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Cipher Podcast: Cybersecurity Tips from a Penetration Tester
Cipher Podcast: Cybersecurity Tips from a Penetration Tester Cipher's Portugal CTO Sergio Alves joins the podcast with an eye-opening episode on penetration testing. He covers the difference between a vulnerability assessment and penetration test. Sergio understands...
Investigating a Cyber Attack: Step by Step
Investigating a Cyber Attack: Step by Step Author: Fernando Amatte, Director of Red Team Services, Latin America As a cybersecurity professional, I have my own laboratory with some virtual equipment acquired around the world. The goal is simply to research and...
Cipher Podcast: Intersection of Cyber and Physical Security Risk Management
Cipher Podcast: Intersection of Cyber and Physical Security Risk Management Prosegur USA CTO Mike Dunn joins the podcast for an episode looking at how cyber and physical security are intertwined. Cipher is the Cybersecurity Division of Prosegur, so the relationship is...
Cipher Podcast: Cyber Risk Management
Cipher Podcast: Cyber Risk Management Cipher Director of GRC & Data Protection Officer UK Clive Boonzaaier joins the podcast. He talks about why risk is an issue that should be discussed at the board level. Clive says understanding cybersecurity risks faced by an...
10 Interesting Facts About DDoS Attacks
10 Interesting Facts about DDoS Attacks A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDos) attack can bring down an unprepared target. DDoS is often mentioned in the news as an example of a weapon in the hacker toolkit. Recently, Amazon revealed they fought off the largest DDoS...
Cipher Podcast: Top Cybersecurity Skills in Demand
Cipher Podcast: Top Cybersecurity Skills in Demand Cybersecurity is an attractive career path. The demand for talented practitioners is strong. The work is interesting. How can someone join the field? Beyond credentials and certifications, there are some core soft...
How to Get a Free Trial of MDR
How to Get a Free Trial of MDR Managed Detection & Response (MDR) solutions can provide turnkey cybersecurity. Getting a Proof-of-Concept (POC), also known as a Free Trial, can be a good way to get started. Cipher offers a Free 30-Day Trial of CipherBox, which is...
Cipher Podcast: Flexible Cybersecurity in Uncertain Times
Cipher Podcast: Flexible Cybersecurity in Uncertain Times Uncertainty is the theme of the day. A recent report by Stanford and others underscores this point. There is an unprecedented amount of unknowns with regards to workforce size, remote work, business demand and...
Statistics and Cybersecurity Decision Making
Statistics and Cybersecurity Decision Making Trends, charts and graphs dominate the news nowadays. A 1954 book on statistics said, "The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and...