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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Exercise Caution with Emails The first two items on this list could be lumped together with a single warning: Don’t click. Watch File Extensions: Exercise caution with file extensions; avoid files with suspicious extensions like.exe or.bat, especially from unfamiliar sources.

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How to Keep Your Information Safe for Data Privacy Day 2020

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

An extension of the celebration for Data Protection Day in Europe, Data Privacy Day functions as the signature event of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ongoing education and awareness efforts surrounding online privacy. Encryption. An organization’s digital security strategy would not be complete without encryption.

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GUEST ESSAY: Leveraging best practices and an open standard to protect corporate data

The Last Watchdog

Once you know where the data is, how it got there, and its worth (and risk) to your organization, take the time to create a catalog so that your investment in these exercises can immediately generate value for those who need the data to do their job. Educate employees. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

IT Governance

35 TB of data exfiltrated from Henry Schein, plus ALPHV/BlackCat re-encrypted the newly restored files As we first reported last month , the US healthcare solutions provider Henry Schein announced on 15 October that it had suffered a cyber attack that caused disruption to its manufacturing and distribution businesses.

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White House Urgent Warning: Act Now to Protect Against Potential Russian Cyberattacks

Data Matters

Run drills and exercises and review emergency plans so that you are able to respond quickly and minimize impacts. Encrypt data. Educate the workforce on common attack mechanisms over email and websites. Verify cybersecurity professionals have patched and protected against known vulnerabilities.

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Intro to phishing: simulating attacks to build resiliency

Security Affairs

This article will provide some insights into current phishing methods cyber-criminals leverage to exploit human behavior, performance metrics useful for measuring organizational resiliency to phishing, and examples of free tools that can be leveraged to conduct internal simulated phishing exercises.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The value of cyber hygiene in protecting your business from potential ransomware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

If everyone does their part – implementing stronger security practices, raising community awareness, educating people, following good cyber hygiene – our interconnected world will be a safer and more resilient place for everyone. Attackers are also targeting critical sectors like education and healthcare.