Chad Kime, Lead Writer

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eSecurity Planet lead writer Chad Kime covers a variety of security, compliance, and risk topics. Before joining the site, Chad studied electrical engineering at UCLA, earned an MBA from USC, managed 200+ ediscovery cases, and helped market a number of IT and cybersecurity products, then transitioned into technical writing policies and penetration test reports for MSPs and MSSPs.

Expertise

Identity management
Network security
Compliance
Products
Risk

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Southern California (USC)
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
CompTIA Network+ Certification

Best DevOps, Website, & Application Vulnerability Scanning Tools

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March 9, 2023

Compare the best commercial and open source web and app vulnerability scanners for website and application DevOps.
Best Small and Medium-sized Business (SMB) Vulnerability Scanning Tools

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March 9, 2023

Compare the best IT infrastructure and application vulnerability scanners for resource-constrained SMBs.
5 Best Integrated Vulnerability Scanners for Enterprises

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March 9, 2023

Compare the enterprise-ready vulnerability scanners for broad IT needs: networks, cloud, containers, and apps.
4 Best Vulnerability Scanners for MSPs & MSSPs

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March 9, 2023

Compare vulnerability scanners tailored for the special needs of MSPs, MSSPs, and their customers.
3 Best Cloud, Container, & Data Lake Vulnerability Scanning Tools

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March 9, 2023

Compare specialty vulnerability scanning tools for modern cloud, container, and data lake infrastructure.
Patch Management Best Practices & Steps

Networks

February 24, 2023

Everyone needs effective patch management. This critical but tedious process secures organizations of all sizes by eliminating vulnerabilities and delivering product upgrades. Patching requires urgency. Attackers begin to reverse engineer…
How to Decrypt Ransomware Files – And What to Do When That Fails

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December 19, 2022

For any organization struck by ransomware, business leaders always ask “how do we decrypt the data ASAP, so we can get back in business?” The good news is that ransomware…
Ransomware Protection: How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks

Threats

December 19, 2022

The best way to prevent ransomware is also the best way to prevent any malware infection – to implement security best practices. Of course, if best practices were easy, no…
Complete Guide to the Types of DDoS Attacks

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December 19, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occur when attackers use a large number of devices to attempt to overwhelm a resource and deny access to that resource for legitimate use. Most commonly,…
Vulnerability Patching: How to Prioritize and Apply Patches

Threats

November 18, 2022

Every IT environment and cybersecurity strategy has vulnerabilities. To avoid damage or loss, organizations need to find and eliminate those vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. Some of those vulnerabilities…