Cybersecurity
9 hottest IT security certs for higher pay today
With change a constant, IT professionals looking to improve their careers can benefit from the latest insights into employers’ needs. Data from Foote Partners on the skills and certification most in demand today may provide helpful signposts. Analyzing more than 640 certifications as part of its 2Q 2025 “IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report,” Foote Partners…
How to write a data classification policy, with template | TechTarget
Organizations churn out vast amounts of data every day. Those without defined data classification processes risk not knowing where their data resides or if it’s properly protected. Let’s examine how to create a data classification policy that ensures data is described, located, secured and complies with domestic and global data protection standards and regulations….
How military leadership prepares veterans for cybersecurity success – Help Net Security
In this Help Net Security interview, Warren O’Driscoll, Head of Security Practice at NTT DATA UK and Ireland, discusses how military leadership training equips veterans with the mindset, resilience, and strategic thinking needed to excel in cybersecurity. Drawing on habits such as disciplined preparation, blunt honesty, and adaptive decision-making, veterans bring a blend of defensive…
August Patch Tuesday includes blasts from the (recent) past
Microsoft on Tuesday announced 109 patches affecting 16 product families. Eighteen of the addressed issues are considered by Microsoft to be of Critical severity, and 31 have a CVSS base score of 8.0 or higher, including a “perfect” 10.0 affecting Azure. None are known to be under active exploit in the wild, though two Windows…
How the always-on generation can level up their cybersecurity game
Digital natives are comfortable with technology, but may be more exposed to online scams and other threats than they think 12 Aug 2025 • , 5 min. read It’s International Youth Day on August 12, a moment to celebrate the contribution of young people to society. A big part of this contribution is digital, according…
AI SOC 101: Key Capabilities Security Leaders Need to Know
Aug 13, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Threat Hunting Security operations have never been a 9-to-5 job. For SOC analysts, the day often starts and ends deep in a queue of alerts, chasing down what turns out to be false positives, or switching between half a dozen tools to piece together context. The work is…
10 most powerful cybersecurity companies today
Geopolitical unrest. Uncertainty about tariffs. A tough regulatory climate. Heightened concerns about AI-generated attacks. Add it up and you get a high-anxiety, high-stress climate in which protecting enterprise assets is a top priority. IDC predicts that global security spending will grow more than 12% in 2025.The increasing complexity and frequency of cyberthreats are driving organizations…
How to Use Nmap to Scan Ports: A Complete Tutorial
Ask any security, network or systems administrator about the top tools in their toolbox and Nmap is likely on their list. Short for Network Mapper, the versatile utility does everything from performing port scans and managing security configurations to troubleshooting network connections, documenting network environments and monitoring system uptime. Nmap offers a wide variety…
How Brandolini’s law informs our everyday infosec reality – Help Net Security
Brandolini’s law, also known as the “bullshit asymmetry principle”, is simple but devastating: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.” While it’s often thrown around in political debates and social media flame wars, I’ve been thinking a lot about how brutally relevant it is…
Sophos AI at Black Hat USA ’25: Anomaly detection betrayed us, so we gave it a new job
Anomaly detection in cybersecurity has long promised the ability to identify threats by highlighting deviations from expected behavior. When it comes to identifying malicious commands, however, its practical application often results in high rates of false positives – making it expensive and inefficient. But with recent innovations in AI, is there a new angle that…