The malware industry has come a long way and currently, it’s a very lucrative business. This is one of many reasons that makes studying malware so fascinating. It’s an interesting mix of technology, psychology, and commerce. Psychology is what makes malware effective, and commerce is what ensures more hackers continue to develop new and interesting malware.
It seems that every other week another mega-breach is making headlines. Cyber teams barely have time to bolster their cyber defenses before a new attack vector is revealed. It is nearly impossible for teams to train in such a rapidly evolving threat landscape through traditional lecture-based methods. Today’s threats demand an immediate shift in approach.
Teaching a new generation to become experienced cyber professionals, trained to deal with the latest cyber threats, is critical to ensure the safety of information. Because there is an ever-present threat of cyber criminals who are intent on hacking into systems and causing chaos worldwide, there will always be a need for skilled cybersecurity professionals.
Each year, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte hosts the Cybersecurity Symposium, bringing world class speakers together to discuss top security challenges, cutting edge technology and best practices for mitigating risk and defending the enterprise. Drawing more than 600 attendees, the conference serves as a platform for important industry dialogue as well as a forum for cybersecurity students to engage with security experts and practitioners.
Circadence® was recently named the Gold Winner for Training and Education and the Bronze Winner for Security Software Innovation in the 2017 Golden Bridge Awards. These annual industry and peer-selected awards encompass the world’s best in organizational performance, product management, and customer satisfaction.
A new draft of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) (NIST Special Publication 800-181) was just released and among the many revisions, the framework draft includes most of the tasks and knowledge/skills/activities (KSAs) supporting the 52 work roles previously outlined. Work role details are nearly 95 percent defined—a significant improvement from approximately 50 percent completion in the previous version—with much of the new content focused on categories that would be considered offensive in nature (penetration testing, for example).
Security practitioners of all skill levels are invited to join Circadence® at Booth #802 during the TechNet Augusta Conference August 8-10. Spend some time in our Cyber Mission Café testing your cyber skills or practicing offensive and defensive tactics in the gamified, AI-powered Project Ares® platform.
When I was in school, just five percent (5%) of my engineering class were women. Today, according to the 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study: Women in Cybersecurity, just 11 percent of information security jobs are held by women. And if you look at many security technology providers, you often Read more…
Network Products Guide, the IT industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, named Circadence® Project Ares® a Gold winner in both the IT Products and Services for Education, as well as the Training, Awareness and Educational Programs categories in the 2017 IT World Awards®. Additionally, Circadence was named a Bronze winner for Innovative IT Company of the Year.
