IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. Now in its nineteenth year, the campaign provides tools and resources to help people learn more about the cyber security industry and the ways they can get involved.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Organisations are being warned about data breaches in the media, regulators are demanding improved information security and the public is getting more vocal when organisations make mistakes. You may well think that staying secure and pacifying all these groups is an expensive and seemingly impossible task. Use secure networks.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2020

Unfortunately, part of that message is misleading and may help perpetuate a popular misunderstanding about Web site security and trust that phishers have been exploiting for years now. For example, the official U.S. The text I have a beef with is the bit on the right, beneath the “This site is secure” statement.

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The Texas Record

JUNE 12, 2023

Authority: This part includes the laws and rules – local, state, or federal – as well as any rules that pertain to records management, security, and use of email. For example, this would include for local governments Local Government Code Chapter 201 , and for state agencies Government Code Chapter 441.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. Acting on a tip from Milwaukee, Wis.-based ” It remains unclear whether the stolen RDP credentials were a factor in this incident.

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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. Find out more. Insider threats.

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Threatpost

JUNE 18, 2020

Darren James, product specialist with Specops Software, warned that password resets, for example, are a particularly vexing issue for sysadmins, as they can often lockout end-users from their accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Container security is the combination of cybersecurity tools, strategies, and best practices that are used to protect container ecosystems and the applications and other components they house. Examples of container networking and virtualization tools include VMWare NSX and HAProxy.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Wyden’s letter cited a “tip” as the source of the information about the surveillance. His staff did not elaborate on the tip, but a source familiar with the matter confirmed that both foreign and U.S.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Graham Day, author of October’s book of the month, Security in the Digital World , says, “Attackers are slowly discovering all the ways that devices can be used to attack others. This essential guide is for anyone and everyone trying to stay safe and secure in a changing digital world. Protect yourself from cyber crime.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Following the previous example, such a link might look something like this: zoom.us/j/5551112222/pwd=jdjsklskldklsdksdklsdkll j/5551112222/pwd=jdjsklskldklsdksdklsdkll Using your PMI to set up new meetings is convenient, but of course convenience often comes at the expense of security.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

As a data-driven, security-focused company, we’ve rounded up our top tips inspired by World Password Day to help you improve your password game. But, unfortunately, we live in a world of constant hacking attempts and security breaches. The list below includes four easy and practical tips for creating better password policies.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2022

A recent experience highlighted that security awareness training and most alerts to users about unsafe practices may be making the error of being too general. An alert came in one morning about a security alert generated by my device. Some in IT are ill-suited to helping users understand security-specific information.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s the case with Active Directory legacy protocols, so to help you secure your Active Directory environment, we’ve created a script to help you ensure that legacy protocols are disabled. Your primary goal in securing Active Directory infrastructure is to reduce the attack surface. has surpassed TLS 1.1 protocol.

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IG Guru

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

by Rebecca Herold Balancing the Good with the Bad Each month, I try to point out security and privacy “wins” alongside the “fails.” ” After all, if you look hard enough, you can find great examples of people, organizations and businesses going above and beyond to secure and protect sensitive data.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 8, 2017

10 tips to stay safe. The Barclays DigiSafe Christmas Survey also highlighted that 42% of those questioned are not confident about their online security. This must-have guide features simple explanations, examples and advice to help you be security-aware online in the digital age.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 21, 2023

For example, the Beijing CAC seems to be fine with the group filing approach. For example, some CACs (e.g. When reviewing the CAC security assessment applications, the CAC seems to be fine with this approach. The PIIA template published by the CAC requires almost the same set of details as in a CAC security assessment (i.e.

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OneHub

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For example, the federal government requires companies to keep payroll records for at least three years. 4 tips for managing your digital business records. Records that are stored in the cloud have the added benefit of customizable security options. Ensure business records are stored and shared securely.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 18, 2022

Many security professionals think that if they have done the hard work of securing their organization, that should be enough. Even though drafting IT security policies can be a pain, formal policies provide a valuable resource to protect both the IT team and their organization. Written security policies.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 17, 2022

But that spending surge has brought with it a corresponding rise in payment security challenges. White said Visa has invested $9 billion over the past five years on fraud prevention, with half a billion of that focused on AI and data infrastructure to secure the petabytes of data Visa handles, an investment that turned out to be well timed.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

The ethical hackers at WizCase recently disclosed another stunning example of sensitive consumer data left out in the open in the public cloud — for one and all to access. This latest high-profile example of security sloppiness was uncovered by a team of white hat hackers led by Ata Hakçil. based PeopleGIS.

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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. Implementing cyber security awareness training.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

According to Scylla, the SMS Bandits made a number of operational security (or “opsec”) mistakes that made it relatively easy to find out who they were in real life, but the technical side SMS Bandits’ operation was rather advanced. “But on the telecom front they were using fairly sophisticated tactics.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

For example, KrebsOnSecurity got taken for hundreds of dollars just last year after trying to buy a pricey Sonos speaker from an established Amazon merchant who was selling it new and unboxed at huge discount. In my experience, such sites are just as likely to be compromised as e-commerce sites without these dubious security seals.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

com is currently selling security cameras made by the Chinese manufacturer Hikvision , via an Internet address based in Hong Kong. For example, this account at Medium has authored more than a dozen blog posts in the past year singing the praises of Tornote as a secure, self-destructing messaging service. com , meternask[.]com

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Best Practices for a Modern Cloud Security Architecture. Partnering with Thales, Red Hat takes the latest in open source innovation and crafts that into secure, enterprise-ready solutions. I was invited to the 2021 Thales Cloud Security Summit to discuss modern cloud security architecture with Alex Hanway.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Cybersecurity can be difficult to implement, and to make matters worse, the security professionals needed to do it right are in short supply. Managed IT security service providers (MSSPs) make life easier for organizations by providing outsourced expertise and tools at a fraction of the cost, time, and trouble of doing it yourself.

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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. Trick or treat. Hack-o-lantern.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Public cloud security refers to protections put in place to secure data and resources in cloud environments shared by multiple users or organizations. Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right.

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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. And those are all the problems that quantum can solve.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On February 22, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a blog post that provides tips on how consumers can use Virtual Private Network (“VPN”) apps to protect their information while in transit over public networks. The post points out, however, some privacy and data security concerns associated with using VPN apps.

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AIIM

AUGUST 12, 2021

Think back to that example we covered at the start of this post, where we're about to click the submit button to give someone else access to our information. Let's take a look at an example to help make the distinction clearer. In this example, Digital Ethics can come into play for your customers outside of EU countries.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2022

UK NCSC has published new guidance for organizations to secure their communications with customers via SMS or phone calls. UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has published new guidance for organizations for combatting telephone and SMS fraud. Additional tips are included in the guidance. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

APRIL 8, 2020

We also have a selection of free tools to help you address some of the challenges you’ll face, and summarise the latest coronavirus-related security threats. The creation of a new network allows the separation of corporate and personal devices, increasing the security posture,” he writes. “The Cyber attacks. Phishing attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

While this individual statistic is astounding, it is only the tip of the iceberg. Bad bots are so prevalent in the gaming industry because users use them to cheat – for example, performing high-speed interactions that would be impossible for human players. of traffic generated by bad bots.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Cloud security is an essential part of today’s cyber security landscape. To mitigate these risks, the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) created the Cloud Security Principles , which outline 14 guidelines for protecting information stored online.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 29, 2020

Facebook today announced new features for Messenger that will alert you when messages appear to come from financial scammers or potential child abusers, displaying warnings in the Messenger app that provide tips and suggest you block the offenders.

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