Cisco launches $10 million global Cybersecurity Scholarship Program, improves certifications

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cisco is tackling the cybersecurity skills shortage head on by offering a $10 million Global Cybersecurity Scholarship Program and improvements to its security certification portfolio. Cisco says that despite the ever-growing need for cybersecurity protection, there will be a shortage of…

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Stratfor unveils new website, improves security following breach

Intelligence firm CEO apologizes for failing to properly secure customer credit card data and email addresses. Firm now outsources processes to third-party payment processor. <img alt="Stratfor unveils new website, improves security following breach, Blog, Security, website., Improves, unveils, breach, Following, Stratfor"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on…

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Chrome Improves Anti-Malware Blocking Score by 340%

Google’s Chrome blocked four times more malicious sites and malware than a year ago, but Firefox 4 was much less effective at warning users of danger than Mozilla’s browser last year, according to a report released Monday. Both were thrashed by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), however, which easily retained…

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