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EP 13 - Pizza parties and profit margins: The business of cybercrime

Cybercriminals today operate more like startups than stereotypes—complete with org charts, sprint cycles, and pizza parties to celebrate successful breaches. In this episode of Security Matters, host David Puner talks with former CISO and U.S. Air Force veteran Ian Schneller about the evolving sophistication of threat actors and what it takes to stay ahead.

Veracode Risk Manager: Unify, Prioritize, and Remediate Application Security Risks with ASPM

Drowning in a sea of application security alerts? Veracode Risk Manager is your solution. In today's fast-paced development environment, traditional AppSec tools can't keep up, leading to security debt and increased risk. Veracode Risk Manager cuts through the noise, providing a single, unified view of your entire application security posture. Our AI-powered engine aggregates and analyzes data from all your development, cloud, and security tools, providing an industry-leading 60:1 noise reduction. This means your teams can finally focus on the risks that truly matter.

The ultimate security questionnaire guide for vendors: Simplify compliance & build trust

In this article If you’re like 98% of organizations, you have at least one vendor that’s had a breach in the last two years. Although this doesn’t necessarily mean affiliated organizations were affected by the breaches, it does emphasize the extensive range and proximity of potential exposure to indirect risks. Vendors must develop a deep understanding of security questionnaires and implement best practices.

From Wallpaper to Web App Firewalls: How I Went from Home Renovations to Cybersecurity

My career began far from blinking servers, network logs, and vulnerability scanners. I started with walls, ladders, and rolls of patterned paper. I was one of the many wallpaper installers who took pride in transforming plain, imperfect rooms into warm, vibrant spaces. Every project began with a tape measure in one hand and a bucket of paste in the other. Clients would invite me into their homes, trusting me to not only make their walls beautiful but also to treat their space with respect.

Cutting Costs and Boosting Security with Smart Office Technology

Overhead costs can quietly eat into profitability. Office leases, utilities, staff time, and operational inefficiencies all add up, and while cutting budgets may seem like the obvious answer, doing so without affecting productivity or security is a challenge. The smarter approach is to introduce systems that reduce expenses while strengthening security, ensuring the workplace remains both cost-efficient and protected.

Visual Workflow Mapping: Designing Your Space for Maximum Efficiency

Visual workflow mapping is an organized graphic method of comprehending and increasing the flow of work as well as information and resources in a. Instead of using text-heavy documents, the system uses diagrams of the visual process to show the process of work at each step. This allows people as well as teams to easily comprehend the whole process and makes it simpler to spot the issues and potential areas to improve.