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Cybersecurity firms need millennials 鈥� here鈥檚 how they can change to attract top talentProfessionals under 30 today will make up three quarters of the cybersecurity workforce by 2025聽
What are the world鈥檚 information security professionals thinking about?Understanding the global information security workforce is a necessary first step to growing and building the field.
Hackers for good: A bug bounty hunter's path to AmericaSo-called 'bug bounty' programs, which pay ethical hackers anywhere in the world for reporting security flaws, are the ticket for one Indian security researcher to study in the US.
Privacy by design: How fashion combats surveillanceDesigners, artists, and students around the world are creating accessories and clothing meant to hide wearers' identities from mass surveillance.
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Opinion: Why Washington needs more hackersThe federal government is finally beginning to embrace hackers, but it should do more put their talents to work fixing the nation's cybersecurity. Their help is sorely needed.
Video: How to create a secure password, as told by a 12-year-oldA young New Yorker started her own business to sell secure passwords.聽
Can cybersecurity boot camps fill the workforce gap?A startup in Denver and an initiative in Chicago are using聽cybersecurity boot camps聽to quickly prepare workers to fend off digital attacks.聽
How should 1 billion users respond to epic Yahoo hack?The scope of the breach is a harsh reminder how everyone on the聽web needs to be vigilant about protecting their data in an era of widespread criminal and government hacking.
When mom becomes Big BrotherWhat are the tools and tricks of internet tracking in the home, and why building a domestic surveillance state is worth it for one family.
The legal exemption making life easier for ethical hackersAn exemption to the聽Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows hackers to conduct good will research into medical devices, automobiles, and other internet-connected devices without threat of lawsuits from manufacturers.聽
Video: A bitcoin allowance teaches spending and securityKryptina is one of the world's youngest users of the digital currency bitcoin. Her dad gives her a bitcoin allowance as a lesson in online security and money management.
How Social Security numbers became skeleton keys for fraudstersThe Social Security number is overused and abused by聽hospitals, banks, and even retailers,聽putting millions of Americans at risk of identity theft. But experts say it doesn't have to be this way.
Opinion: The election's hard cybersecurity lessonWhile politicians, pollsters, and the public will look for lessons in this historic presidential election, one of the biggest takeaways is everyone聽needs to do a better job when it comes to protecting their data.
Video: More kids are becoming 'white hat' hackersOne striking theme from Passcode's profile of 15 hackers under 15 years old: The kids all had a strong sense of ethics 鈥� and a desire to create a safer digital future for their peers 鈥� rather than create chaos online for pranks.聽
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