Tim Matthews

Although there’s so much at stake with this year’s U.S. presidential election, security weaknesses throughout the election process,[…]

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RSA, a form of public-key cryptography widely used to secure communication between multiple parties was discovered in 1977 by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman. But they weren’t the only ones working on public-key encryption. Two Stanford technologists Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced their own public-key cryptosystem just ahead of the RSA algorithm.

A new study from Exabeam reports that the majority of organizations see significant value in red/blue team testing — and are using lessons learned from the exercises to strengthen their cybersecurity programs. The survey also found that 74% of respondents have seen their companies increase investment in security infrastructure as a result of red and blue team testing.

A history of Active Directory, its evolution to the cloud and why it is likely to continue to dominate the network and identity management space.

In the early 2000s, Sircam made its debut with an innocuous email that said, “Hi! How are you?” It combined the characteristics of a worm, virus, and a Trojan horse and spread quickly through endpoints and networks.

For cybersecurity teams, getting in front of security threats is a top priority. But with so many potential threats and adversaries, putting in place appropriate threat detection can seem a daunting task. Breaking down threat detection and a response to the most basic elements can bring that clarity.

The first DEF CON was held in 1993 as a farewell party for founder Jeff Moss’s friend. The friend couldn’t make it and what started out as an almost-failed party plan turned into one of the biggest technology events held each year.