One of my first tasks as a cybersecurity researcher was analyzing results from surveys TruSecure (later Cybertrust then Verizon) conducted in the aftermath of major internet worm events of the early 2000s. While the focus wasn’t on third-party risk or supply chain risk, those themes became very apparent to me from examining the open-ended “comments”…
As much as it feels like 2021 was just 12 extra months tacked onto 2020, there are some cornerstones that I rely on to remind me that 2021 was in fact its very own distinct year. For starters, the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film franchises both turned 20 (2001 was a dreamboat…
Can you feel it? The palpable feeling that we are on the verge of something extremely groundbreaking? Of course you can¹. In your very bones you know it’s almost time for the next edition of Cisco’s Security Outcomes Study. Once again Cyentia has been tasked with throwing some light on the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that plagues our industry. …
Mining for Insight in a decade’s worth of RSA Conference Abstracts Imagine for a moment that you had access to 15,000 Call-for-Paper (CFP) abstracts from ten years of the largest cybersecurity conference in the world — what would you want to know? Well, that’s exactly the position we found ourselves in when the RSA Conference…