With close to 20 years of experience, cybersecurity professional Ed Carroll shares the important difference between repetition and discipline in his field in the following article. Currently, Ed works full-time as a Senior Director for the Carolina Cyber Center. "The...
We had the privilege of interviewing Ed Skoudis on his journey into cybersecurity, and the importance of curiosity as a cybersecurity professional. Ed is a recognized expert in penetration testing and incident response. With over twenty years of teaching experience...
We asked Elise Marchant, Cybersecurity & Curriculum Development Analyst at the Carolina Cyber Center, about the importance of curiosity in cybersecurity and her own journey to get where she is today. Here's what she told us: In high school, every subject I took...
The cybersecurity industry needs an overhaul. Cybersecurity itself is often avoided and misunderstood, because, to put it frankly, we pretend that cybersecurity is a technological problem instead of a people problem. We need to see and understand people in order to...
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Amber Long is quitting her job. She weathered the tension of continued company cutbacks and survived months of remote-work isolation. Normalcy was at first distant, then seemingly closer as her company finally became...
Individuals pursuing a cybersecurity career are increasingly looking past traditional cybersecurity programs. Practically speaking, a college education is not for everyone – as the expense, duration and schedule demands are often not feasible or prudent for certain...
Cyber incidents and attacks are not primarily a technology problem—they are a people problem. Last week my colleague Chris Wallace discussed Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigation Report. Specifically, the relevance to small businesses and the need for these...