The South Korean government is investing $585 million in domestic AI research and development in 2024, but spending cuts, a shrinking technology workforce and growing competition with other APAC countries pose challenges to the government's goal of "global technology domination."
Chief information security officers are challenged with building high-functioning cybersecurity teams amid an impossible labor and skills market. Here are strategies they can use to assemble teams capable of defending their organizations against the myriad of cyberthreats they face daily.
Cybersecurity startups are wary of the public markets following a hard economic reset that made profitability more important than growth and performance more important than potential. Due to this dramatic shift, lots of cybersecurity startups want to file for an IPO, but nobody wants to go first.
A new analysis has unearthed that cryptocurrency scammers siphoned off a staggering $43.6 million in 2022. Those who enjoy forensics should have a field day in this domain. From ethical hacking to penetration testing and incident response, there are tons of well-paying opportunities.
The underrepresentation of women in cybersecurity is a complex issue. The reasons behind it include stereotypes and biases, educational barriers, workplace culture, and the lack of visibility and role models. We need to consider the implications and discuss potential strategies for change.
In today's digital age, new career opportunities have emerged for digital protectors, and they are not subject to business budgetary trends. For those willing to dedicate their lives to safeguarding the digital corridors we all traverse, the rewards are both tangible and profound.
According to a new survey from ISC2, the nonprofit member organization that promotes cybersecurity education, 82% of cybersecurity professionals say AI will improve their job efficiency by helping them conduct analysis, automate tasks, perform monitoring, predict vulnerabilities and block threats.
About 20% of new companies created in the U.K. every day - or some 800 firms - are scams. These fake businesses are being created from an ocean of stolen high-quality data related to real people, making it hard to spot the fraudsters, said Graham Barrow, director of "The Dark Money Files" podcast.
Knowing how competent we are and how we stack up against peers gives us the ability to decide when we can proceed based on our own experience and when we need to seek advice. But psychological research says we are lousy at evaluating our own capabilities and frequently overestimate our skills.
Generative AI is both the villain in the tale of job displacement and the hero ushering in a new era of enhanced job roles and opportunities. Steve King of CyberEd.io discusses how gen AI will make your career an uncertain journey that demands lifelong learning, skepticism, humor and adaptability.
Beyond the hype, AI is transforming cybersecurity by automating threat detection, streamlining incident response and predicting attacker behaviors. Organizations are increasingly deploying AI to protect their data, stay ahead of cybercriminals and build more resilient security systems.
Google Cloud's Mandiant says its account at X, formerly Twitter, was hijacked and used to link to cryptocurrency phishing pages after an attacker guessed the account password, apparently after Twitter last year deactivated the account's SMS-based two-factor authentication, leaving it unprotected.
Budget cuts and a lack of skilled cybersecurity professionals have forced the country's cybersecurity agency to ask hackers for tips and guidance on emerging threats, a government official told Bloomberg. He said DICT employs only 30 cybersecurity experts but needs 200 people.
Cloud adoption has seen a major uptick in the past three years. While cloud adoption was more of a necessity during the pandemic, businesses are now revisiting their decision given the concerns around cloud security.
The recently released ISC2 workforce study highlights a staggering deficit of 4 million professionals needed in the cybersecurity industry. Despite the challenges, CISO Jon France sees room for optimism. "It's a great profession to come into - never a dull moment," he said.
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