Cybersecurity and online gaming: Don’t be a victim
Cybersecurity and online gaming: Don’t be a victim
Theresa Lanowitz collaborated on this blog. Introduction The proliferation of technology and internet connectivity has made it possible for people to seek out most things online, and gaming and gambling are not exceptions. In addition to online video games, social media, music, and video streaming, there are also online casinos and gambling for real money. Well, for gambling in the…
Preparing for Zero Trust and planning your strategy
I listened in on a neat webcast recently, which was jointly produced by AT&T Cybersecurity and Palo Alto Networks: “Preparing for Zero Trust and Planning your Strategy.” Panelists were John Kindervag, Field CTO, Palo Alto Networks, Steve Sekiguchi, Director, AT&T Chief Security Office, Bindu Sundaresan, Director, AT&T Cybersecurity and Tawnya Lancaster, Lead…
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The Forrester Wave™: Global Managed Security Services Providers, Q3 2020
AT&T Cybersecurity is ranked among the top managed security service providers in The Forrester WAVE™: Global Managed Security Services Providers, Q3 2020. Among the findings, Forrester recommends customers look for MSSPs that can offer remediation support across hybrid environments and help create efficiencies within your environment. AT&T Cybersecurity managed security services offers: Visibility and coverage across…
Working from home - new reality for even small businesses
I’m very fortunate in the COVID-19 situation. My job as editor of the AT&T Cybersecurity blog lends itself well to working from home. In fact, even before the virus I had the privilege to work from home some of the time – of course with a VPN and other security measures, on company equipment. The biggest…
Do you need certifications to get an InfoSec job?
I’ve seen Tweets and heard many discussions about certifications, like CISSP, CEH, OSCP and so on, in InfoSec. No doubt certifications have value – in many situations hiring managers are quickly going through resumes and certifications are symbolic of at least book-learning, and some degree of dedication to InfoSec. Certifications can be expensive and time consuming so having them clears…
Top 10 AT&T Cybersecurity blogs of 2019
Happy New Year! What a year 2019 was in cybersecurity. It was a great year for informative and interesting blogs. Here were the top performing AT&T Cybersecurity blogs written in 2019: 1. The Great Cannon has been deployed again by Chris Doman took the top spot! 2. AT&T Cybersecurity is Born by our CEO, Barmak Meftah…
What is r00tz Asylum?
At Black Hat 2019 I had the pleasure to meet some AT&T colleagues who are now my new InfoSec buddies! I met Marc Kolaks and Don Tripp from the Office of the CSO at the AT&T Cybersecurity booth. They told me about the weekend event they were volunteering for at Defcon. So, being nosy I had to…
SOAR with AT&T Cybersecurity and Dark Reading
Watch the full video on our site. If you prefer reading, here’s the full transcript 😊 Terry Sweeney - Contributing Editor, Dark Reading Sanjay Ramnath - Associate Vice President, Product Marketing, AT&T Cybersecurity Terry Sweeney: Welcome back to the Dark Reading News Desk. We’re here at the RSA Conference in…
Infosecurity Europe 2019
AT&T Cybersecurity had a big presence at Infosecurity Europe 2019 in London, June 4-6. Our theme was unifying security management with people, process and technologies. While the industry is generally moving in the right direction, IT teams still struggle with being overwhelmed on the technology side, not knowing where to begin on the process side, and finding (or being…
Confidence: the perception and reality of cybersecurity threats
At RSA 2019, we conducted a survey that netted 733 respondents along with interviews between Javvad Malik, former security advocate at AT&T Cybersecurity, and security experts. The full results are in his comprehensive and informative research report. Following are a few highlights: Internal threats Phishing is the clear “winner” here. At 29%, nearly a third cited phishing as the…
Great find! The ThreatTraq Internet Weather Report
Every week, the AT&T Chief Security Office produces a set of videos with helpful information and news commentary for InfoSec practitioners and researchers. I really enjoy them, and penned a blog on a segment on the impact the banning of smartphones in some secure federal facilities a few weeks ago. The Internet Weather Report is a…
Ban on Smartphones in Secure Federal Facilities
The Federal ban on smartphones for some employees in the workspace makes a lot of sense in post-Snowden days. The phone has a camera, microphone, Bluetooth and other capabilities that can be abused, with or without the employee even intending harm. AT&T ThreatTraq did a six-minute video I really enjoyed. ThreatTraq is a production of the…
