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How To Build A Cybersecurity Career | What Really Matters

Cyber Info Veritas

A Global Information Security Workforce Study conducted by ISC showed that out of all the cybersecurity experts surveyed, only 7% are below the age of 29, and only 13% are below the age of 30-34. In fact, those in InfoSec often come from fields such as development, system administration, and networking in that order.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Galperin is the current Director of Cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and noted free speech advocate. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. October is now BGP Awareness Month. — Eva (@evacide) October 4, 2021.

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Cyber Blackmail: More Than Just Ransomware

The Texas Record

The plethora of attacks has sent security professionals and system administrators scrambling to ensure their systems and backups are safe, and executives taking a second look at their cyber security programs. Sextortion victims are also not likely to speak up, with one study finding 1/3 of victims being too ashamed. [9]