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2020 Census Outreach Runs Counter to Cybersecurity Best Practices

Adam Levin

To accomplish this Sisyphean assignment the Census Bureau is sending emails —email that will join the steady stream of phishing scams and spam already at our inboxes and discarded several times a day. Given the Trump administration’s immigration policy, undocumented immigrants are probably wary of government communications of any kind.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024

IT Governance

Enforcement Uber fined €10 million for GDPR breaches The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, has fined Uber €10 million for failing to be transparent about its data retention practices and making it difficult for drivers to exercise their data privacy rights.

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Treating cybersecurity like workplace safety

CGI

When I worked with a major global chemical manufacturer, every meeting began with a PowerPoint presentation on safety, highlighting the importance of the topic. Cybersecurity is critical to digital transformation, but, more importantly, it must be part of a culture change throughout a government organization. Add new comment.

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Treating cybersecurity like workplace safety

CGI

When I worked with a major global chemical manufacturer, every meeting began with a PowerPoint presentation on safety, highlighting the importance of the topic. Cybersecurity is critical to digital transformation, but, more importantly, it must be part of a culture change throughout a government organization. Add new comment.

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Treating cybersecurity like workplace safety

CGI

When I worked with a major global chemical manufacturer, every meeting began with a PowerPoint presentation on safety, highlighting the importance of the topic. Cybersecurity is critical to digital transformation, but, more importantly, it must be part of a culture change throughout a government organization. Add new comment.

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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. All signs pointed to a senior employee being tricked by a spear phishing or whaling scam.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. You're really looking at a government agency from some some country who's politically motivated and who can afford to put the money and the time into building a threat like this and who has the insider information from a uranium enrichment facility that would facilitate building a threat?