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TPG to Buy Forcepoint's Government Security Unit for $2.45B

Data Breach Today

Francisco Partners plans to split Forcepoint's government and commercial security practices, selling the former to TPG for $2.45 The deal represents an impressive return on investment for Francisco Partners, which bought all of Forcepoint from Raytheon in January 2021 for just $1.1

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Governance Challenges 2021–2022: Digital Transformation Oversight

Data Matters

Boards play a key role in ensuring that companies are positioned to comply with various jurisdictional requirements, that they understand and mitigate related risks, and that they are well-prepared to play a key role in response to security breaches and incidents. Indeed, enforcement actions issued by the U.S. View article.

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Finnish police linked APT31 to the 2021 parliament attack

Security Affairs

The Finnish Police attributed the attack against the parliament that occurred in March 2021 to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish Police attributed the March 2021 attack on the parliament to the China-linked group APT31. According to the police, the offences were committed between autumn 2020 and early 2021.

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CISA's Flagship Cyber Collaborative Faces Growing Criticism

Data Breach Today

US Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Suffering From 'Growing Pains,' Experts Say The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a public-private sector collaborative in 2021 to help unify cyber defenses between government and industry, but experts testified Tuesday that the program is suffering from "growing pains" that are hindering (..)

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CISA published 2021 Top 15 most exploited software vulnerabilities

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a list of 2021’s top 15 most exploited software vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published the list of 2021’s top 15 most exploited software vulnerabilities. ” reads the advisory published by CISA.

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Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023

Security Affairs

In 2023, the researchers attributed a combined total of 48 out of 58 zero-day vulnerabilities to commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) and government espionage actors, while 10 zero-day flaws were attributed to financially motivated actors. The researchers also tracked at least four ransomware groups exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities.

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2021 cyber security review of the year

IT Governance

For many, 2021 was a year to forget. The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. 2021 got off to an inauspicious start when cyber security researchers reported a huge leak of Brazilian residents’ data.

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