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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

military officials hired data analysts to crack the Japanese secret code known as JN-25. military and the analysts who worked to gather intelligence and relay these critical, decoded messages to prevent further attack. After the devastating blow of Pearl Harbor, U.S. This was considered a significant win for the U.S.

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A brief history of cryptography: Sending secret messages throughout time

IBM Big Data Hub

Most cryptosystems begin with an unencrypted message known as plaintext, which is then encrypted into an indecipherable code known as ciphertext using one or more encryption keys. 650 BC: Ancient Spartans used an early transposition cipher to scramble the order of the letters in their military communications.

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. With 3000 servers in 160 locations and 94 countries, ExpressVPN boasts its military-grade encryption and leak-proofing features, including a kill switch and unlimited bandwidth for clients.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Originally Featured in Global Military Communications Magazine’s June/July Issue. Endpoint and mobile solutions are seeing the biggest spending increase (even though they’re rated at the bottom in terms of effectiveness) and data-at-rest security is seeing the lowest spending increase (even though it’s cited as highly effective).

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GUEST ESSAY: Taking proactive steps to heal the planet — by reducing the impact of video streaming

The Last Watchdog

Related: Big data can foster improved healthcare Within that, video represents over 80 percent of the traffic that flows through this global network which is growing rapidly at about 25 percent per year. Most folks don’t realize that the Internet contributes more than 3.7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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The advantages and disadvantages of hybrid cloud

IBM Big Data Hub

Security The migration of resources and workloads across hybrid cloud architecture is orchestrated by containers or encrypted application programming interfaces (APIs) that transfer data between cloud computing services or cloud services and on-premises applications.

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The History of Malware: A Primer on the Evolution of Cyber Threats

IBM Big Data Hub

In the case of double-extortion ransomware attacks, malware is used to not only encrypt the victim’s data but also exfiltrate sensitive files, such as customer information, which attackers then threaten to release publicly.