The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

It is no secret that there is, and has been for some time, a shortage of trained cyber security professionals in corporate IT Security teams. According to the 2019/2020 Official Annual Cyber Security Jobs Report sponsored by the Herjavec Group, the number of open cyber security positions has grown 350 percent from 2013 to 2021.

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Dark Reading

JULY 12, 2022

If you're not teaching all of your employees proper security hygiene, you are leaving the door open to risk. Close that door by providing accessible training.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2023

Related: Up-skilling workers to boost security Related Although you were born with an agile and analytical mind, you have very limited financial resources and few, if any, connections that can open doors to your future ambitions. has experience running training organizations directed at young people AND a lot of experience running startups.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Open source security has been a big focus of this week’s Black Hat conference, but no open source security initiative is bolder than the one proffered by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). Open Source Software is at the Heart of Everything. “We all use the software,” he said.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

ZINC, a sub-group of the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, has implanted malicious payloads in open-source software to infiltrate corporate networks, Microsoft’s threat hunting team has reported. See the Best Open Source Security Tools. Targets were encouraged to apply for open positions in legitimate companies.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2021

Microsoft released as open-source the ‘CyberBattleSim Python-based toolkit which is an Enterprise Environment Simulator. Microsoft has recently announced the open-source availability of the Python-based enterprise environment simulator. It allows training the agents through a Python-based OpenAI Gym interface.

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Adam Shostack

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

If you add this feed there’s a training discount on my next open training course, kicking off October 11. Out there beyond the wall, breaking bottles in the hall, you haven’t removed this feed from your RSS reader!

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2022

At the end of April, ForAllSecure hosted a day-long hackathon at Arizona State University where 181 students participated in the day-long in person training program. Demand for this in-person training was so high that a second, online training was scheduled soon after. Interested? You can get started here.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Apache Kafka and Apache Flink working together Anyone who is familiar with the stream processing ecosystem is familiar with Apache Kafka: the de-facto enterprise standard for open-source event streaming. With the combination of Apache Flink and Apache Kafka, the open-source event streaming possibilities become exponential.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 5, 2022

[EYE OPENER] A Lack of Employee Cyber Hygiene is the Next Big Threat. EYE OPENER] A Lack of Employee Cyber Hygiene is the Next Big Threat. A new report suggests that everything from endpoints, to passwords, to training, to security policies, to a lack of awareness is all contributing to much higher risk of cyberattack.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2022

Linux has an extensive range of open-source distributions that pentesters, ethical hackers and network defenders can use in their work, whether for pentesting , digital forensics or other cybersecurity uses. SamuraiWTF aims to be “a complete Linux desktop for use in application security training.”. SamuraiWTF is maintained by OWASP.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2022

Some of the students left after the three hours of training. For the next three hours they integrated Mayhem Free into various open source software GitHub repositories. The purpose is to help ForAllSecure secure open source software. The first session was a training session. After three hours, the training was done.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2020

Adobe has released an open-source tool, dubbed Stringlifier, that allows users to identify randomly generated strings in any plain text, it can be used to sanitize logs. Adobe has released an open-source tool, dubbed Stringlifier, which was designed to identify randomly generated strings in any plain text. ” concludes Adobe.

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Gimmal

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The laws are known by many names, including: Freedom of Information Open Records Right-to-Know Sunshine. The first law for open records was the Freedom of the Press Act established in Sweeden in 1766. Many other countries have their versions of open records laws, as do all 50 states. What are Open Records Laws?

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Adam Shostack

MARCH 17, 2020

These links should open the courses (and as I understand it, start the clock). One thing I can do is give people a chance to learn, and so I’m making my Linkedin Learning classes free this week. (I’m I’m told that each class is free for the day, so you’ll need to watch each within a day of starting the course.).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 uses fake NATO training documents as bait in attacks aimed at government bodies. The malicious code was distributed using fake NATO training materials as bait and had a very low detection rate of 3/61 on VirusTotal. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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AIIM

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The demo sparked great conversations about what various organizations are doing with pre-trained Large Language Model tools like those provided by Open AI and Microsoft.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) can provide cybercriminals everything they need to know to perfectly target your users by gathering data on everything from password clues to tech stack details, banking/credit card accounts, social media details and more.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2022

Today there are more than 500,000 open cybersecurity roles in the U.S., Meanwhile, 200,000 well-trained and technically skilled military service members are discharged each year. Training and certification must become more accessible and hiring criteria must change to encourage veterans to apply for these roles. And it works.

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The Texas Record

OCTOBER 16, 2020

CDT) – Registration not open. CDT) – Registration not open. Visit our training page for registration instructions each month. For more information about these classes, visit our training page here , send an email to rm_trng @ tsl.texas.gov, or contact your analyst. CDT) – Register here! Hour Webinar.

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Rocket Software

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This technology was IBM’s first foray into “opening” the mainframe up to a new community of developers—over 25 years ago! Since then, IBM has supported emerging communities, contributed to the development of open source licenses, and advocated for open governance and open standards. Do you remember OpenEdition MVS ?

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 6, 2024

These skills are essential to the future of the platform, whether we are training new talent, deepening the skills of our existing community or introducing new technology and capabilities to the platform. Members include representatives from IBM clients, IBM partners, academia, user groups, nonprofits and open communities.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO. "A We must ask: 'Is the email expected?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Experts are warning of a new phishing campaign aimed at Office 365 users that are returning to the workplace with Coronavirus training resources. In other regions where the pandemic is under control, while people are returning to the workplace, threat actors are targeting them with messages providing employee coronavirus training resources.

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The Texas Record

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

(Central) – Registration not open. Visit our training page for registration instructions each month. For more information about these classes, visit our training page here , send an email to rm_trng @ tsl.texas.gov, or contact your analyst. State Agencies: Records Management Basics Tuesday, November 10, 2020 – 10:00 a.m.-11:30

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 3, 2020

A key phase in the AI lifecycle is model selection, training, and deployment. Many data scientists and developers today want to make use of the latest open source innovations during these steps. Businesses need to respond to a volatile climate and be able to scale cost-efficiently by automating AI lifecycle management.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

IBM has released open-source toolkits implementing fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) that allow researchers to process data while it’s still encrypted. IBM has released open-source toolkits implementing fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), which allows researchers to process encrypted data without having access to the actual data.

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The Texas Record

JULY 15, 2019

We are hosting local government classes on September 11-12, 2019. Each class is $20. Class size is limited to 24 people so register today! Classes are being held at our main location, Lorenzo de Zavala Archives and Library building, 1201 Brazos St., Austin, TX 78701. Course descriptions. Introduction to Records Management – Full Day Workshop.

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IT Governance

APRIL 4, 2024

In this interview Topics covered by CISM Who CISM is aimed at Career opportunities Alternatives to CISM The benefits of IT Governance’s CISM training course What ground does CISM cover? It’s not just technical training – it’s management training. What other information security training should IT professionals look into?

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The Texas Record

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This could be you. We are excited to announce that we will be hosting local government classes on: March 18 – 19, 2020 May 6 – 7, 2020. Each class is $20 per person, per day. Class size is limited to 24 people so register today ! Classes are being held at the Lorenzo de Zavala Archives and Library building, 1201 Brazos St.,

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Dark Reading

MAY 4, 2023

Google's new program aims to offer accessible training to fill 750K open cybersecurity jobs with diverse array of talent.

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CILIP

JULY 30, 2020

Role of Library and Knowledge Specialists in Moving Education and Training Online. Statement: With the move to greater use of online training and education, we wish to raise awareness of the roles that library and knowledge specialists can play in improving the quality of online education and training resources.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 22, 2023

This is the site: [link] You can imagine the pandora's box this opens up. Financial institutions and their service providers can use the service to provide innovative instant payment services to customers, and recipients will have full access to funds immediately, allowing for greater financial flexibility when making time-sensitive payments."

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 27, 2023

Prioritizing security means desirable cultural norms like openness, trust building, creativity, efficiency, and risk-taking might suffer. Ongoing training ensures employees can confidently perform the safety roles assigned to them. Time and money for training is another tangible example of a company’s seriousness.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Related: The case for augmented reality training Because of this, cybersecurity investments and regulatory oversight are increasing at an astounding rate , especially for those in the financial services industry, bringing an overwhelming feeling to chief compliance officers without dedicated security teams. Open are slim to none.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 9, 2023

Data must be laboriously collected, curated, and labeled with task-specific annotations to train AI models. The emergence of transformers and self-supervised learning methods has allowed us to tap into vast quantities of unlabeled data, paving the way for large pre-trained models, sometimes called “ foundation models.”

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Data Breach Today

MAY 1, 2020

Survey Sizes Up Increased Risks, New Duties for Security Staff The shift to working at home is opening the door to cybersecurity incidents. Some 23% of respondents to a small survey conducted by the training organization (ISC)2 say their organization has experienced an increase in cybersecurity incidents since transitioning to remote work.

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