ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA) closed out the inaugural Security LeadHER conference this week, celebrating a successful and groundbreaking first event held June 12-13 in Nashville, Tennessee. The event was dedicated to advancing, connecting and empowering women in the security profession. Approximately 300 current and future “LeadHERs” and attendees of all backgrounds…

Salted Hash: RSA Conference 2017 – Live Blog

All this week, Salted Hash will be on location at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. We’ll be updating the blog multiple times a day with news and other content from the show – so check-back often. Yesterday, we mentioned a lawsuit filed by CrowdStrike, which attempted to prevent NSS Labs from releasing test results…

‘Shock And Awe’ Ransomware Attacks Multiply

RSA CONFERENCE 2017 – San Francisco – The data-hostage crisis isn’t going away anytime soon:  In fact, it’s starting to get a lot scarier and destructive, and with a more unpredictable outcome. Security experts long have warned that ponying up with the ransom fee only plays into the hands of ransomware attackers; it doesn’t necessarily…

Chris Morgan to Speak at Cyber Maryland Conference October 20-21, 2016

IKANOW’s Chris Morgan was invited to speak on the Cyber Defense Toolbox panel. Each panelist will have 5-8 minutes to present on a product, followed by Q&A. We understand that at last year’s conference, this was one of the more popular sessions. Session abstract: The recent onslaught of cyber-attacks has left many organizations re-evaluating what’s in their toolbox to help…