How to balance employee training and technology as a CISO on a limited budget?

For a CISO with a limited budget, the most effective strategy to reduce the impact of attacks and to provide technical safeguards is to balance the investment between essential cybersecurity technologies and employee training. Balancing training and technology in a limited cybersecurity budgetOn an extremely low budget, should I be the Chief Information Security Officer,…

The CIA Triad, and the difference between Authentication and Authorization

The CIA Triad is often confused with the Central Intelligence Agency, which forms the foundation of information security. The CIA triad consists of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. It is important to know the difference between Authentication and Authorization while working with access management security. Authentication checks your identity, while Authorization gives you access. These terms…

SCADA Systems: Vulnerabilities and their role in mitigating risks

Many reasons cause SCADA systems to be vulnerable, including physically exposed field devices, legacy protocols, and weak network segmentation, but they play a vital role in mitigating threats to critical infrastructure. Vulnerabilities associated with the critical infrastructure systemMany SCADA-based critical infrastructure systems are vulnerable because many were designed to proceed with their operation in isolated,…