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What is Smishing? Definition, Examples and Prevention

IT Governance

Text messages often give users the option to unsubscribe to communications by responding ‘STOP’. You can help educate your employees and bolster your organisation’s defences with our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. Definition, Examples and Prevention appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Do not respond.

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Security Training: Moving on from Nick Burns Through Better Communication

eSecurity Planet

Twenty years ago, Saturday Night Live nailed a tendency in IT to be overly absorbed in tech-speak and to do a poor job of educating users. Here, we are more than two decades later, and it appears IT still can’t get its act together by offering sensible user direction directed toward a definite target that is comprehensible and actionable.

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6,009,014 MovieBoxPro Accounts Breached in Another Data Scraping Incident

IT Governance

It emerged this week, according to the New York City Department of Education, that data from a further 381,000 students was also compromised in this incident. None definitely haven’t had data breached. Data breached: 1,201,000 people’s data. 253 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached. Young, Inc.

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Supporting the Future of Scholarly Communication

CILIP

Supporting the Future of Scholarly Communication. Research support is definitely one of the developments in the second category and an area that I have been heavily involved in over the last few years, initially by training library staff and now by supporting researchers in the physical sciences. ve seen many trends come and go.

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Managing AI risks and legal implications, effective cybersecurity, ensuring privacy and the integrity of organizational records

Data Protection Report

Handol Kim provided a technical definition of AI and addresses the hype surrounding AI. For cybersecurity risk prevention, the panel discussed the importance of board members being sufficiently educated to make informed decisions on any associated risk.

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A component in Huawei network appliances could be used to take down Germany’s telecoms networks

Security Affairs

Federal Communications Commission has cut off government funding for equipment from the Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE due to security concerns. The FCC’s move definitively banned U.S. The EU’s executive Commission did not explicitly mention companies, but a clear reference is to the Chinese firm Huawei. In November 2019, the U.S.

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GUEST ESSAY: Sure steps to achieve a robust employee cybersecurity awareness training regimen

The Last Watchdog

In addition, educating employees about cybersecurity issues can help to reinforce the security-minded culture of the organization and change employee behaviour. One of the best ways to increase employee security awareness is to provide frequent training and communication about the risks of phishing and other cyberattacks.