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What is a vCISO? Understanding the role of virtual CISO

What is a vCISO, what they do, and why the virtual CISO model is growing fast among companies and cybersecurity consultants.

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12.6.2025

What is a modular cyber security framework and why they are essential for consultants

Modular cyber security frameworks make compliance management easier, and helps consultants scale faster, win more deals, and build recurring revenue.

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12.6.2025

Cyberday app outage on Tuesday 10/6/2025: Explanation and follow-up

This message goes through the details of the recent incident that produced downtime in Cyberday during 10.6.2025, and related early mitigation.

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11.6.2025

Kicking Off a Summer of Innovation at Cyberday

This summer, Cyberday is proud to launch an ambitious and inspiring project centered on deep regulatory research and international collaboration. We’ve welcomed 12 talented information security students, who will work together to simplify compliance.

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10.6.2025

What is CRA? Introduction to Cyber Resilience Act requirements

What is CRA (Cyber Resilience Act)? Learn CRA requirements, who it applies to, and how to prepare for CRA compliance with this complete, practical guide.

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2.6.2025

NIS2 delays, healthcare breaches & improved Trust Center: Cyberday product and news summary 5/2025 🛡️

This is the May news and product review from Cyberday and also a summary of the latest admin webinar. Read about NIS2 delays, recent cyberattacks as well as recent and future development on Cyberday.

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30.5.2025

End of hourly billing: why value-based pricing works for compliance consultants

Hourly billing is fading fast in compliance consulting. Learn why value-based pricing better aligns incentives, boosts earnings, and how compliance consultants can transition effectively.

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26.5.2025

What is an ISMS? A guide to information security management systems

Learn what ISMS is, why it matters, and how to implement an ISMS step-by-step. See how ISO 27001 and NIS2 fit into your information security management system.

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14.5.2025

Five Questions to Ask Your SOCaaS Provider

A large organization can build an own SOC, i.e. 24/7 security operations center, or get it from a partner. This article has some relevant questions to ask, so you can understand in more detail what you're actually acquiring. #cybersecurity

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30.4.2021

Only 8% of businesses that paid a ransom got all of their data back

#Ransomware is brutal. Survey findings from Sophos: 📈 avg cost of recovery +143% (0.76M$ (2020) -> 1.85M$ (2021)) 💰 avg ransom paid 170k$ 🦹 8% of got all their data back after paying a ransom #cybersecurity

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29.4.2021

Cybercriminals Widely Abusing Excel 4.0 Macro to Distribute Malware

Cyber criminals taking advantage of an age-old feature. Excel 4.0 macros (XLM) were published in v4.0 back in 1992. These are hard to detect for security solutions. Use is e.g. download and execute ZLoader or Quakbot malware. #cybersecurity

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29.4.2021

Five steps to get employees invested in security awareness training

Staff engagement in #cybersecurity training: ✅ Examples - What can happen, if an employee doesn't follow guidelines ✅ Focus on the biggest risks for your organisation or each unit ✅ Clarity - Keep materials short and unambiguous

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23.4.2021

Mount Locker Ransomware Aggressively Changes Up Tactics

"Product dev" at #ransomware gangs: ⚠️ double-extortion - from data stealing to leaking ⚠️ apps (e.g. AdFind) for AD user query ⚠️ pen-testing tools for lateral movement on networks ⚠️ scripts to disable detection tools #cybersecurity

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23.4.2021

WhatsApp Pink is malware spreading through group chats

☠️ Unusual baiting technique: WhatsApp users sent links masked as an official update, that claim turning the app's theme to pink. If installed, the malicious WhatsApp pink app takes full control of the targeted device. #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021

COVID-19-themed cyberattack detections continue to surge

Observations from McAfee report (Q4/2020): 📈 114% increase in COVID-19-themed attacks 📈 69% increase in #ransomware attacks 📈 100% increase in cyber incidents targeting the technology sector #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021

Fake Microsoft Store, Spotify Sites Being Used to Spread Infostealing Malware

Malicious advertising campaign ongoing. When ad is clicked, user is taken to fake MS Store / Spotify page that auto-downloads advertised app. .zip will actually contain #malware to steal card info and passwords from browsers. #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021

Most users don’t know the capabilities and risks of QR codes

As QR codes rise in popularity, they'll get more leveraged in cyber crime. Some challenges: ⚠️ 37% knew QR code can download an app ⚠️ 22% knew QR code can share location ⚠️ Identifying a malicious QR code harder than URL #cybersecurity

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21.4.2021