Security Staff Acquisition & Development, Leadership

From Army to industry: A CISO comparison

SC StaffOctober 26, 2020

Alicia Lynch, vice president and chief information security officer at defense contractor SAIC, spent nearly three decades in the Department of Defense before transitioning to industry. As part of SC Media's Women in IT Security program, she spoke to SC Media Editor in Chief Jill Aitoro about how public and private sector compare.

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Distributed Workforce

Persistent gender gap in cyber compensation shrinking

SC StaffApril 12, 2024

CyberScoop reports that average cybersecurity job salaries for women in non-managerial, mid-advanced roles and managerial positions were only 5% and 9% lower than their male equivalents, respectively, which are lower than the up to 20% compensation gap observed in previous years.

Vulnerability Management

Crowdfense expands exploit acquisition program

SC StaffApril 9, 2024

Security Affairs reports that zero-day vulnerability research hub and acquisition platform Crowdfense has increased its exploit acquisition program to provide up to $30 million in total rewards, while expanding its scope to cover security issues impacting enterprise software, messengers, and Wi-Fi/baseband.

Critical Infrastructure Security

New York unveils state cybersecurity grant plan

SC StaffFebruary 26, 2024

Initial plans for New York's State Cybersecurity Grant program have been revealed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, reports StateScoop.

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From Army to industry: A CISO comparison

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