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President Biden Signs Two Bills Aimed at Enhancing Government Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

The Cybersecurity Act amends certain provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed into law, the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021 (S. 2520) (the “Cybersecurity Act”) and the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act (S.

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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. and mobile carriers: Educate employees and conduct training sessions on SIM swapping.

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Spanish police dismantled SIM swapping gang who stole money from victims’ bank accounts

Security Affairs

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Do not store passwords, usernames, or other information for easy login on mobile device applications.

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First Cyber Defence & Information Assurance courses to receive CILIP accreditation

CILIP

Its strategic partnership with the Ministry of Defence dates back to 1984 when Cranfield was awarded a contract to provide education for the Royal Military College of Science. Since the establishment of the UK?s

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ELAR at SOAS to create new online archive to safeguard the world’s disappearing languages

Preservica

Founded in 2002 to preserve and make accessible endangered languages recordings as resources for linguists, social scientists and language communities, the Endangered Languages Archive documents and preserves humanities intangible cultural heritage encoded in endangered languages. SOAS is among the world’s elite university institutions.

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Prisoners' literacy and numeracy levels

CILIP

When I first got involved with prison education I was surprised and puzzled by the lack of hard information about prisoners? I eventually discovered that the basis of these figures was a House of Commons written answer drawn from a 2002 report from the Social Exclusion Unit which in turn quoted a survey done in prisons in 2001.

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Here’s a Story Where Picking the Right Font Was Never More Important: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Per Ars Technica , Cambria was designed no earlier than 2004, while Calibri was designed between 2002 and 2004; both only became widely available in 2007. Here’s the problem: the farm declaration, dated 2004, was written in Calibri, while the cottage declaration, dated 1995, was written in Cambria.