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Don’t just check a box - done right, security awareness training can turn your users into your greatest asset.

F5 Lab's Ray Pompon writes for Help Net Security, discussing how many of our security "solutions" actually just create more work and shift the burden for actually addressing the problem farther down the line.

Using existing protocols and tools to begin building a robust phishing and fraud mitigation strategy.

Using existing protocols and tools to begin building a robust phishing and fraud mitigation strategy.

Learn from CISOs who describe how they would “do it over” again in some of their early security program deployments.

Learn from CISOs who describe how they would “do it over” again in some of their early security program deployments.

Patching is a tedious and relentless task, but like brushing your teeth to prevent cavities, it keeps holes from forming in your infrastructure.

Patching is a tedious and relentless task, but like brushing your teeth to prevent cavities, it keeps holes from forming in your infrastructure.

Large, high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust in data processors. We must adapt our practices in turn.

Large, high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust in data processors. We must adapt our practices in turn.

F5 Labs' Preston Hogue writes for SecurityWeek, tracing the full extent of your digital footprint in the era of big data breaches.

F5 Labs' David Warburton writes for Venafi, explaining one of the key strategies for improving the use of OCSP for certificate revocation.

We surveyed infosec professionals from organizations with at least 5,000 employees to investigate the qualitative differences in running a security program at scale. We also distill 5 principles you can use to have a better chance at success.

We surveyed infosec professionals from organizations with at least 5,000 employees to investigate the qualitative differences in running a security program at scale. We also distill 5 principles you can use to have a better chance at success.

F5 Labs' David Warburton writes for Venafi, discussing the different methods for checking a certificate's status, and their relative benefits.

Expect a breach If you have basic, vendor default SSH credentials active on any system.

Expect a breach If you have basic, vendor default SSH credentials active on any system.

Threat actors wasted no time jumping on this new exploit to launch new campaigns for reconnaissance, uploading back doors, and deploying variants of the Mirai botnet.

Threat actors wasted no time jumping on this new exploit to launch new campaigns for reconnaissance, uploading back doors, and deploying variants of the Mirai botnet.

First detected in May 2018, DanaBot is a fraud trojan that has since shifted its targets from banks in Australia to banks in Europe, as well as global email providers such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo for the holiday phishing season.