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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

The National Cyber Security Alliance is a non-profit group, underwritten by the top tech companies and biggest banks, that has been out there since 2001 promoting best practices and supplying programs to engrain this mindset in our society. They built a very robust group of committed cybersecurity professionals in their own businesses.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

I was recently privileged to be part of a group of journalists covering the 2018 North American International Cyber Summit at Detroit’s Cobo Convention Center. Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. Cobo Center. Merit has a fascinating heritage. But the program has steadily morphed.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared. The attacks were traced to the Russian-based criminal hacking group Killnet and its affiliate Legion. Source: Security Affairs.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On August 13, 2018, a coalition of consumer advocacy groups responded by arguing “the sky is not falling, as industry suggests” and claimed the business community’s proposed changes would “fundamentally water down” the CCPA’s privacy protections. .); Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders.

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

IT Governance

This was confirmed about a fortnight later, in early November, when the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group took responsibility for the attack , claiming to have encrypted Henry Schein’s files and exfiltrated 35 TB of data. Source (New) Education USA Yes 1,493 Kimber Mfg., Data breached: over 300 million records.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On August 13, 2018, a coalition of consumer advocacy groups responded by arguing “the sky is not falling, as industry suggests” and claimed the business community’s proposed changes would “fundamentally water down” the CCPA’s privacy protections. .); Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders.

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

The Last Watchdog

But as cyber-crime groups and adversarial nations invest money, time and effort in cracking these defenses, traditional protections are no longer adequate. Educate employees. Until now, organizations have relied on firewalls, intrusion detection and similar techniques to protect their data. Such a layered approach is still wise.