Spent her 20+ year career advising and working for organizations ranging from small startups to Fortune 1000 enterprises, with both in-house and agency experience. A seasoned writer with frequent content contributions to various media platforms.

Is Zero-Trust Security Actually A Game Changer?

The big buzzword in the industry today is “zero-trust security.” It’s getting a lot of ink—but is it real? Is it practical? And for starters, what the heck is it, exactly? How Enterprises Protect Their Digital Stuff in an Evolving World Long ago, back in far simpler days, enterprises protected their networks by surrounding them

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Colossal Privacy Risks of Everyday Digital Afterimages

What’s an afterimage, you ask? It is a visual phenomenon where a picture continues to appear in your sight, even after you’ve stopped looking at it. You know the one. If you’ve ever seen a spot of light after a bright camera flash, you’ve experienced an afterimage. Try the following experiment. Stare right at bright

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Death And Passwords: When You Don’t Have A Digital Estate Plan

Estate planning is about setting your affairs in order, making your final wishes known—and from an execution perspective, making it easier for your family to settle obligations and distribute your possessions after you’re gone. Sure, a lot of people don’t like to think, let alone talk, about the possibility of an untimely death, but the

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Cybersecurity Certifications: Do They Really Matter?

An important weapon in the war on cybercrime is the hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity professionals working day in and day out to protect organizations around the globe. These are the “good guys” and we need to give them as much of an edge as we can against all the cyber baddies out there. Comprehensive

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Why You Should Always Be Nice To The InfoSec Team

Think your job is tough? Unless you’re in information security, puh-leeze. Those guys (and they are mostly guys, but that’s a whole different story) have it really rough. Sure—every job on the planet has tradeoffs, and there will always be some good days and some bad days. But anyone who’s responsible for cybersecurity within an

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How To Negotiate The Relationship Between Security, Privacy, And Trust

Security, privacy, and trust are three very different things—but when it comes to our digital lives, they are all interrelated. It’s tempting to use the three-legged stool analogy here, but it doesn’t quite work because one of these concepts—trust—is more of a lever than a leg. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves… Let’s Start with

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This Is How Security Needs To Evolve For The Snapchat Generation

You may be sick of hearing about Millennials. Heck, most Millennials are sick of hearing about Millennials—and many resent being lumped into one massive, stereotyped group. It was no different for the Gen Xers who came before them. But there’s a reason why those stereotypes exist—and there are distinct differences among the generations. Next up

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Why The WiFi Not? Better Watch Out For Those Risky Hotspots

Because making our daily transactions on the go has become such an easy thing, we often don’t think twice about where we are when we hit submit. Hunched over a laptop at a coffee shop, or scrolling on a smartphone while standing in line, it’s easy to focus on your familiar glowing screen and forget

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This Is How The Dark Side Of Innovation Can Plague Your Business

Time is not a luxury available in any business market. And while no business wants to—or can afford to—undervalue the importance of cybersecurity, it is sometimes overlooked in the push to host an online application or a some new feature for customers. There was a time when security was only added on as an afterthought.

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