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Attention U.S. Veterans: The CIP Exam Has Been Approved for Reimbursement Under the GI Bill

AIIM

I am very pleased to announce that the Certified Information Professional (CIP) exam has been approved for reimbursement under the Veterans Education Benefit program for Licensing and Certification reimbursements administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - aka the GI Bill. This is something that is intensely personal to me.

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

The Last Watchdog

I was recently privileged to be part of a group of journalists covering the 2018 North American International Cyber Summit at Detroit’s Cobo Convention Center. Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. military unit, MEDC and TARDEC this summer hosted the second annual Commercial CyberTruck Challenge.

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Guy Fawkes Day – LulzSec Italy hit numerous organizations in Italy

Security Affairs

Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018 – LulzSec Italy announced credit a string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy. In celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018, LulzSec Italy announced credit for a massive string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy.

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Symantec uncovered the link between China-Linked Thrip and Billbug groups

Security Affairs

Experts at Symantec first exposed the activity of the Chinese-linked APT Thrip in 2018, now the security firm confirms that cyber espionage group has continued to carry out attacks in South East Asia. The China-linked APT group Thrip is continuing to target entities in Southeast Asia even after its activity was uncovered by Symantec.

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Analyzing attacks conducted by North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO APT group

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning of the North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO group that is targeting government and military personnel, think tanks, policy makers, academics, and researchers in South Korea, the US and elsewhere.

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Have We Become Apathetic About Breaches?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

One such example is the recent disclosure that military personnel wearing Strava devices are revealing highly sensitive information about their locations and activities. The average person on the street however, does not realize that this data is curated somewhere and is virtual gold to criminals – or in certain cases, even terrorists.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

IT Governance

But, by contrast, only 36,673,575 records were confirmed to have been leaked, which is the fewest we’ve recorded since May 2018. There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks.