Facebook and GDPR: The Importance of Data Privacy
When the word “hacking” is mentioned in a conversation, people generally have the same image pop into their heads: a glasses-adorned hacker types furiously in front of several computer monitors while...
View Article3 Reasons You Should Learn to Code
James Cronin | Business Development Manager, Packt PublishingPeople often think of coding as something very specialized and technically demanding. There’s sometimes even a perception that writing code...
View ArticleGeneral Data Protection Regulation and Your Business
Nearly everything we do and have revolves around data in some form. From social media and shopping online to simply visiting a doctor’s office, our data is being recorded and analyzed in one format or...
View ArticleCybersecurity and The Art of War
A 5th century ancient Chinese military text, The Art of War by Sun Tzu has been considered an inspiration for military leaders and a definitive work on military strategy. Its advice on how to outsmart...
View ArticleCybersecurity and Cyber Resilience: What’s the Difference?
After all of the devastating cyberattacks and data breaches of the past few years, it is fairly safe to say that organizations have cybersecurity systems and processes in place, but what about cyber...
View ArticleCybersecurity Improvements: Preventing Targeted Cyberattacks
The number of focused cyberattacks per organization has more than doubled this year compared to the amount in 2017, including instances of ransomware and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks....
View ArticleWe’re Living in the Age of Data: How Do Businesses Take Advantage?
Data science is a term that you hear talked about a lot but it’s often misunderstood. It’s a buzzword, but behind it lies very specific set of activities - and skills - that businesses can leverage to...
View ArticleCyberattacks: How to Avoid Becoming a Statistic
According to the IT Security Economics Report from Kaspersky Labs, a terrifying 77% of businesses suffered a cyberattack last year. As the number of companies who have come forward and admitted to...
View ArticleThe Cybersecurity Weak Links That Every Executive Should Know
Last year was a rough one in the world of cybersecurity. Between WannaCry, Petya, NotPetya, and BadRabbit (just to name a few), companies and IT departments have been left scrambling to try and prevent...
View ArticleTax Cuts and Training: What’s the Wisest Choice?
The new tax act has sent businesses into the best possible crisis they could ask for: what do we do with all of this additional money? Some companies have decided to give it directly back to their...
View ArticleWe’re Living in a Golden Age of JavaScript Frameworks - Let Your Developers...
James Cronin | Business Development Manager, Packt PublishingJavaScript frameworks make developing incredible web applications more efficient - that’s why developers love working with them. Today,...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Public Wi-Fi
Walking into a Starbucks and seeing the tables occupied by people furiously working at their laptops is a common experience in today’s world. After all, working on the road can mean that you must find...
View ArticlePhish Food: Could Out of Office Messages Be Dangerous?
Out of office messages have become an integral part of modern day vacation preparation. After all, who wants to have irritated customer calling your cell phone to find out why their email has been...
View ArticleCyberattacks: Preparing for What's to Come
Since 2013, over 9 billion data records have been lost or stolen in cyberattacks and breaches. This means that nearly 59 records are stolen every second with a total of 5 million records lost over the...
View ArticleLet DevOps Power the Future of the Way you Build Software
James Cronin | Business Development Manager, Packt PublishingThe way we build software is changing. This is because what consumers and businesses need from software is also changing - whereas software...
View Article4 Things Your Employees Do That Put Your Company at Risk
Did you know that nearly half of all of the small businesses in the United States are in serious danger of being hacked? Because business owners are not taking their cybersecurity seriously enough,...
View ArticleSix of The Most Essential Cybersecurity Strategies
The staggering amount of massive cyberattacks that occurred last year due to basic flaws in cybersecurity plans is a sobering reminder than many organizations still have yet to implement the basic...
View ArticleCybersecurity Predictions for the Year Ahead
At the end of 2016, the predictions that would dictate 2017 in terms of security came out. From ransomware and political disruption to the advancement of cybercriminals and social media attacks, most...
View ArticleThe Story of Change & Opportunity in Tech Training
James Cronin | Business Development Manager, Packt PublishingChangeEmerging technologies are increasingly relevant in the enterprise world. Thanks to the growth of the internet and open source...
View ArticleTraining to Meet the Data Needs of the Digital Age Organization
Sam Pfeifle | Content Director, IAPPNo one wants a data breach. No one wants to be the latest ransomware victim, trying to figure out what bitcoin is so you can pay some guy in Romania to give you back...
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