School crime and violence in the US have become a major concern for students, parents, and teachers. From bullying and fights to weapons, sexual violence, and online harassment, many students now face risks both on campus and in the digital spaces they use every day. The disruption caused by

Human trafficking is a global crisis that affects millions of people, tears families apart, and leaves survivors with lasting trauma. Over 49 million people, including 12 million children, are trapped in modern slavery. Of these people, 28 million are in forced labor. Globally, human trafficking

Rassoul Ghaznavi-zadeh, author of "kali linux – Hacking tools introduction", has been an IT security consultant since 1999. He started as a network and security engineer, gathering knowledge on enterprise businesses, security governance, and standards and frameworks such as ISO, COBIT, HIPPA, SOC

WebARX is a cybersecurity company founded in 2016. Years ago we were running a digital agency focused on security-oriented web development. At some point, we realized that offering security only to our own customers isn’t really solving the worldwide problem. We decided to build a tool that other

Please provide some background about your VPNLux. What's inspired you to establish a VPN service initially? Actually the VPN service was established as a side project. Our clients repeatedly asked for secure and trusted VPN tunneling that would be maintained by us as they place their trust in us.

I founded SySS in 1998, so at the moment we are 20 years old. We specialize in penetration testing, meaning, we simulate cyber-attacks against our clients' IT systems, active directories, windows clients, IP ranges and web applications. We also provide pen-testing for cars, industrial systems, IoT

“Although GDPR is much better than previous legislation, particularly with regard to enforcement, there's still some lack of clarity on issues like online tracking. Hopefully this will be dealt with over time. Obviously, it’s not ideal that companies are still stalking users as they surf the

The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology and its Computer Society is the largest society within the IEEE. The fields of interest of its members cover all major areas of computing and information technology, including computer hardware,

Despite advances in data security, many of the world’s largest companies still fall prey to data breaches. Troy Hunt, the founder of Have I Been Pwned, tells us how these breaches occur, how stolen data is used, its impact on corporations and individuals, and most importantly – gives us the tools

What made you write Hacked Again? As a small business owner and security expert, I was naive in thinking I was immune to a cyber hack. After all, I regularly presented at security events, wrote on the subject frequently and taught others how to steer clear from online attacks. After my business

The security products offered by GamaSec are so good, they convinced a leading insurance company to offer an insurance policy against data breaches along with GamaSec products. This is something of which Avi Bartov, co-founder and CEO of GamaSec is particularly proud. He is also proud to be

Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Below is the preface and first chapter of Parker's book, which he has kindly agreed to share with vpnMentor readers. The full edition of the book is available for purchase via Amazon. Preface Let’s take a little quiz. If I asked you right now to rate your personal

Most efforts at security today focus on keeping out the “bad guys” and building strong walls to prevent attackers from getting within reach of sensitive corporate assets. However, what happens if attackers do manage to break through the various barriers? What if the attackers are already

Lior Samuelson has been around technology and businesses for many years, but he is particularly passionate about making the Internet a safer place for users – especially those who seek better security and those on the move with their mobile devices.  Lior is the CEO and Chairman of Cyren, a leading

What was your background prior to founding Cylus? I served in the elite technological unit of the IDF for 22 years. My most recent role there was Director of the Cyber R&D Division, where I led a team of cybersecurity experts and software engineers. During my military service, I gained

  Please Describe the Background Behind CyGov CyGov was founded 2 years ago. The initial pain point we identified in the market was that many cyber solutions are very tactical and focused on specific problems such as phishing, malware, firewall intrusion and so on. While these solutions are

With data security regulations becoming increasingly critical – especially with the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – organizations and companies need solutions that can ensure compliance across their systems in order to function optimally.  Kishor Vaswani, CEO of ControlCase,

My interview with Pravin Kothari, the founder and CEO of CipherCloud, covers a wide range of topics related to security software. Of course, Pravin describes the problem space and benefits of the CipherCloud Information Protection platform – a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), which manages and

Please provide some background on BolehVPN: What's inspired you to start a VPN service initially? In 2007, the Chinese government started filtering traffic; that was the first intentional slowdown on p2p, followed by censorship on moral grounds, and nowadays even on political grounds. At that time

It is no secret that the use of open source software components is growing at a very rapid pace. This is true for both young startup companies as well as established enterprise developers. The developers that incorporate these open source components need to somehow stay on top of the many licensing

Everyone is talking about it, but does anyone actually understand how Bitcoin works? Two years ago, Dominic Frisby knew Bitcoin was going to be big, so set out to ensure the general public had a way to understand it. In his book, Bitcoin: The Future of Money? Frisby tells the story of how