Claire O'Malley
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Rotten Phish Spoils Employee Experience
When our colleagues Claire O’Malley and Brian Kime wrote their “Point/Counterpoint: The Ethics Of COVID-19 Phishing” blog in March, it turns out they were inadvertently predicting an event that took place this week: An employee took to social media to speak out about a highly insensitive phishing simulation. Tribune Publishing Company, publisher of newspapers like […]
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COVID-19 Campaigns Highlight The Need For Phishing Protection
Cybercriminals are using the pandemic to dramatically increase phishing attacks, effectively targeting work-from-home employees. Find out how you can minimize the threat.
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Point/Counterpoint: The Ethics Of COVID-19 Phishing
Security awareness testing for employees should be realistic. Yet those overseeing phishing drills should be careful when using coronavirus-related messaging.
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Employee Safety Is For Sale
New risks emerge around user location data that may have you rethinking your cybersecurity plan.
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Welcome Rain Capital
Rain Capital is shaking up the investment side of cybersecurity. Apart from only 11% of cybersecurity professionals being women, venture capital (VC) firms also suffer from a gender disparity with limited diversity. According to TechCrunch, only 8% of partners from the top 100 venture firms were women in 2017, and eight of these top 100 […]
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Why Is One Woman Not Good Enough?
This weekend, The New York Times released a story detailing a sexist, toxic culture that’s been tormenting Nike employees for years. The story shares instances of sexist comments, work trips to strip clubs, sexually graphic conversations, and unwanted advances that’ve forced many women to quit over the years. But did they go to HR? Yes. […]
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Let’s Address Cybersecurity’s Gender Disparity
The most infuriating advice I’ve received about succeeding in cybersecurity is to, “Have a thick skin,” usually followed by, “Don’t take him seriously, he doesn’t even realize what he’s saying.” These are not words of wisdom—they’re a defense of predatory behavior that belittles the issues women face every day and normalizes sexual harassment. For my […]