Senior Reporter, threat intelligence and innovation, SC Media
Derek is a senior reporter covering cybersecurity tech innovation and threat intelligence. He spent three years covering the federal government, data breaches, intelligence agencies, APTs and election security for Federal Computer Week. Prior to that, he worked as an independent freelance technology journalist and a tech contracting analyst for Deltek.
Derek has a bachelor's degree in print journalism from Hofstra University and a master's degree in public policy from George Mason University.
Google and its subsidiary Chronicle are rolling out new automated threat detection capabilities for its Google Cloud platform to help companies scale up security monitoring for their legacy systems. The product – called Chronicle Detect – has been in the works for some time and Google unveiled some details around certain components earlier this year…
Ransomware, insecure internet-facing systems and attacks against cloud-based services are among the top threats facing industry this year, according to new and recent threat intelligence reporting. The Q2 threat report released today by Rapid7 and detailing the latest tools and tactics used in cyber campaigns targeting the private sector, pegged the manufacturing sector as the…
Organizations should prioritize patching over detection when it comes to a recently disclosed privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows server operating system.