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1 Becoming a Superhero in the Security World

Amy Art 0618 by Amy Weiss, The Imaging Channel

Superheroes are hot right now, and for good reason — they go around saving not just the world, but the galaxy. It’s impressive, and at some point we’ve all imagined being in their shoes (boots?). And while arc reactors, infinity stones and radioactive spiders are a bit hard to come by, there are other ways to be a superhero — just ask anyone who’s brought a company back from a ransomware attack. Hackers are much more common threats than extraterrestrial supervillains, and stories of cyberattacks, ransomware and hacking continue to make the news.

2 Protect Your Data, Protect Your Brand

HP Inc by Christoph Schell, HP Inc.

Over the past year, we’ve witnessed an increased public awareness and engagement around personal data security. The 2017 hack of Equifax compromised the data and financial information of a breathtaking 148 million people. In the wake of Facebook’s data misuse scandal, a study showed nearly one in 10 users deleted their Facebook accounts.

3 The Security Threats That Lurk in Your Office — And What to Do About Them

Xerox0618 by Zia Masoom, Xerox

It is a trade-off: You cannot get the vast promise of the internet’s “get-information-anytime-anywhere” model without letting the security vulnerability genie out of the bottle. As Gary Starkweather, the inventor of the laser printer, put it, “We started working on these technologies with the purpose of sharing information, not to keep people from obtaining it. How we put security back into the system without destroying the nature of its advantages is a big challenge.”

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