Rick Howard articles

Disrupting the SOC: Empowering your analysts to reduce burnout 

According to Richard Pethia from Carnegie Mellon University, DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) established the first Security Operations Center (SOC), the CERT/CC (Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center) in 1988 in the aftermath of the infamous Morris Worm propagation.

Closing the Cybersecurity Talent Gap: Key approaches to address security skilling challenges 

The world’s shortage of qualified cybersecurity workers has been steadily growing since 2013 and is expected to reach 3.5 million in 2021i. With the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape, the need for security experts is far outstripping supply.