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    Top DevSecOps certifications and trainings for 2025

    DevOps Institute, Practical DevSecOps, EXIN and EC-Council are among the organizations that offer DevSecOps certifications and trainings for cybersecurity professionals.

    Colin Domoney • July 23, 2025
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    How to build a cybersecurity team to maximize business impact

    How CISOs design and build their security teams is as important as the technology they select to safeguard their organizations' digital assets.

    Ed Moyle • July 18, 2025
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    How to calculate cybersecurity ROI for CEOs and boards

    Calculating and communicating cybersecurity ROI can help persuade top management to invest. Here's how to use meaningful, concrete metrics that resonate with business leaders.

    Jerald Murphy and Alissa Irei • July 17, 2025
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    AI in risk management: Top benefits and challenges explained

    AI can improve the speed and effectiveness of risk management efforts. Here are the potential benefits, use cases and challenges your organization needs to know about.

    Donald Farmer • July 15, 2025
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    What is cybersecurity mesh? Key applications and benefits

    Is it time to consider a different approach to security architecture? Cybersecurity mesh might be an effective way to address complex, distributed environments.

    Ed Moyle • July 15, 2025
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    How to build a cybersecurity culture across your business

    As a company's cyber-risks evolve, so must its culture. Follow these tips to create a strong cybersecurity culture that helps protect your organization from cyberthreats.

    Jerald Murphy and John Burke • July 11, 2025
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    CISO’s guide to creating a cybersecurity board report

    An effective cybersecurity board report influences executive decision-making at the highest levels. Learn how to write a report that resonates with corporate directors.

    Jerald Murphy and Alissa Irei • July 10, 2025
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    What CISOs need to know about AI governance frameworks

    AI offers business benefits but poses legal, ethical and reputational risks. Governance programs manage these risks while ensuring responsible use and regulatory compliance.

    Matthew Smith • July 10, 2025
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    Security log management tips and best practices

    Learn how to conduct security log management that provides visibility into IT infrastructure activities and traffic, improves troubleshooting and prevents service disruptions.

    Ed Moyle and Michael Cobb • July 9, 2025
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    How to perform a cybersecurity risk assessment in 5 steps

    When assessing cybersecurity risk, be sure to consider the scope of the project, your organization's specific assets and leadership's tolerance for risk.

    Char Sample • July 9, 2025
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    Incident response tabletop exercises: Guide and template

    Have an incident response plan but aren't running incident response tabletop exercises? These simulations are key to knowing if your plan will work during an actual security event.

    Paul Kirvan • July 9, 2025
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    Top 15 IoT security threats and risks to prioritize

    Certain IoT security concerns, like botnets, are hard to forget, but others might not come to mind as easily, including DNS threats and physical device attacks.

    Mary Pratt • July 2, 2025
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    How to build a cybersecurity strategy and plan in 4 steps

    A cybersecurity strategy isn't meant to be perfect, but this high-level plan must be proactive, effective, actively supported and evolving. Here are four key steps to get there.

    Karen Kent • July 2, 2025
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    How to implement a risk-based security strategy: 5 steps

    Making the move from compliance-based to risk-based security helps organizations prioritize threats using systematic assessment and strategic planning.

    Ed Moyle • July 1, 2025
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    Cybersecurity career path: A strategic guide for professionals

    There's no single path for everyone, but knowing what employers look for and following these best practices can help you move up the cybersecurity career ladder.

    Chris Tozzi • July 1, 2025
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    How CISOs can manage and reduce compliance fatigue

    Compliance fatigue can undermine security when poorly managed. CISOs can combat it by starting conversations, automating processes and using compliance to drive security initiatives.

    Ed Moyle • June 30, 2025
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    What is attack surface management? Guide for organizations

    Attack surface management can help CISOs and other cybersecurity managers address the growth in the number of potential entry points threat actors might exploit.

    John Moore • June 30, 2025
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    10 cybersecurity best practices for organizations in 2025

    To improve your organization's cybersecurity program, follow these best practices to safeguard your infrastructure and ensure a quick recovery after a breach.

    Chris Tozzi • June 30, 2025
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    Cybersecurity outsourcing: Strategies, benefits and risks

    For companies battling data breaches and cyberattacks, MSSPs can offer lower costs, better reliability, broader experience and more -- if organizations define their needs well.

    Mary Pratt • June 30, 2025
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    12 DevSecOps tools to secure each step of the SDLC

    DevSecOps tools integrate security throughout development. These 12 options enhance workflows from coding to deployment without slowing teams down.

    Colin Domoney • June 27, 2025
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    Cybersecurity in M&A due diligence: Best practices for executives

    Companies wouldn't think of merging with another organization without performing financial or business due diligence. The same is true of cybersecurity.

    Ed Moyle • June 27, 2025
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    The CISO evolution: From security gatekeeper to strategic leader

    Amid accelerating digital transformation and growing regulatory pressure, leading CISOs have emerged from behind the scenes and taken the stage as influential business leaders.

    Jerald Murphy • June 27, 2025
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    SBOM formats explained: Guide for enterprises

    SBOMs inventory software components to help enhance security by tracking vulnerabilities. Teams have three standard SBOM formats to choose from: CycloneDX, SPDX and SWID tags.

    Ravi Das • June 27, 2025
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    How to build a cybersecurity RFP

    Crafting a cybersecurity RFP requires clear goals, precise questions and vendor vetting. Follow these guidelines to streamline the process and meet your company's security needs.

    Leah Zitter, Ph.D. • June 27, 2025
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    Cybersecurity budget justification: A guide for CISOs

    The best way to get a security budget request denied? Present it like a jargon-filled shopping list. Instead, make the case by tying security spending to business outcomes.

    Jerald Murphy • June 27, 2025