The concept of "Zero Trust" has been around for years. Unfortunately, this concept becomes a cybersecurity catchphrase with cyberattacks like spear-phishing, ransomware, and business email compromise (BEC) at all-time highs. Even the notoriously slow government cybersecurity planning is going all-in on this matter.
However, a crucial obstacle to widely adopting…
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
― Oprah Winfrey
After I published Part I of “How To Be Anonymous Online,” apart from people saying, “I have nothing to hide!” people strive to protect their data. …
“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ― Gabriel García Márquez
A while back, I met an old friend who I hadn’t seen since I graduated. We went for a cup of coffee to catch up for the past decades. He told me he was watching “Breaking…
I wrote on Medium in November 2019. I still remember the first story was written at the Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) in Thailand. I typed on my Pixel 2XL, using the on-screen keyboard when I was waiting for my girlfriend's arrival.
Not many people use Medium in Hong Kong, but I…
I just passed the exam of ISSAP® — Information Systems Security Architecture Professional from (ISC)2®. It was one of the most challenging exams I took in my life. All the answers to the multiple choices are correct, but it is required to choose the best answer in most cases. I…
“The pandemic placed immense urgency on businesses to get all kinds of digital transformation projects live as quickly as possible, and that is almost certainly a driving factor behind this surge in attacks,”
— Peter Klimek, Director of Technology at Imperva.
Don’t you know that APIs have been around for…
2021 is coming to an end. And for cybersecurity, this is a busy year (which wasn't?). Ransomware attacks are steep upward, and the gradient isn't softening its progression. Individuals and organizations continue to fall victim to this age-old cybercrime — and it's far from a new phenomenon.
“If an attacker was able to infiltrate a popular library like log4j, they would very quickly be running with privilege inside most data centers in the world.”
— Jeff Williams, Contrast Security (2018)
Over the past two years, the rise of ransomware that goes It's the Tip of The Iceberg…
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
—Sun Tzu, The Art of War
To pay or not to pay? Unfortunately, organizations often find themselves in trouble when facing "digital extortion" —in the form of ransomware attacks. Spoiler Alert: Once…
Despite your role in cybersecurity or IT, if you’re reading this article, there is a high possibility you may already have heard vendors and tech companies promoting a security trend called SASE — Secure Access Service Edge.
SASE is a somewhat cumbersome collection of English words added up by Gartner…
