The document discusses cyber threats and forecasts for 2016. It predicts that ransomware, attacks on critical infrastructure, payment systems, automobiles, and wearables will increase. Nation-state cyber espionage and hacktivism will also continue. The document recommends increasing cybersecurity training and awareness, establishing international cooperation on cybercrime prosecution, and improving cyber resilience rather than just defense. It encourages pursuing a career in cybersecurity and lists example cybersecurity jobs.
M-Trends® 2013: Attack the Security GapFireEye, Inc.
Mandiant’s annual threat report reveals evolving trends, case studies and best practices gained from Mandiant observations to targeted attacks in the last year. The report, compiled from hundreds of Mandiant advanced threat investigations, also includes approaches that organizations can take to improve the way they detect, respond to, and contain complex breaches. For the latest M-Trends report, https://www.fireeye.com/mtrends.
Key Findings from the 2015 IBM Cyber Security Intelligence IndexIBM Security
View on-demand presentation: http://securityintelligence.com/events/ibm-2015-cyber-security-intelligence-index/
The cyber threat landscape is increasing in complexity and frequency. Organizations that have historically not been the target of cyber attacks now make headline news with large data losses and compromised transactions. Organizations need a clear point of view on how to respond to these threats, and one that incorporates not only the relevant technology but also the organizational changes needed.
Nick Bradley, Practice Leader of the IBM Threat Research Group and the X-Force Threat Analysis Team, and Nick Coleman, Global Head Cyber Security Intelligence Services outline what organizations need to do now and in the future to stay ahead of the growing cyber security threat.
With mega-breaches like Anthem, OPM, IRS, Ashley Madison, UCLA Health and TalkTalk all within the past 12 months, chances are your data has been targeted. What does this mean for 2016?
Review this presentation and learn:
• Why cyber attacks continue to increase in sophistication, magnitude and velocity
• What trends will have the largest and smallest impact on cyber security in 2016
• Why cloud-based apps and the Internet of Things have transformed cyber security
• How you can protect your organization from attacks from the inside
Orchestrate Your Security Defenses to Optimize the Impact of Threat IntelligenceIBM Security
Although the majority of organizations subscribe to threat intelligence feeds to enhance their security decision making, it's difficult to take full advantage of true insights due to the overwhelming amounts of information available. Even with an integrated security operations portfolio to identify and respond to threats, many companies don't take full advantage of the benefits of external context that threat intelligence brings to identify true indicators of compromise. By taking advantage of both machine- and human-generated indicators within a collaborative threat intelligence platform, security analysts can streamline investigations and speed the time to action.
Join this webinar to hear from the IBM Security Chief Technology Officer for Threat Intelligence to learn:
How the IBM Security Operations and Response architecture can help you identify and response to threats faster
Why threat intelligence is a fundamental component of security investigations
How to seamlessly integrate threat intelligence into existing security solutions for immediate action
M-Trends® 2013: Attack the Security GapFireEye, Inc.
Mandiant’s annual threat report reveals evolving trends, case studies and best practices gained from Mandiant observations to targeted attacks in the last year. The report, compiled from hundreds of Mandiant advanced threat investigations, also includes approaches that organizations can take to improve the way they detect, respond to, and contain complex breaches. For the latest M-Trends report, https://www.fireeye.com/mtrends.
Key Findings from the 2015 IBM Cyber Security Intelligence IndexIBM Security
View on-demand presentation: http://securityintelligence.com/events/ibm-2015-cyber-security-intelligence-index/
The cyber threat landscape is increasing in complexity and frequency. Organizations that have historically not been the target of cyber attacks now make headline news with large data losses and compromised transactions. Organizations need a clear point of view on how to respond to these threats, and one that incorporates not only the relevant technology but also the organizational changes needed.
Nick Bradley, Practice Leader of the IBM Threat Research Group and the X-Force Threat Analysis Team, and Nick Coleman, Global Head Cyber Security Intelligence Services outline what organizations need to do now and in the future to stay ahead of the growing cyber security threat.
With mega-breaches like Anthem, OPM, IRS, Ashley Madison, UCLA Health and TalkTalk all within the past 12 months, chances are your data has been targeted. What does this mean for 2016?
Review this presentation and learn:
• Why cyber attacks continue to increase in sophistication, magnitude and velocity
• What trends will have the largest and smallest impact on cyber security in 2016
• Why cloud-based apps and the Internet of Things have transformed cyber security
• How you can protect your organization from attacks from the inside
Orchestrate Your Security Defenses to Optimize the Impact of Threat IntelligenceIBM Security
Although the majority of organizations subscribe to threat intelligence feeds to enhance their security decision making, it's difficult to take full advantage of true insights due to the overwhelming amounts of information available. Even with an integrated security operations portfolio to identify and respond to threats, many companies don't take full advantage of the benefits of external context that threat intelligence brings to identify true indicators of compromise. By taking advantage of both machine- and human-generated indicators within a collaborative threat intelligence platform, security analysts can streamline investigations and speed the time to action.
Join this webinar to hear from the IBM Security Chief Technology Officer for Threat Intelligence to learn:
How the IBM Security Operations and Response architecture can help you identify and response to threats faster
Why threat intelligence is a fundamental component of security investigations
How to seamlessly integrate threat intelligence into existing security solutions for immediate action
Cyber Risk Management in 2017: Challenges & RecommendationsUlf Mattsson
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14723/234829?utm_source=Compliance+Engineering&utm_medium=brighttalk&utm_campaign=234829 :
With cyber attacks on the rise, securing your data is more imperative than ever. In future, organizations will face severe penalties if their data isn’t robustly secured. This will have a far reaching impact for how businesses deal with security in terms of managing their cyber risk.
Join this presentation to learn the cyber security controls prescribed by regulation, how this impacts compliance, and how cyber risk management helps CISOs understand the degree these controls are in place and where to prioritize their cyber dollars and ensure they are not at risk for fines.
Viewers will learn:
- The latest cybercrime trends and targets
- Trends in board involvement in cybersecurity
- How to effectively manage the full range of enterprise risks
- How to protect against ransomware
- Visibility into third party risk
- Data security metrics
The frequency and impact of cyber attacks have escalated cybersecurity to the top of Board agendas. Institutions are no longer asking if they are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Instead, the focus has shifted to how the attack might be executed, risks and impact. Most importantly, their organisational readiness and resilience to such threats.
Jason Smith shared cyber security trends from 2018 into the beginning of 2019 at the SCTBA Convention, how the threat actor model has changed, and what businesses should do.
In 2015 alone, hackers stole the records of - 11 million people from Premiere Blue Cross- 10 million people from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield- 80 million people from Anthem. We review the challenges, trends and opportunity of the cyberspace wars. Presented to APICS Ventura on March 8, 2016 by Gerry Poe - CEO of Santa Clarita Consultants. http://www.scc-co.com
Making Sense of Web Attacks: From Alerts to NarrativesImperva
Co-Founder & CTO of Imperva, Amichai Shulman, discusses how recognizing the security narrative in your web-application is a big challenge. On the one hand security products are getting more sensitive and are detecting even minor anomalies in incoming web traffic, while on the other hand attacks are becoming more automated and traffic intensive. As a result, security operators find themselves sifting through hundreds of thousands of individual alert messages per day, striving to know what the “#@$%” is going on. These slides present our innovative system that groups individual alerts from a web application firewall into attack narratives. They also present real-world cases and show results.
The State Of Information and Cyber Security in 2016Shannon G., MBA
Shannon Glass, Practice Director from AfidenceIT talks about the State of Information and Cyber Security in 2016. She covers the importance of creating a culture of security awareness within an organization, threats to look out for on the landscape, and why you should care about protecting your data assets.
Cyber Risk Management in 2017 - Challenges & RecommendationsUlf Mattsson
With cyber attacks on the rise, securing your data is more imperative than ever. In future, organizations will face severe penalties if their data isn’t robustly secured. This will have a far reaching impact for how businesses deal with security in terms of managing their cyber risk.
Join this presentation to learn the cyber security controls prescribed by regulation, how this impacts compliance, and how cyber risk management helps CISOs understand the degree these controls are in place and where to prioritize their cyber dollars and ensure they are not at risk for fines.
Viewers will learn:
- The latest cybercrime trends and targets
- Trends in board involvement in cybersecurity
- How to effectively manage the full range of enterprise risks
- How to protect against ransomware
- Visibility into third party risk
- Data security metrics
Nowhere to Hide: Expose Threats in Real-time with IBM QRadar Network InsightsIBM Security
IT security teams have a tough job. While organizations depend upon Internet access to conduct business, security teams are responsible for safeguarding these communications and transactions from those who wish to profit by stealing intellectual property, customer private data or even just encrypting your data and demanding a ransom for its safe recovery. There are a number of tools available to monitor log events, network flows, and packet captures, but most of these are performing after-the-fact analysis. That can make it easy for the bad guys to hide out on your network.
IBM QRadar Network Insights (QNI) uses innovative network threat analytics to identify malicious content – including those hidden in data transmissions, SSL certificate violations, protocol obfuscation, file tags, and suspicious network flows – and then pieces together those indicators of attack to provide security teams with real-time alerts. These alerts help organizations detect attacks that are in progress, as well as determine what damage may have already been inflicted.
View this on-demand webinar to learn how QRadar Network Insights can:
Remove network blind spots and reduce complexities in log data to reveal previously hidden threats and malicious behaviors;
Record application activities, capture file metadata and artifacts, and identify assets, applications and users participating in network communications;
Reduce the impact of threats associated with malware, phishing emails, data exfiltration, and the lateral network movements of advanced attacks.
Recently, NTT published the Global Threat Intelligence Report 2016 (GTIR). This year’s report focused both on the changes in threat trends and on how security organizations around the world can use the kill chain to help defend the enterprise.
Turning threat intelligence data from multiple sources into actionable, contextual information is a challenge faced by many organizations today. The Global Threat Intelligence Platform provides increased efficiency, reduces risks and focuses on global coverage with accurate and up-to-date threat intelligence.
This presentation was given at Carnegie Mellon University by Kenji Takahashi, VP of Product Management, Security at NTT Innovation Institute.
Ways To Protect Your Company From Cybercrimethinkwithniche
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI saw a 217 percent increase in Cybercrime Reporting between 2008 and 2021. Last year, losses reached almost $7 billion. This is due to a highly skilled cyber-threat supply network that empowers threat actors with limited know-how and limited resources to put at risk personal, economic, and national security.
Cyber Risk Management in 2017: Challenges & RecommendationsUlf Mattsson
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14723/234829?utm_source=Compliance+Engineering&utm_medium=brighttalk&utm_campaign=234829 :
With cyber attacks on the rise, securing your data is more imperative than ever. In future, organizations will face severe penalties if their data isn’t robustly secured. This will have a far reaching impact for how businesses deal with security in terms of managing their cyber risk.
Join this presentation to learn the cyber security controls prescribed by regulation, how this impacts compliance, and how cyber risk management helps CISOs understand the degree these controls are in place and where to prioritize their cyber dollars and ensure they are not at risk for fines.
Viewers will learn:
- The latest cybercrime trends and targets
- Trends in board involvement in cybersecurity
- How to effectively manage the full range of enterprise risks
- How to protect against ransomware
- Visibility into third party risk
- Data security metrics
The frequency and impact of cyber attacks have escalated cybersecurity to the top of Board agendas. Institutions are no longer asking if they are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Instead, the focus has shifted to how the attack might be executed, risks and impact. Most importantly, their organisational readiness and resilience to such threats.
Jason Smith shared cyber security trends from 2018 into the beginning of 2019 at the SCTBA Convention, how the threat actor model has changed, and what businesses should do.
In 2015 alone, hackers stole the records of - 11 million people from Premiere Blue Cross- 10 million people from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield- 80 million people from Anthem. We review the challenges, trends and opportunity of the cyberspace wars. Presented to APICS Ventura on March 8, 2016 by Gerry Poe - CEO of Santa Clarita Consultants. http://www.scc-co.com
Making Sense of Web Attacks: From Alerts to NarrativesImperva
Co-Founder & CTO of Imperva, Amichai Shulman, discusses how recognizing the security narrative in your web-application is a big challenge. On the one hand security products are getting more sensitive and are detecting even minor anomalies in incoming web traffic, while on the other hand attacks are becoming more automated and traffic intensive. As a result, security operators find themselves sifting through hundreds of thousands of individual alert messages per day, striving to know what the “#@$%” is going on. These slides present our innovative system that groups individual alerts from a web application firewall into attack narratives. They also present real-world cases and show results.
The State Of Information and Cyber Security in 2016Shannon G., MBA
Shannon Glass, Practice Director from AfidenceIT talks about the State of Information and Cyber Security in 2016. She covers the importance of creating a culture of security awareness within an organization, threats to look out for on the landscape, and why you should care about protecting your data assets.
Cyber Risk Management in 2017 - Challenges & RecommendationsUlf Mattsson
With cyber attacks on the rise, securing your data is more imperative than ever. In future, organizations will face severe penalties if their data isn’t robustly secured. This will have a far reaching impact for how businesses deal with security in terms of managing their cyber risk.
Join this presentation to learn the cyber security controls prescribed by regulation, how this impacts compliance, and how cyber risk management helps CISOs understand the degree these controls are in place and where to prioritize their cyber dollars and ensure they are not at risk for fines.
Viewers will learn:
- The latest cybercrime trends and targets
- Trends in board involvement in cybersecurity
- How to effectively manage the full range of enterprise risks
- How to protect against ransomware
- Visibility into third party risk
- Data security metrics
Nowhere to Hide: Expose Threats in Real-time with IBM QRadar Network InsightsIBM Security
IT security teams have a tough job. While organizations depend upon Internet access to conduct business, security teams are responsible for safeguarding these communications and transactions from those who wish to profit by stealing intellectual property, customer private data or even just encrypting your data and demanding a ransom for its safe recovery. There are a number of tools available to monitor log events, network flows, and packet captures, but most of these are performing after-the-fact analysis. That can make it easy for the bad guys to hide out on your network.
IBM QRadar Network Insights (QNI) uses innovative network threat analytics to identify malicious content – including those hidden in data transmissions, SSL certificate violations, protocol obfuscation, file tags, and suspicious network flows – and then pieces together those indicators of attack to provide security teams with real-time alerts. These alerts help organizations detect attacks that are in progress, as well as determine what damage may have already been inflicted.
View this on-demand webinar to learn how QRadar Network Insights can:
Remove network blind spots and reduce complexities in log data to reveal previously hidden threats and malicious behaviors;
Record application activities, capture file metadata and artifacts, and identify assets, applications and users participating in network communications;
Reduce the impact of threats associated with malware, phishing emails, data exfiltration, and the lateral network movements of advanced attacks.
Recently, NTT published the Global Threat Intelligence Report 2016 (GTIR). This year’s report focused both on the changes in threat trends and on how security organizations around the world can use the kill chain to help defend the enterprise.
Turning threat intelligence data from multiple sources into actionable, contextual information is a challenge faced by many organizations today. The Global Threat Intelligence Platform provides increased efficiency, reduces risks and focuses on global coverage with accurate and up-to-date threat intelligence.
This presentation was given at Carnegie Mellon University by Kenji Takahashi, VP of Product Management, Security at NTT Innovation Institute.
Ways To Protect Your Company From Cybercrimethinkwithniche
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI saw a 217 percent increase in Cybercrime Reporting between 2008 and 2021. Last year, losses reached almost $7 billion. This is due to a highly skilled cyber-threat supply network that empowers threat actors with limited know-how and limited resources to put at risk personal, economic, and national security.
Own Your Future!
“It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.” Vince Lombardi
ONLY talents! NO ranking here!
With the global skills shortage, it is crucial to encourage talents who dedicate their life and career to cybersecurity.
This special edition spotlights remarkable cybersecurity and industry 4.0 professionals. Top Cyber News Magazine is pleased to unveil a constellation of young and devoted men and women: amabasadors, erudites, and influencers.
All, part and inspiring force behind the global Cybersecurity Awareness movement. These talented experts and brilliant people coming from nineteen countries and five continents.
I invite you to discover these wonderful people. Speak about them. See the light in others and you will be stunned how this light comes back to you! Enjoy reading! Share! Learn!
40 under 40! Move to the Front Lines!
Editorial by Steve KING
Managing Director at CyberTheory
As the gap expands between supply and demand in cybersecurity skills, we now see over 70 online eLearning courses available that focus across a wide range of upskilling opportunities from data privacy to compliance to risk and vulnerability assessment and audit. As we celebrate our newest class of 40 under 40, we are optimistic that this generation of cybersecurity enthusiasts are interested in the actual battle zones upon which our current war is being fought and not on preparation for the administrative roles which are also necessary in battle, yet not feeling the pressure from the current skills gap.
In our work with our own eLearning platform, CyberEd.io, we have discovered that the key employment opportunities lie along the front lines of deployment, where trained cyber-warriors are so necessary not just to defend our critical assets but to serve as a deterrent to the flood of cyber-criminals assaulting our fortresses. Every CISO we talk to confirms this requirement with both anecdotal and empirical evidence that is leading to almost daily breaches across all industrial sectors with specific threats to banking, education, healthcare, military and industrial control systems in automated factories (OT).
The cyber-warrior education career path starts with a solid grasp of network engineering fundamentals, followed by security architecture & engineering with an emphasis on Cloud/SysOps/*nix (*Unix/Linux Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X), ICS/IoT, identity access management, security assessment & testing, current threat profiles and malware infrastructure and architecture, vector identification, incident detection, security operations with forensics and incident handling, pen testing, and exploitation.
Without properly trained resources in advanced cyber-warfare, we will never prevail in our constant challenge to protect and defend, let alone being able to take the threat to the enemy. As more and more entry candidates choose training to prepare them for ...
Cybersecurity in BFSI - Top Threats & Importancemanoharparakh
Cybersecurity has been the major area of concern throughout 2022 and now 2023 is all set to witness a new version of cyber-attacks with advanced technologies.
Pat Pather- Cyber Security Unchartered: Vigilance, Innovation and Adaptabilityitnewsafrica
Pat Pather, Chief Executive Officer at Forensic Sciences Institute, delivered a presentation on Cyber Security Unchartered: Vigilance, Innovation and Adaptability- Exploring the Depths of Cybersecurity, at Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2023 on the 3rd of October 2023. #PublicSec2023 #Conference #Cybersecurity #PublicSector
Cybercrime is nothing new. What is different now is the intimacy, reach and size of those attacks. There are hundreds of billions in losses each year. This unsettling state of affairs has created a binary world with really only two kinds of companies: those that have been hacked and admit it, and those that have been hacked and don't admit it or don’t know it yet. Worse yet, for the vast majority of individuals, very few of us have been untouched whether we know it or not.
In NTT i³’s book “CyberCrime: Radically Rethinking the Global Threat,” Rich Boyer, Chief Architect for Security and Dr. Kenji Takahashi, VP Product Management for Security examine the current arms race between cybercriminals and their diverse and agile toolkits and the radically new approaches to cybersecurity that the enterprise must adopt to compete and win.
The basic fundamental of cybersecurity and how can it be used for unethical purposes.
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Why is cyber security a disruption in the digital economyMark Albala
As we enter the digital economy, companies will quickly realize that the differentiator in the digital economy is information and information being a valuable resource is subject to theft, hacking, phishing and a host of other issues which compromise a company’s ability to participate in the digital economy. Cybersecurity misfires compromise the trust of buyers and partners necessary to participate in the digital economy. It is up to every company to ensure that the information shared with them is protected to the best of their ability and proactively notify persons and organizations who entrust their information necessary to transact business (any personal identity information including but not limited to addresses, credit card information, social security numbers, account information, credit information, medical records, etc.) with any potential compromises which can yield harm to them by that information either being used maliciously or shared with others.
The digital economy is different than other versions of commerce because in the digital economy, information is the lifeblood of digital commerce that passes through the hands of many platforms involved in a digital event. Each of these platforms are an opportunity to wreak havoc on your well-intended but incomplete intents to protect the information contained within the network you control. In the digital economy, it is not only the network you control, but the platforms that touch the personal data entrusted to you as a means of enabling digital commerce, and several techniques have begun to emerge to protect personal information contained within your information domain and the domain of platforms participating in digital commerce.
Because the life blood of the digital economy is information, information hacked in the digital economy is akin to shrinkage in the legacy economy. Both are means to directly attack your bottom line, whether it is redirecting customers elsewhere because they don’t trust your privacy program, ransomware which makes your site or one of your partner platform sites dangerous to use or some other reason which challenges your ability to participate in the digital economy. Shrinking the potential market share because of information safety and security challenges is a disruption, making cyber-security a disruptive activity, particularly if it is not dealt with swiftly.
If your cyber-security program is focused entirely on protecting the information housed in your four walls, you have exposed yourself to problems you will have difficulty in identifying both the source and the entry point of these issues.
Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of cybersecurity headlines. Cybercriminals steal customer social security numbers, steal company secrets from the cloud, and grab personal information and passwords from social media sites. Keeping information safe has become a great concern for both big and small businesses
Here are some of the best guesses about what we will see in 2017 from several dozen vendors and analysts. There are many more than 15 predictions out there, of course, but these are the ones we heard most frequently.
Security - intelligence - maturity-model-ciso-whitepaperCMR WORLD TECH
A Time of Great Risk: The Time Between Compromise and Mitigation
In most organizations today, threat detection is based on various security sensors that attempt to look for anomalous behavior or for known signatures of malicious activity. These sensors include firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), application gateways, anti- virus/anti-malware, endpoint protection, and more. They operate at and provide visibility into all layers of the IT stack.
1. Cyber Threat
Forecast
2016
A CALL FOR WAR AGAINST CYBER THREAT AND
CYBER CRIME
BANKOLE BOLAJI JAMES
Cisco Cyber Security Expert: CCSE
Certified Ethical Hacker: CEH
MCSA,MCSE,MCP,MCITP,MCTS
Cisco Certified Network Associate :CCNA
Cyber Forensic and Security Expert
Email :Bolajicisco@yahoo.com
2. MOTIVATION
Cyber security has risen to become a national concern as threats
concerning it now need to be taken more seriously.
• To help people reduce the vulnerability of their Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) systems and networks.
• To help individuals and institutions develop and nurture a
culture of cyber security.
• To work collaboratively with public, private and international
entities to secure cyberspace.
• To help understand the current trends in IT/cybercrime, and
develop effective solutions.
• Availability.
• Integrity, which may include authenticity and non-repudiation.
• Confidentiality.
3. Existence of Cybercrime in Nigeria has made it Imperative
to have more Cyber Forensic and Cyber Security Expert as
Internet Business Grow In Nigeria.
INTRODUCTION
Cybercrime is a fast-growing area of crime. More and more
criminals are exploiting the speed, convenience and anonymity of the
Internet to commit a diverse range of criminal activities that know no
borders, either physical or virtual, cause serious harm and pose very
real threats to victims worldwide.
ABSTRACT
Cyber-space referred to as the space in which computer
transactions occur, particularly transactions between different
computers in a boundless space known as the internet.
Cyber-security is a measures taken to protect a computer or
computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or
attack
Cyber-crime, or computer crime, refers to any crime that involves a
computer and a network.
Keywords: Cyber-space Cyber-security Cyber-crime.
4. CYBER THREAT FORCAST 2016
THREATS
Whaling Attack Users shouldn't reply to suspicious emails and should "obtain the sender's address from
the corporate address book and ask them about the message". Perhaps most
importantly, companies should use two-factor authentication for initiating wire transfers
Ransomware Ransomware will remain a major and rapidly growing threat in 2016, fueled by
anonymizing networks and payment methods,
Inexperienced cybercriminals will leverage ransomwareas-a-service, magnifying the
growth in ransomware.
Attackers will increasingly encrypt files before they are backed up, making remediation
more difficult.
Critical
Infrastructure
Critical infrastructure systems not designed with outside access in mind will become
vulnerable to low-incident, but high-impact events as they become connected to the
Internet.
There is an emerging trend in which cybercriminals are selling direct access to critical
infrastructure systems
Direct attacks on critical infrastructure will continue to be almost exclusively nation-
state actions.
The objectives of nation-state attackers will include both intelligence gathering and
critical service disruption.
Vulnerability Application vulnerabilities are an ongoing problem for software developers and their customers. Adobe
Flash is perhaps the most frequently attacked product: Flash vulnerabilities.
Payment System in 2016, payment system cybercriminals will increasingly focus on attacks that lead to the theft and sale
of credentials. We think that they will leverage traditional, time-proven mechanisms including phishing
attacks and keystroke loggers, but new methods will emerge too. We also predict that the number of
payment system thefts will continue its relentless growth.
Automobiles Attacks on automobiles will increase sharply in 2016 due to the rapid increase in
connected automobile hardware built without foundational security principles.
In 2016, more automotive system vulnerabilities will be found by security researchers. It
is also possible that zero-days vulnerabilities will be found and exploited
Wearables Wearables will be a prime target for cybercriminals because they collect personal data and they
are relatively insecure back doors into smartphones,
We expect to see the control apps for wearables compromised in a way that will provide
valuable data for spear-phishing attacks.
Cloud Service cybercriminals, nefarious competitors, vigilant justice seekers, and nation-states will increasingly target
hacking into cloud services platforms to exploit companies and steal valuable and confidential data, using
it for competitive advantage, or financial or strategic gain
Cyber Espionage Stealthy Cyberespionage can be lunched with Social Engineering, the threat actor used a
sophisticated spear-phishing campaign to breach defense, and minimize its footprint by
running only JavaScript. The attackers were able to develop profiles for the breached
systems and exfiltrate them to control servers
Hacktivism hacktivism in its true sense will continue; but it will likely be limited in scope in comparison with the past.
Many of the most dedicated hacktivists promoting their causes have been arrested, prosecuted, and
imprisoned. What is likely to increase, however, are attacks that appear to be inspired by hacktivism but
actually have very different, hard-to-determine motives
Shared Threat
Intelligence
Threat intelligence sharing among enterprises and security vendors will grow rapidly.
Legislative steps will make it possible to share threat intelligence with government
5. POINTERS
Smart organizations will spend their money not just on technology, but also on more training,
awareness, and personnel.
Establish an efficient online self-reporting system for cybercrime victims to enable widespread gathering
and analysis of cybercrime statistics.
Create an international treaty to promote global cooperation on the detection, investigation and
prosecution of cybercrime.
To tackle cybercrime effectively, establish multidimensional public-private collaborations between law
enforcement agencies, the information technology industry, information security organizations
Intensify research into cyber attackers’ psychological and developmental profiles, motives and
behavior—and develop efficient identification and rehabilitation mechanisms based on the related
research
Improve public education systems for all potential internet users about the threat of cybercrime, and
teach them ways of detecting potential cyber attackers and protecting themselves
To foster incentives for the development of products less likely to be attacked, initiate producer liability
of software and other internet applications
Establish virtual taskforces to promote better international coordination between interregional law
enforcement and governmental cybersecurity agencies.
Cyber Resilience
Traditional cyber security is proving an increasingly inadequate response to the modern cyber threat
landscape. It’s no longer sufficient to suppose that you can defend against any potential attack; you
must accept that an attack will inevitably succeed. An organization’s resilience to these attacks –
identifying and responding to security breaches – will become a critical survival trait in the future
WAR AGANST CYBER THREAT & CYBER CRIME
I Have the mandate to encourage Interested persons to build
career in Cyber Security &Cyber Forensic as this will also help in
the war against Cyber Threat and Cyber Crime.
6. HOW TO BUILD YOUR CAREER
IN
CYBER SECURITY PROFESIONAL
I have been privileged to build my career as a Security and a Cyber Forensic
Professional, you will have a huge range of career options across a wide variety of
industries (e.g. finance, government, retail, etc.). But IT security is a specialist field.
You’re unlikely to start your professional life as a penetration tester or a security
architect.
IF YOU HAVE PASSION TOWARD ANY PROFESSION IN LIFE YOU ARE BOUND TO SUCCEED,
YOUR PASSION WILL PUSH YOU TO SEEK FOR CHANGE,
WILL MAKE YOU GET INCUSITIVE,
WILL MAKE YOU SPEAK TO PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR INTEREST, WILL MAKE YOU SEEK HELP OR
ASSISTANCE ON HOW TO GET ON THE RIGHT PATH TO BECOMING THE BES
YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR GOALS ,
SHOW ME A MAN DRIVEN BY PASSION THEN I WILL SHOW YOU A MAN WHO IS DESTINED TO
SUCCEED
WITH THE POWER OF YOUR IMAGINATION ,
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT AND BELIEVE IN IT ,THEN YOU ARE SURE TO ACHIEVE WHATEVER GOAL
YOU SET IN LIFE.
Explore A Career in Cybersecurity
Are you a student, current cyber worker, or career changer? Are you thinking about a job in
cybersecurity? Learning about and understanding the field's unique requirements will help you
determine whether a career in cybersecurity is in your future. The work environment for cyber
professionals is dynamic and exciting, with competitive salaries and growing opportunities.
Cybersecurity professionals often thrive in an informal atmosphere, unconventional working
hours, and shifting work responsibilities aimed at keeping knowledge fresh and work exciting.
There are many different jobs within the cybersecurity field that require a broad range of
knowledge, skills and abilities. Cybersecurity professionals must have the ability to rapidly
respond to threats as soon as they are detected. Professionals must also possess a range of
technical abilities to perform a variety of activities, and be able to work in different locations and
environments.
Cybersecurity work also includes the analysis of policy, trends, and intelligence to better
understand how an adversary may think or act - using problem solving skills often compared to
those of a detective. This level of work complexity requires the cybersecurity workforce to
possess both a wide array of technical IT skills as well as advanced analysis capabilities.
Below are examples of some jobs found in cybersecurity:
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Computer Crime Investigator
7. Computer Security Incident Responder
Cryptanalyst
Cryptographer
Disaster Recovery Analyst
Forensics Expert
Incident Responder
Information Assurance Analyst
Intrusion Detection Specialist
Network Security Engineer
Security Architect
Security Analyst
Security Consultant
Security Engineer
Security Operations Center Analyst
Security Systems Administrator
Security Software Developer
Source Code Auditor
Virus Technician
Vulnerability Assessor
Web Penetration Tester
THIS IS A GOOD POINT TO START
Start with this resource. It’s intended to help anyone interested in building a career in
cyber security from a non-security career. We’ve included advice on choosing a starter
IT job, tips on building your résumé and ideas for gaining practical experience. We’ve
also listed hard IT skills and non-security certifications that will give you a solid
grounding for the future.
CAREER PATH OPTIONS
There is no one true path to working in cyber security. People come at it from all
angles – math, computer science, even history or philosophy. Yet all of them share a
deep and abiding interest in how technology works. Security gurus say this is critical.
You need to know exactly what you’re protecting and the reason things are insecure.
TRAIN IN GENERAL IT
Many experts suggest that you begin with a job, internship or apprenticeship in IT.
This will verse you in fundamentals such as administering & configuring systems,
networks, database management and coding. You’ll also get a sense of IT procedures
and real-world business operations.
FOCUS YOUR INTERESTS
8. Because it’s impossible to be an expert in all categories, employers also suggest you
focus on an area (e.g. networking security) and do it well. Think ahead 5-10 years to
your “ultimate security career” then look for starter IT jobs that will supply you with
the right skills. Sample career paths could include:
• Exchange administrator → Email security
• Network administrator → Network security, forensics, etc.
• System administrator → Security administrator, forensics, etc.
• Web developer → Web security, security software developer, etc.
GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
I would like to recommend you gain as much practical experience as humanly possible.
Even if you’re not in IT, you can accomplish a lot with self-directed learning and guided
training.
STARTER IT JOBS
IT jobs that can lead to cyber security careers include:
• Computer Programmer
• Computer Software Engineer
• Computer Support Specialist
• Computer Systems Analyst
• Database Administrator
• IT Technician
• IT Technical Support
• IT Customer Service
• Network Administrator
• Network Engineer
• Network Systems & Data Analyst
• System Administrator
• Web Administrator
Trying to narrow your options?
9. Make sure your entry-level IT position will give you some security-related experience.
If this isn’t clear in the job description, you have an excellent question to ask the hiring
committee during your interview.
BUILDING YOUR CYBER SECURITY RÉSUMÉ
The Ideal Cyber Security Candidate
The ideal cyber security candidate has a mixture of technical and soft skills. On the
technical side, most employers want proof that you are:
• Grounded in IT fundamentals: e.g. networking, systems administration, database
management, web applications, etc.
• Versed in day-to-day operations: e.g. physical security, networks, server
equipment, enterprise storage, users, applications, etc.
For soft skills, they’re looking for candidates who:
• Know how to communicate with non-IT colleagues and work in a team
• Understand business procedures & processes
• Love to solve complex puzzles and unpick problems
WHAT TO LIST ON YOUR RÉSUMÉ
1. College Degree
Although it’s not always necessary to have a college degree to land your first cyber
security job, it’s bloody useful. College teaches you important skills in communication,
writing, business and project management – skills you’ll appreciate in later years.
What’s more, a strong academic qualification will ease your way to management
positions. Some employers now demand proof of a bachelor’s degree before they will
consider candidates. Learn more about your options in Choosing a Cyber Security
Degree.
2. Relevant Job Experience
List any previous IT positions plus any other work related to IT security. That includes
volunteer work, internships and apprenticeships. For government jobs, hiring
committees will be interested in any military or law enforcement experience.
3. Hard IT Skills
We catalog some of the most useful hard IT skills below.
4. Professional IT Certifications
10. Don’t have a beginner’s security certification like Security+? Employers will still be
interested to see if you have relevant IT certifications. Just be prepared to back up
these qualifications with proof of real-world experience.
5. IT Achievements
List any IT and cyber security achievements that you think your employers will respect.
These could include Capture The Flag (CTF) standings, contest awards, training course
certificates and scholarships.
HOW TO GAIN PRACTICAL CYBER SECURITY EXPERIENCE
Self-Directed Learning
• Teach yourself to code. (Experts recommend this again and again.)
• Build your own computer and security lab using old PCs, your own wireless
router with firewall, network switch, etc. Practice securing the computer and network,
then try hacking it.
• Create an open source project.
• Participate in cyber security contests and training games. e.g. Wargames,
Capture the Flag competitions (CTFs), etc.
• Look for vulnerabilities on open source projects and sites with bug bounties.
Document your work and findings.
Guided Training
• Pair your cyber security certification exams with side projects that utilize the
same skills.
• Offer to help your professor or employer with security-related tasks.
• Take free online cyber security MOOCs.
• Invest in training courses (e.g. SANS).
Networking & Volunteering
• Join LinkedIn groups, professional networks and security organizations.
• Attend local security group meetings and events.
• Connect with peers playing CTFs and Wargames.
• Collaborate with a team (at work or in school) on a cyber security project.
• Volunteer at IT and cyber security conferences.
• Volunteer to do IT security work for a non-profit or charity.
11. Further Steps
• Read IT and security magazines/news sites and blogs.
• Bookmark useful cyber security websites.
• Keep tabs on cyber security message boards like Information Security Stack
Exchange.
• Run a background check on yourself to see if there are any existing red flags,
then determine what you can do to address them. Security is a sensitive field and
employers are looking for ethical candidates.
USEFUL IT SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
Hard IT Skills To Cultivate
While you’re building your cyber security résumé (see above), work on developing hard
IT skills like the ones listed below. These are often in high demand by employers. Since
technology is always subject to change, we also recommend you consult your
colleagues, mentors and/or professors for the most up-to-date advice.
Operating Systems & Database Management
• Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems
• MySQL/SQLlite environments
Programming & Coding
• C, C++, C# and Java
• Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl and/or shell
• Assembly language & disassemblers
• Regular Expression (regex) skills
• Linux/MAC Bash shell scripting
Networks
• System/network configuration
• TCP/IP, computer networking, routing and switching
• Network protocols and packet analysis tools
• Firewall and intrusion detection/prevention protocols
• Packet Shaper, Load Balancer and Proxy Server knowledge
• VPNs
12. SPECIALIZATIONS
Thanks to the nature of their job and industry, security experts usually end up
specializing in a specific area of interest. For example:
• Cisco networks
• Cloud computing
• Microsoft technologies
• Wireless
• Database modeling
• Open source applications
• Cryptography
And so on. To gain extra experience in these areas, you can volunteer for tasks at
work, collaborate with a mentor and/or invest in self-directed learning and guided
training.
Helpful Non-Security IT Certifications
Before you get too deep into security-focused certifications, check out the following IT
credentials. You’ll often spot these acronyms on the LinkedIn profiles of security
professionals. However, we’d be the first to state there are plenty of others out there.
Ask around or visit security message boards to decide which ones are worth the
investment.
CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA) Routing And Switching
A “go-to” certification for entry-level network engineers and specialists working with
Cisco routers and network systems. CCNA certificate holders have proven their ability
to install, configure, operate and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched
networks.
This qualification is on par with CCNA Security, which emphasizes core security
technologies, confidentiality, the availability of data/devices and competency in the
technologies that Cisco uses in its security structure. Experienced Cisco engineers can
aim for the higher level Professional and Expert levels.
COMPTIA A+
CompTIA A+ is one of the most common baseline certifications for IT professionals,
especially IT support specialists and technicians. The exams cover the maintenance of
PCs, mobile devices, laptops, operating systems and printers.
13. A+ is required for Dell, Lenovo and Intel service technicians and recognized by the U.S.
Department of Defense. Many folks follow it up with Network+ and Security+.
COMPTIA NETWORK+
The second in CompTIA’s trinity of qualifications (which includes A+ and Security+).
Network+ is an ISO-17024 compliant certification that tests a professional’s knowledge
of data networks. This includes building, installing, operating, maintaining and protecting
networking systems.
Network+ fulfills U.S. DoD Directive 8570.01-M and is held by nearly half a million
people worldwide. It’s often recommended for network administrators, technicians and
installers.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE LIBRARY (ITIL) FOUNDATION
ITIL certifications focus on ITIL best practices. Foundation is the basic level and the
ITIL credential most frequently seen on job requirements.
The exam tests candidates in key elements, concepts and terminology used in the ITIL
service lifecycle, including the links between lifecycle stages, the processes used and
their contribution to service management practices. If your company is using ITIL
processes to handle their services to internal/external customers, then Foundation is
worth considering.
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS EXPERT (MCSE)
Anyone working with Microsoft technologies should take a close look at the Microsoft
Certificate Solutions Associate (MCSA)and the expert MCSE. You must complete the
MCSA before tackling the MCSE.
Widely respected in the industry, MCSE demonstrates a professional’s ability to build,
deploy, operate, maintain and optimize Microsoft-based systems. For the MCSE, you
can choose one of nine certification paths, including Server Infrastructure, Private
Cloud, SharePoint and more.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)
PMP is aimed at mid-level project managers. Candidates without a bachelor’s degree
must have at least five years of project management experience (7,500 hours leading
and directing projects); bachelor’s degree holders must have at least three years (4,500
hours leading and directing projects).
Successful PMP holders have demonstrated they have the experience, education and
competency to handle project teams. It’s not a “must-have” by any means, but it can
14. certainly help you zip through the résumé screening process and proceed into
discussions about salary.
RED HAT CERTIFIED ARCHITECT (RHCA)
Interested in becoming a Linux expert? Take a look at RHCA, probably the most
challenging qualification in the Red Hat certification program. To attain RHCA status,
Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs) must pass at least 5 exams and demonstrate their
skills in performance-based tasks. Beginners should consider the RHCAS and the
CompTIA Linux+ certification.
VMWARE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL 5 – DATA CENTER VIRTUALIZATION (VCP5-
DCV)
VCP5-DCV is expensive, but probably worth it if you’re interested in virtualization. To
obtain this foundation-level certification, candidates must demonstrate hands-on
experience with VMware technologies, complete a VMware-authorized training course
and pass an exam. This proves a certificate holder’s ability to install, deploy, monitor,
scale and manage VMware vSphere environments.
Once you have the VCP5-DCV, you might wish to consider more advanced levels of
VMWare DCV certification. In addition to data centers, VMWare also offers credentials
in the cloud, end user computing and network virtualization.
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