A Leftover from Our Mar. 30 Cybersecurity Deep-Dive
The following didn’t quite fit with our Mar. 30 cybersecurity deep-dive but we still wanted to share it: This hunger for context is why we
The following didn’t quite fit with our Mar. 30 cybersecurity deep-dive but we still wanted to share it: This hunger for context is why we
What’s trending in cybersecurity? It’s a good time to know, with the 32nd annual RSA Conference just around the corner. According to newly revamped TechNews, in terms of volume, whats’s trending is the same old damn thing: cyberattacks described in multiple, similar terms.
CMP Media launched Dark Reading 16 years ago this month. Kelly Jackson Higgins worked there back then — and every day since. Today Kelly is editor-in-chief, having succeeded Tim Wilson, who passed away last fall.
Authentication is a discipline that, editorially, straddles security and SaaS. A subscriber asked us for a target list and we came up with ten. No SSO in Forbes, that we could find. Plenty of paid, nothing organic.
VentureBeat staff writer Kyle Alspach wrote 15 articles last week. Yes, fifteen, and they averaged a bit more than 900 words each. So if you’ve have a hard time reaching Kyle with your cybersecurity pitch, that could be why.
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It’s tough to recover when a key employee jumps ship, but that’s exactly what Decipher EIC Dennis Fisher managed to do, last month hiring Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch from rival Threatpost. Just like that, Decipher again is well-positioned to provide its context and analysis on cyberthreats and the efforts to thwart them.
SWMS contributor Leah McLean writes: Just as reporters need a reason why they should write the story being pitched, buyers of security solutions want useful detail on why they should buy. Being in close contact with these buyers as I am, let me share a real-world scenario.
[SWMS contributor Leah McLean writes:] My career has been in tech from the start and for the last six years in the cybersecurity industry. The last two years I’ve been keenly determined to get to know the CISO – what makes them tick, keeps them up at night, how they think, their views towards the many technology vendors and solutions…
Cybersecurity journalist Adam Janofsky has a new gig, as editorial director of The Record, launched this week by security vendor Recorded Future. The Record will operate with full editorial autonomy, Adam told us. Kaspersky Labs’ ThreatPost, Duo Security’s Decipher and Avast’s The Parallax have done so, too.
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… and it has no problem disclosing how. Reporters still run the joint, but they are getting AI assistance.
The Atlantic’s Karen Hao, in conjunction with the Pulitzer Center, is designing a course in AI for journalists. Classes begin next month. Details here. Might be something to alert your friendlies about. Karen hopes to help train 1,000 journalists in AI over the next two years.
Joshua Topolsky‘s edit project for Robinhood is optimized for mobile but you can peruse it here. The design seems crazy. Context from Axios’s Sara Fischer here.
‘The Prompt” is not out yet, but you can sign up for it here.
That’s the strategy as expressed to NYT’s Katie Robertson by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei. First up: Eleanor Hawkins, Sara Fischer and Dan Primack.
Forbes’s reputation is taking a hit because of the ad scandal unearthed this month by the WSJ. Some advertisers have stopped spending with Forbes, at least temporarily. Here’s the latest from Digiday [subscription required].