Dear Reader, 

The next couple of months will be a bit busier for the team at Cyber Protection Magazine. The US is approaching a national mid-term election and a lot is riding on the cybersecurity industry. Cyber attacks continue to increase worldwide but according to Statista, the number of people being affected by the attacks is cratering. According to Norton Security, only one in five attacks are successful. That means efforts to raise awareness, like our own, are having an affect.

In the past two months we’ve provided insights from industry leaders to raise that awareness, added to our popular Scam Bucket and Cheat Sheet series and we have started coverage on the state of cyber insurance and election security

Enjoy reading!

Best regards

Patrick Boch & Lou Covey
Editors 

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Declaring October the Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a tradition which dates back to 2004. And of course, at Cyber Protection Magazine we honor this tradition, especially because raising cybersecurity awareness is a 24/7 job for us and one of our main goals.

This month, we've spoken with a lot of experts from around the industry. And when we say a lot, we mean a lot: there are four articles with commentaries from cybersecurity experts, plus an longer piece about the evolving role of CISOs over the past decades.

MSSPs to the rescue

A series of special issues are being planned for throughout 2023 looking specifically at the managed security service provider (MSSP) industry that is enjoying rapid growth in spite of the slowdown in hiring worldwide. That will be complemented by ongoing coverage in the magazine and on Crucial Tech.

The first coverage of this is a new format for us as well - a video podcast about the need for modernization of Security Operations Centers (SOC).

Is blockchain secure?

In our last newsletter we mentioned coverage of blockchain and cryptocurrency is creating new questions, the above is one of them. Over the summer and well into October there seemed to be almost weekly news stories about cryptocurrency theft, which hasn’t helped the price of popular cryptocurrencies. We will be looking at ongoing work in the sector and whether it is, in fact, secure.

The business of quantum computing and cryptography

We also ramped up our coverage of quantum computing but we are just getting started. One area we are interested in is the business model. The Alphabet spinoff, SandboxAQ, is buying a lot of QC companies but not announcing a lot of products. That seems - interesting… and apparently also a trend  in private equity. Interestingly enough, Google’s acquistion of Mandiant creates several questions, as well.

And that’s it for this issue of the Cyber Protection Magazine newsletter. If you have a comment, question or pitch on any of the above subjects, drop us a line on the website, or a one-minute audio comment on the Crucial Tech podcast. We will get back to you.