengthen their ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate cyber risks before they evolve into security incidents. Although the terms “patch management” and “vulnerability management” are used as if they are interchangeable, this is not the case. Most are confused because applying patches is one of the many ways available in our arsenal to mitigate cyber risks. What is Patch Management? Patch management is a strategy for managing patches or upgrades for software applications and technologies and involves the acquisition, testing, and installation of multiple patches to an administered computer system in order to fix known vulnerabilities. Patch management significantly shapes the security of your business, network

Rebel, Yell! In late 2019, the phrase “OK, Boomer” started being used by millennials toward the elders who preceded them mockingly. This behavioral pattern isn’t new. Younger generations have always rebelled against their elders. Even in cultures where the elderly population is highly respected, the younger generations have developed their own language, music, art, literature and customs. The difference now is that this is the first time that the elderly out-number the younger members of society. This trend is projected to continue for the next 40 years. While some may see this as a troubling number, for those who work in healthcare, this has different implications. The healthcare field is growing at a rate that is concurrent with the predicted

While skills shortages remain a major challenge in cybersecurity, those who work in the field have ample opportunities to boost their salaries. And one sure way to get better pay is by earning certifications, according to a new study by training services provider Global Knowledge. “Learning a new skill or earning a certification can result in a raise upwards of $12,000 a year,” according to the Global Knowledge 2020 IT Skills and Salary Report. The figure applies to IT professionals as a whole but is especially relevant to cybersecurity professionals considering that the report says, “cloud computing and cybersecurity certifications are associated with the highest IT salaries around the world.” The study reveals the average salary for cybersecurity workers globally