CILIP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

For example, a clothing brand might select a business objective such as to develop unique and appealing designs. In the examples above, the clothing brand will use traditional and computer-aided design prototyping and marketing research. What objectives deliver maximum value to shareholders?

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IT Governance

JUNE 6, 2019

In this blog, we use real-life examples to demonstrate five clues to help you spot phishing scams. For example, emails from Google will read ‘@google.com’. Your inbox displays a name, like ‘IT Governance’, and the subject line. Take this example of a scam mimicking PayPal: Image: WeLiveSecurity. Not even Google.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2020

Organisations often fall into the trap of lumping cyber security together with their other IT functions. Although they are obviously connected – anti-malware, firewalls and a host of other technologies are a core part of cyber security – there is a lot more to it. What they need is a wider understanding of cyber security.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 1, 2021

Early in 2020, cyberspace attackers apparently working for the Russian government compromised a piece of widely used network management software made by a company called SolarWinds. It was a huge attack, with major implications for US national security. SolarWinds certainly seems to have underspent on security. Who is at fault?

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IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

For all the talk of criminal hacking, ransomware infections and the technologies to prevent them, the key to protecting your organisation is cyber security awareness training. The importance of cyber security staff awareness. Cyber security awareness best practices. Consider how your employees work.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

But as is often the case with technological solutions, the benefits of convenience comes with security risks. In this blog, we look at the top five Cloud security challenges that organisations face, and provide tips on how to overcome them. Data breaches.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

erwin released its State of Data Governance Report in February 2018, just a few months before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. Download Free GDPR Guide | Step By Step Guide to Data Governance for GDPR?. Data governance maturity includes the ability to rely on automated and repeatable processes.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This Sunday is both Halloween and the end of National Cyber Security Awareness Month – and what better way to mark the occasion than with some cyber security horror stories? But when it comes to cyber security, you can never be as sure that the person behind the mask is as benign. Stay safe with IT Governance.

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IT Governance

MAY 18, 2020

Almost half of organisations have suffered a cyber security incident as a result of the sudden shift to remote working, a new study has found. Most people agree that the lockdown is necessary to limit the spread of COVID-19, but it has also introduced security risks that have caught organisations off guard.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing office workers around the world to work from home, organisations have faced a cyber security challenge like no other. Cyber security jobs provide a stable career. Not only is cyber security more important to business than ever but there is also a huge demand for qualified staff.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security. BK: Right, the Trusted Foundry program I guess is a good example.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A UK government report published last year found that 48% of organisations lacked the expertise to complete routine cyber security practices. The report also found that 30% of organisations had skills gaps in more advanced areas, such as penetration testing, forensic analysis and security architecture.

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2022

Research presented at the USENIX SOUPS security conference in 2020 supports the theory, although it was slightly more optimistic. It found that employees will recall cyber security staff awareness guidance for four months before their knowledge begins to fade. Ideally, examples should be used to make the lessons clearer.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Image: Abnormal Security. Image: Abnormal Security. For example, the Lockbit 2.0 – Government entities. “I beg you as a promising young man.”

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Making compliance easy with our Cloud-based solution CyberComply is a Cloud-based, end-to-end solution that simplifies compliance with a range of cyber security and data privacy standards and laws, including ISO 27001 , the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), and more. Another obvious example is AI.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2020

ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. According to Bank Security , all the Pulse Secure VPN servers included in the list were vulnerable to the CVE-2019-11510 flaw.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2022

Fundamentally, cybersecurity professionals identify weaknesses and design systems and processes to protect any organization — government agencies, private companies — from cyberattacks. One example is a training program led by a veteran who once trained military members to prepare for combat. And it works.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

How attackers try to remain undetected and/or mask their actions Vanessa Horton holds a degree in computer forensics, as well as a number of cyber security and forensics qualifications. Vanessa is now part of GRCI Law’s cyber incident response team, helping clients with their cyber security requirements. Vanessa kindly agreed.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Organisations are always looking for ways to improve their cyber security defences, but they often overlook the value of enrolling their employees on cyber security training courses. If you want to keep your organisation secure, you need your employees to know what they’re doing. Meet compliance requirements.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Organisations are always looking for ways to improve their cyber security defences, but they often overlook the value of enrolling their employees on cyber security training courses. If you want to keep your organisation secure, you need your employees to know what they’re doing. Meet compliance requirements.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

Key Developments in IoT Security. The rush to market for consumers to enjoy the modern conveniences offered by these devices shocked the security community. Security experts were concerned that these devices were built with no security in mind. Has the security of these devices gotten better, or remained the same?

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Bill has recently been returned to Parliament for House of Commons consideration and the UK government has introduced a significant number of new clauses, on which the Commissioner has been consulted. The Bill is currently at the Committee Stage of the House of Lords and further progress is expected during the course of 2024.

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Collibra

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Data governance is the practice of managing and organizing data and processes to enable collaboration and compliant access to data. Data governance allows users to create value from data assets even under constraints for security and privacy. Modern data governance is freedom. Data governance in detail. No, no, no.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. Simply losing access to an asset, for example, can be just as problematic.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 9, 2019

First Cyber Defence & Information Assurance courses to receive CILIP accreditation. Independent assessor, Ann Hindson, praised the interesting mixture of delivery methods, teaching materials and assignments which allow students to understand theories and then apply them to real world examples in a very fast changing subject area.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, it might not be time to panic, but it certainly is time to recognize that the threats and the benefits of quantum computing are here now, and security professionals need to ensure that they and the organization they work for are fully prepared. Are we closer to Q-Day than we estimate?

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

There has never been a better time to get into cyber security. If you’re thinking about starting a career in cyber security, here are five things you should do. As with most industries, you’re much more likely to get ahead in cyber security if you have experience. Cyber security isn’t something you can pick up quickly.

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IT Governance

JULY 23, 2019

Achieving effective cyber security doesn’t have to be a long and expensive process. Training courses show staff how security threats affect them and help them apply best-practice advice to real-world situations. Take phishing , for example. There are many simple controls you can implement to boost your defences.

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IT Governance

APRIL 15, 2020

The video conferencing platform Zoom has been heavily criticised in recent weeks , amid a series of allegations related to its inadequate cyber security and privacy measures. It’s worth emphasising, then, that for all of Zoom’s security faults, the blame for this incident lies with users rather than the platform. Cyber attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This scenario seems smart, but is it secure? There’s just one problem…these massive, radical, interconnected technology systems also raise serious privacy and security concerns. The cost of a security failure. The potential security failure of a smart city initiative could have grave consequences.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expert insight from Leon Teale into the implications of this historic data breach The security researcher Bob Diachenko and investigators from Cybernews have discovered an open instance with more than 26 billion data records, mostly compiled from previous breaches – although it likely also includes new data.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Our lives are now driven in large part by data, code, and processing, and by the governance of algorithms. I’ve always marveled at libertarians who think the best regulatory framework for government is none at all. Do they think that means there’s no governance ? We call these systems government. Whose will?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

UK organisations are overlooking the importance of cyber security staff awareness training, instead investing in expensive and unnecessary technologies, a VMware and Forbes Insight study has found. So, why are businesses trapped in this cycle of investing in cyber security solutions they don’t need? Same solutions, same results.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft’s exam description notes that the qualification demonstrates candidates’ “fundamental knowledge of cloud concepts, as well as Azure services, workloads, security, privacy, pricing, and support”. The Azure Administrator certification, for example, must be renewed each year. So what do you need to pass the Azure AZ-900 exam?

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IT Governance

JANUARY 11, 2019

It’s widely accepted that people are the weakest part of any organisation’s security defences. That’s why information security policies are arguably the most important part of an organisation’s defence. What do information security policies do? Find out more >> The post What is an information security policy?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the United States.” and Saudi Arabia have been steadily escalating for at least the past decade, with notable spikes in activity throughout the course of 2019. .”

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