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The average cost of a data breach rose to nearly $7 million in the United States in 2016. Thus it comes as no surprise that companies are pushing to hire more ethical hackers capable of keeping their ...

Securing your computer and network is a lot more complex than setting a trusty password (that isn’t your pet’s name!). There is an entire IT field devoted to testing the security of a system or ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

With the average cost of a data breach sitting at $7 million, many companies are eager to hire professionals capable of keeping their networks safe. Typically known as ethical, or "white hat," hackers ...