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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. The early Cyber Range hubs were mainly used to help educate and certify military technicians and cybersecurity professionals at selected companies. Merit has a fascinating heritage. But the program has steadily morphed.

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FCC and FTC Enter Memorandum of Understanding to Coordinate Regulation of ISPs

Data Matters

In February 2015, the FCC adopted the “Open Internet Order,” which reclassified broadband internet service as a common carrier service regulated under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. However, the FTC statute expressly precludes it from exercising jurisdiction over common carriers like telephone companies. Background.

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Insider Trading Charges Brought Against CIO for Post-Breach Trading

Hunton Privacy

According to prosecutors, the CIO exercised options and sold his shares after he learned of a cybersecurity breach and before that breach was publicly announced. The search terms used by the CIO included: (1) “Experian breach”, (2) “Experian stock price 9/15/2015”, and (3) “Experian breach 2015.”.

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The Copyright Card Game

CILIP

Copyright the Card Game is an open educational game resource designed to train educators and information / e-learning professionals in HE and other educational institutions in UK copyright law. The resource reflects the important changes to educational copyright exceptions in 2014. Slides March 2015?) Instructions.

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RIM implications of teleworking

The Schedule

As early as 2015, the Alabama Department of Archives and History listed pandemic influenza training and exercises in its COOP template — I wonder if anyone had undertaken exercises before this current crisis that prepared your institution and employees?

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CIPL and Telefónica Call for Action on New Approaches to Data Transparency

Hunton Privacy

The roundtable and white paper build upon a number of current initiatives, including the work of the Data Transparency Lab; the 2015 EU-U.S. Government bodies, regulators and industry should be involved in educating the public regarding digital literacy. The importance of empowering individuals.

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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? Nearly everyone agrees that education is a vital aspect of helping prisoners rehabilitate, and yet we do not know how good or bad their basic literacy and numeracy skills are. s educational level.