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Ransomware realities in 2023: one employee mistake can cost a company millions

Security Affairs

Studies show that human error is the root cause of more than 80% of all cyber breaches, whether malicious or unintended. With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority.

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What is a phishing simulation?

IBM Big Data Hub

A phishing simulation is a cybersecurity exercise that tests an organization’s ability to recognize and respond to a phishing attack. Simulations provide information security teams need to educate employees to better recognize and avoid real-life phishing attacks.

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How to create a cyber incident response plan when you have a hybrid workforce

IT Governance

Educate employees on their responsibilities. So how should organisations approach employee education? As such, “conducting tabletop and disaster recovery exercises with everyone remote may be an adaptation, but it isn’t an insurmountable one”. Despite the risk, many organisations have resorted to elevating privileges.

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Jen Easterly Takes Charge of CISA At Black Hack USA 2021

ForAllSecure

As part of that program, Easterly harkened back to her studies at West Point and said she was interested in modeling CISA around Eisenhower’s strategy. exercise these whole nation attack plans to prepare. Support joint exercises to improve cyber defense operations. Specifically: share insights of threat.

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Biden AI Order Enables Agencies to Address Key Risks

Hunton Privacy

Developers must also share the results of “red-team” exercises with the government. The Administration will also support the expansion of AI-enabled tools in education. It will also expand grants and technical assistance for AI innovation, and it will encourage AI experts from abroad to work and study in the United States.

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US: Virginia passes comprehensive consumer data protection law

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

A study committee will review the VCDPA this summer and may prepare clarifications for the legislature to consider next year. The VCDPA takes effect January 1, 2023 and is a broad, multi-rights privacy law that, in some ways, resembles the CCPA, GDPR, and other recently proposed state privacy legislation. VCDPA applicability. Key provisions.

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Ways to Develop a Cybersecurity Training Program for Employees

Security Affairs

While you may disagree, data breach studies show that employees and negligence are the most typical causes of security breaches, yet these prevalent issues are least discussed. According to another study by CybSafe, human errors have been responsible for over 90% of data breaches in 2020. Incentivize the Security Training.