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FinancesOnline, one of the most respected and reliable analytical review platforms on today’s B2B market, wrote a very positive HackEDU Security Development Training overview. We are happy to...
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Don't Fall for the Hacker Genius: Secure Coding is About Diligence, Not Brilliance
Many believe only brilliant minds can write secure code, but secure coding is primarily about discipline and understanding vulnerabilities. The most significant data breaches in history stemmed from preventable coding errors rather than genius hacking.
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What You Need To Know About Secure Coding Training for PCI DSS v4.0 Requirements
The latest version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), version 4.0, was released in March 2022. Although the requirements won't take effect until 2025, it's crucial to start preparing now.
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Posts by Security Journey/HackEDU Team
Barriers to Start Cybersecurity
The cybersecurity industry is facing a shortage of professionals, in part because of a lack of high-quality and accessible training. Cybersecurity training has several issues that make accessibility...
How Can Compliance Lead to Better Security?
Although compliance gets companies to a minimum standard (whether it is PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITRUST, NIST 800-53, or ISO 27001), it does not necessarily guarantee security. Unfortunately, instead of...
Compare Codebashing vs. HackEDU
Customers often ask us, “What is the difference between Codebashing and HackEDU?”
Why an Offensive Approach to Security Training is Effective
There is a saying in security that defenders have to be right 100% of the time, but attackers only have to be right once. While this may be an oversimplification, it illustrates that defenders need to understand how attackers think so they can anticipate attacks—the best defenders are those who truly understand the offense.
How Much Should I Spend on Secure Coding Training?
Customers come to us at Security Journey and ask “How much should I spend on Secure Coding Training?” This is a very good question - we can certainly understand the need to know how much to spend for effective training.
When Should I Launch a Bug Bounty Program?
Bug bounty programs - where individuals can receive recognition and compensation for reporting security vulnerabilities - are useful for organizations, especially when developing an application security program.
Secure Development Training Offers Innovative Approach for Fixing Vulnerable Software
30% of data breaches in 2017 took advantage of software vulnerabilities and weaknesses, costing companies on average $3.6 million per security breach. Many companies address security issues by neglecting security training or by adopting defensive-only training approaches.
Introducing HackEDU!
The cost of security breaches are skyrocketing, bug bounty programs are getting expensive, cybersecurity professionals are difficult to find, and developers don’t want to take security training or...
How to hack your security culture
This post was written by Chris Romeo during his tenure at Security Journey.
Changing security culture appears straightforward at first glance: You tell people to do things differently than before,...
How do you start in cybersecurity?
Here are five things that have impacted me in my career, and helped me to grow both as a security person and a human being.