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Cybersecurity workforce development: A Public/Private Partnership that enhances cybersecurity while giving hands-on SOC experience to students

Data Breach Today

TekStream's Johnson and Splunk's Prevost on Tapping Into Student Talent for the SOC The threat landscape has evolved for state and local government entities as well as higher education institutes.

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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap for the finance teams at small businesses to improve cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

If you’re a small business looking for the secret sauce to cybersecurity, the secret is out: start with a cybersecurity policy and make the commitment to security a business-wide priority. The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45 The average cost of a cybersecurity breach was $4.45

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News alert: NCA’s Data Privacy Week webinars highlight data protection for consumers, businesses

The Last Watchdog

22, 2024 – Today, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) , announced the program for its third annual Data Privacy Week campaign, which will take place from January 22nd to January 27th. This even includes information about a person’s physical well-being, like health data from apps. Protect Our Kids’ Privacy!

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Alert: Attackers Actively Exploiting WS_FTP Vulnerabilities

Data Breach Today

Cybersecurity Officials Recommend Immediate Patching to Fix Serious Flaws Large enterprises, including government and educational organizations, are being warned to immediately update their WS_FTP Server, built by Progress Software, to fix serious flaws being actively exploited by attackers.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Here’s the final installment of leading technologists sharing their observations about cybersecurity developments in the year that’s coming to a close — and the year to come. Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data.

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Black Hat Europe: Hackers Need to Educate Policymakers

Data Breach Today

Also, UK Cyber Official Urges Businesses to Build a Safety-Focused 'Reporting Culture' Government leaders are increasingly calling on cybersecurity researchers to better inform policymakers and are urging businesses to pay more attention to their in-house security teams, according to presenters at this week's Black Hat Europe virtual conference.

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News alert: Massachusetts pumps $1.1 million into state college cybersecurity training programs

The Last Watchdog

5, 2023 – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration kicked off Cybersecurity Month in Massachusetts with the announcement of $1,136,911 in funding to develop a new cybersecurity training center at MassBay Community College and support the existing center at Bridgewater State University. Worcester, Mass.,