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National Poetry Month – Cybersecurity Edition

April is National Poetry Month, a time when we can celebrate poets and their craft. To join in the celebrations, we at the State of Security asked employees at Tripwire and in the wider infosec...

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Observing a Privacy Milestone: Expert Thoughts on GDPR’s 2nd Anniversary

May 25, 2020 marks the second anniversary of when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took full effect. Undoubtedly, many organizations have succeeded in achieving compliance...

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From Customer to Employee – A Tripwire Journey

Tripwire is very much household name within the cybersecurity community. It’s been around from the early days of creating intrusion detection software that would later be known as File Integrity...

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Security Execs’ Advice on Overcoming the Challenges of Remote Work

At the outset of the global coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many organizations decided to enforce social distancing by requiring that their employees begin working from home. This decision...

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Social Media Best Practices for Safer Internet Day

On February 9, 2021, the world will celebrate the 18th iteration of Safer Internet Day. It’s an opportunity for everyone to recognize the importance of staying safe online. It’s also a reminder that...

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General Tips for Children & Teens on Safer Internet Day

On February 9, 2021, the world will celebrate the 18th iteration of Safer Internet Day. The theme of this year’s event is “Together for a better internet.” It’s a reminder that all of us have a...

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Cybersecurity in MEA: A Chat with Tripwire’s New RSM for the Africa and...

Tripwire recently hired Naoufal Mzali as its first local regional sales manager specifically for the Africa and Levant region. I therefore decided to sit down with Naoufal and have a chat about...

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World Book Day: Cybersecurity’s Quietest Celebration

The last time you were in a library, or a bookstore, you probably noticed how quiet it was.  This doesn’t mean that people weren’t excited, or downright celebrating, they were engaged in a different...

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From a Submarine to Cybersecurity: Tripwire Expands in Continental Europe

In the last few years, Tripwire has increased its portfolio to include industries that were previously overlooked in the cybersecurity space. Industrial organizations are the newest targets for some of...

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CISO Interview Series: How Aiming for the Sky Can Help Keep Your Organization...

Organizations need the right internal personnel like a CISO to keep their systems and data secure. But what kind of skills do these leaders need? And how should they guide their employers in a way that...

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What Are the Key Challenges Facing IT and OT?

The events of 2020 accelerated many organizations’ efforts to converge their information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) environments. Now that they’re immersed in this journey, some...

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Celebrating the Journey into Cybersecurity: Movies, Military, and Dance Parties

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing fields, not just in computer science but arguably in all industries. What is even more fascinating is that no matter how many newly trained cybersecurity...

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CISO Interview Series: Investing in Frameworks, Humans, and Your Technical...

The journey for someone to the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) isn’t often straightforward. Take Sandy Dunn, for example. Per SailPoint, Sandy started as a paper delivery kid at 10...

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CISO Interview Series: Cybersecurity at a Global Scale

What is it like to not only be a CISO but to also be one in a large, global organization? I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Ruchie, CISO of Entrust, a global tech firm securing data,...

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CISO Interview Series: What Are Some of the Key Components to Succeeding as a...

The role of the modern CISO is more than understanding the technical side of the business. In fact, the role consists of even more than understanding the business side of the business. When I spoke...

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Tips, Advice, and Insights on Achieving Buy-in for Cybersecurity Projects

A CISO’s job can be one of the most stressful in cybersecurity. It can sometimes feel like an avalanche of responsibilities, all in the pursuit of keeping an organization safe. The problem more often...

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Inclusive Awareness is the Key to Effective Cybersecurity: An Interview with...

In the early years of cybersecurity, it was often said that people are the weakest link. This did nothing to encourage support, as it was insulting and demeaning. The new and better way to inspire...

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What Are the Benefits of Adopting the Cloud in Industrial Cybersecurity?

Cloud adoption has come a long way from its early days where corporate executives questioned the stewardship of their data. The initial suspicions of “where’s my data” have been laid to rest, as...

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How to Stimulate Organizations’ Security Awareness Training Programs

We all know how important security awareness training is for an organization. Moreover, we try to enhance our efforts by weaving security into the “culture” of the organization. Yet, from the...

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5 Social Engineering Attacks to Watch Out For

We all know about the attacker who leverages their technical expertise to infiltrate protected computer systems and compromise sensitive data. This type of malicious actor ends up in the news all the...

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How to Use NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework to Protect against Integrity-Themed...

With the CIA Triad, confidentiality commands much of the attention. Organizations fret over the unauthorized disclosure of their data, so they try to reduce the risks of that type of an incident. In so...

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Compliance does not equal security: 7 cybersecurity experts share their insights

It is often stated that security is hard.  Whether it is the people, processes, and technology, or any combination of the three, security is a never ending challenge.  Conversely, compliance is the...

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What Is ISO/IEC 27017?

More than a third of organizations suffered a serious cloud security incident in 2021. According to a survey of 300 cloud professionals covered by BetaNews, 36% of those respondents said that their...

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Cybersecurity in city government, taken to new heights: An Interview with...

When most people speak of any city government, they often mention words like “Bureaucratic”,“Behind the times”, and “Slow.”  This is especially true when considering cybersecurity initiatives....

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