Security articles

Interview with Nakia Matthews, SolCyber’s Director of Global Security Operations Nakia Matthews is SolCyber’s Manager of Global Security Operations, who transitioned from a career in media, marketing, and communications to security engineering. We spoke to Nakia to get an understanding of how someone can make a mid-career shift into cybersecurity, the lessons she’s learned, and the advice she’d give to anyone looking to enter the cybersecurity industry. Can you walk us through your career — what were you doing before […]

Nothing is more enjoyable than standing on the side of a helicopter while flying fast and aggressively. To this day, the work I accomplished during my time in the Marines is some of the most rewarding in my career. It takes discipline and calculated risk to jump into a helicopter whirling around thousands of parts made by the lowest bidder. You stay focused, understand the risk and, if possible, enjoy the heck out of the ride. Moving into the cybersecurity […]

Read the ForgePoint Capital story explaining their journey from bringing SolCyber from incubation to a $20 million Series A round. https://medium.com/forgepoint/solcyber-building-the-modern-mssp-from-incubation-to-investment-88f5bcb703fc

Why you need the minimum effective dose of security When it comes to cybersecurity, companies large and small are up against the same adversaries. While the most advanced hackers would once target only large companies, hackers have started to use the same advanced techniques as part of larger campaigns. In many cases, attacks on SMBs are just as profitable, so that’s what they do. This, naturally, becomes problematic because small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) don’t have the same cybersecurity budgets […]

Why SMBs need to think like a major corporation when it comes to cybersecurity Cybercrime is the fastest growing criminal activity in the U.S. and it’s predicted to cause damages totaling $6 trillion USD globally in 2021. This growing trend was only exacerbated by the 2020 pandemic where more people were working remotely and taking advantage of cloud-based systems, and hackers were more active than ever before. Criminals are on the attack—and they’re running the jungle As IT architectures become […]