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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

I paged through weekly reports, presentation slides from status meetings, and general briefings to educate visitors. Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. Probably not.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Tales From A Ransomware Negotiator

ForAllSecure

” Over the next few weeks, chats from encrypted Telegram, and other communications were leaked. And so, a lot of times once the encryption occurs, that's really the final stage. They found what they believed to be sensitive data and then they perform the encryption. In a moment, we’ll find out. What's the first step?

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Encrypting critical data assets. The NACD Handbook, in this respect, suggests steps such as nominating a cyber-expert to the board itself, creating a cross-departmental cyber committee that reports directly to the board, or implementing formal director-education training. Encrypting Critical Data Assets.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Additionally, I am kind of pulled into the marketing department, a little bit to give presentations and write blog posts and kind of be out in the spotlight educating the community, and that's fun, but not nowhere near as much fun as doing the real work, kind of on the keyboard. But first, how does he describe CTFs?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Additionally, I am kind of pulled into the marketing department, a little bit to give presentations and write blog posts and kind of be out in the spotlight educating the community, and that's fun, but not nowhere near as much fun as doing the real work, kind of on the keyboard. But first, how does he describe CTFs?

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

Ransomware operators buy access and then encrypt devices on the network. Military operations conducted by various intelligence services are becoming increasingly common. In 2020, access to state agency networks (10.5%), educational institutions (10.5%), and IT companies (9%) was high in demand.