James Shepperd

Education? MA: Anthropology

Position and history at ESET? Joined in 2016 as a Digital PR Manager for B2B.

What malware do you hate the most? Well, I hate Phishing, a precursor to malware… basically a method of delivery.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Mind your own business. Don’t be quick to click… the internet is not that deep!

Favorite activities? Deconstructing Wikipedia entries to catapult me down a content wormhole.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it?
Hmmm… 1983/4, our family got an Apple IIe with the game Frogger and a spreadsheet application. I got my first personal PC in Jr. high school, a Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 laptop, along with a trusty cheat sheet with the most common commands.

Favorite computer game/activity? Come on! Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 and Flight Simulator 2024.

Latest Articles

Featured

Building Digital Trust is a cornerstone at ESET and a lynchpin for humanity’s benefiting from Artificial Intelligence

Endpoint Security and XDR

What does ESET’s recognition as a Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Protection Platforms by the 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ mean for end users?

Threat landscape

Cybersecurity for renewable energy: Best practices to protect critical infrastructure

Endpoint Security and XDR

Bypass the participant hype, and the MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluations Enterprise 2025 will tell you what effective security should look like in 2026

22 articles by James Shepperd

Featured

Building Digital Trust is a cornerstone at ESET and a lynchpin for humanity’s benefiting from Artificial Intelligence

Featured

Building Digital Trust is a cornerstone at ESET and a lynchpin for humanity’s benefiting from Artificial Intelligence

Good cyber security is a foundational pillar of the new AI era, and to ensure it, we must have digital trust.

James Shepperd and Ben Tudor • 13 Feb 2026 • 5 min. read

Endpoint Security and XDR

What does ESET’s recognition as a Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Protection Platforms by the 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ mean for end users?

Endpoint Security and XDR

What does ESET’s recognition as a Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Protection Platforms by the 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ mean for end users?

Learn what this recognition means for organizations seeking reliable, scalable endpoint protection.

Márk Szabó and James Shepperd • 06 Feb 2026 • 4 min. read

Threat landscape

Cybersecurity for renewable energy: Best practices to protect critical infrastructure

Threat landscape

Cybersecurity for renewable energy: Best practices to protect critical infrastructure

Developments around renewable energy are moving fast. How can the sector ensure that cybersecurity keeps up in face of destructive attacks?

Márk Szabó and James Shepperd • 27 Jan 2026 • 8 min. read

Endpoint Security and XDR

Bypass the participant hype, and the MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluations Enterprise 2025 will tell you what effective security should look like in 2026

Endpoint Security and XDR

Bypass the participant hype, and the MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluations Enterprise 2025 will tell you what effective security should look like in 2026

NOTE: The views and opinions expressed in this blogpost are those of ESET and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the MITRE Corporation.

Márk Szabó, James Shepperd, Ben Tudor • 10 Dec 2025 • 8 min. read

Endpoint Security and XDR

AV-Comparatives certifies ESET PROTECT Enterprise and its utility in meeting cyber resilience in both performance and cost

Endpoint Security and XDR

AV-Comparatives certifies ESET PROTECT Enterprise and its utility in meeting cyber resilience in both performance and cost

AV-Comparatives Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Comparative Report 2025 shows that the ESET PROTECT platform delivers on prevention and response.

James Shepperd • 19 Nov 2025 • 5 min. read

Threat landscape

How to protect valuable aviation and aerospace IP and R&D

Threat landscape

How to protect valuable aviation and aerospace IP and R&D

You can’t soar when your secrets are leaking below.

Márk Szabó and James Shepperd • 31 Oct 2025 • 8 min. read

Prevention and Awareness

Prevention-first security begins with data-enhanced insight: Meet ESET Threat Intelligence

Prevention and Awareness

Prevention-first security begins with data-enhanced insight: Meet ESET Threat Intelligence

Supporting threat hunters and incident response teams with hands-on data is crucial, as it not only safeguards organizations but provides the basis for a proactive prevention-first security strategy.

Márk Szabó, James Shepperd, André Lameiras • 17 Sep 2025 • 6 min. read

Family Safety Online

Which online myths are your kids falling for? Learn how to recognize them

Family Safety Online

Which online myths are your kids falling for? Learn how to recognize them

Today, with the rise of social media algorithms, viral challenges, and AI-generated content, it has become increasingly difficult to tell what’s real and what’s not.

James Shepperd • 01 Jul 2025 • 7 min. read

Privacy and Identity Protection

Incognito Mode: What it does, what it doesn’t do, and why it matters

Privacy and Identity Protection

Incognito Mode: What it does, what it doesn’t do, and why it matters

Incognito mode is a useful tool but does not equal complete anonymity.

James Shepperd • 19 Jun 2025 • 6 min. read