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MY TAKE: Poorly protected local government networks cast shadow on midterm elections

The Last Watchdog

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, security for elections is in the hands of local election administrators, overseen by the state’s chief election official, but protection has been lacking. As Ananth explained, the city did two things right: they had cyber insurance and they didn’t pay the ransom.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics. Other methods.

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Will Lawyers Ever Embrace Technology?: eDiscovery Best Practices, Part Four

eDiscovery Daily

Craig Ball once made a great point in responding to a post of mine about educating lawyers when he said “ We not only need to persuade lawyers to take the plunge, we need to insure there’s a pool for them to jump into. What are Some Good Resources to Help Lawyers Improve their Technology Expertise?

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Our Data Governance Is Broken. Let’s Reinvent It.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The Industry Standard focused on the business of the Internet, as did my conference Web 2. Big data, data breaches, data mining, data science…Today, we’re all about the data. So what insures engagement and attention? For whatever reason, I did this by founding or co-founding companies. First, Data.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024

IT Governance

Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Professional services USA Yes 11,556 Poder Judicial de Santa Cruz Source (New) Legal Argentina Yes 8,732 J.D.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I would never want to live in any of our properties we bought as investments.

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Project Svalbard, Have I Been Pwned and its Ongoing Independence

Troy Hunt

One day I'd really like to turn this whole experience into a conference talk because it's a fascinating story, but for now I want to try and give a sense of just how intense the last 11 months has been, starting with the heading above. The point is the net was cast very wide. Then I got to Vegas. Collectively, we agreed to put pens down.

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