Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2019

The international live-fire cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 2019 (LS19) took place on April 8-12 in Tallinn, Estonia, and the figures behind this important competition are important. “This year the exercise evolved around 4000 virtualised systems that had to take more than 2500 attacks. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 28, 2020

There may be no better way to ascertain your organization's strengths and weaknesses than by running regular security drills.

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Data Matters

MAY 5, 2020

First, as covered in an earlier posting , HHS took action to waive penalties and assure companies that it would exercise enforcement discretion with respect to the Privacy Rule’s application to telehealth services and certain limited communication activities related to COVID-19 treatment efforts.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 3, 2019

BoE publish high level findings of the financial sector (“sector”) cyber simulation exercise. Exercise overview. The exercise explored the sector’s resilience to a major cyber incident impacting the UK. The exercise demonstrated the sector’s ability to respond to a dynamic and challenging disruption simulation.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

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IT Governance

APRIL 27, 2018

This week, we discuss TSB’s chaotic system upgrade, a security flaw in electronic hotel locks and a major NATO cyber security exercise. Security researchers have discovered that millions of electronic door locks used in hotel rooms around the world are vulnerable to hacking. Here are this week’s stories.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

CISA released an alert today about several stealth malware samples that were found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a security alert related to the discovery of 13 malware samples on compromised Pulse Secure devices, many of which were undetected by antivirus products.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2018

DoE announced the Liberty Eclipse exercise to test the electrical grid ‘s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. The weeklong stress test is scheduled to take place this November on Plum Island, a restricted site off the coast of New York that houses a Department of Homeland Security animal disease center.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

At an exercise in Boston that imagined a cyber attack designed to disrupt an important election in a “swing state,” voting machines were not an issue. It’s election day in Nolandia, an imaginary, mid-sized U.S. city in a key “swing” state, and things are not going as planned – at least for government.

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Dark Reading

JULY 19, 2023

The ransomware-as-a-service offering was first assumed to be a red-team exercise before being detected for true malicious activity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2024

” Steadfast Defender 2024 is NATO’s largest military exercise since the Cold War aimed at testing the alliance’s readiness and ability to defend itself across multiple domains. The exercise is held from January 22nd to May 31st, 2024.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Findings underscore security awareness training that leverages practical, hands-on exercises is essential to creating a security-aware culture.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 12, 2022

All the pen testing and tabletop exercises in the world won't help unless an organization has a complete and accurate understanding of its assets.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Related: Embedding security into DevOps. Adopting and nurturing a security culture is vital for all businesses. Ted Harrington’s new book Hackable: How To Do Application Security Right argues for making application security a focal point, while laying out a practical framework that covers many of the fundamental bases.

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Dark Reading

JULY 3, 2020

The industry's latest buzzword is largely a repackaging exercise that bundles a collection of capabilities together and offers them as a cloud-delivered service.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2024

Leading the development, implementation, and oversight of cyberspace-related activities for security cooperation. Exercising authority, direction, and control over the official designated as Deputy PCA concerning their Deputy PCA duties. Spearheading the DoD’s implementation of national-level cyberspace policies.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Credit: ESA – European Space Agency The offensive cybersecurity team at Thales demonstrated how to take control of the ESA satellite, the is considered the world’s first ethical satellite hacking exercise. The exercise aims at assessing the resilience of satellites to cyber attacks. According to classified U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2022

The simulation took place on Friday and is part of a six-week exercise aimed at testing also the cooperation among member states and their joint response. The start of the cyber exercise was concurrent with the attacks against tens of Ukraine’s government websites. ” reads the post published by Bloomberg.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 19, 2021

” Wosar said it’s essential that organizations drill their breach response plans in periodic tabletop exercises, and that it is in these exercises that companies can start to refine their plans. That’s why tabletop exercises are incredibly important.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

On January 28, 2022, in celebration of Data Privacy Day, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office issued prepared remarks from Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and published guidance on data security best practices. Regularly reviewing and updating security policies.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2020

Chief Information Security Officers were already on the hot seat well before the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and they are even more so today. They must rally the troops to proactively engage, day-to-day, in the intricate and absolutely vital mission of preserving the security of IT assets, without stifling innovation.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The vast majority of cybersecurity decision makers – 91 percent, in fact – find it difficult to select security products due to unclear marketing, according to the results of a survey of 800 cybersecurity and IT decision makers released today by email security company Egress. Assessing AI and Security Training.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If your marketing agency is under the impression that cyber security is strictly an IT issue, you should think again. Effective security is a company-wide commitment, and marketers play one of the most crucial roles. The system helps organisations manage, monitor and improve their security practices in one place.

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OpenText Information Management

MARCH 28, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency and National Security Agency have requested that each U.S. DNS Exfil, SCADA controls, DGA), but also need the additional layer of security that may be missed by using only endpoint protection (e.g. State carry out comprehensive assessments of their cybersecurity services and practices.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2023

The organization is located in Tallinn, Estonia, and conducts research, training, and exercises in the field of cyber defence, and provides a platform for sharing expertise and best practices. Our goal is to foster increased cooperation and reap the benefits of this large-scale coalition through research, training, and exercises.”

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Data Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) proposed new rules for broker-dealers (Proposed Rule 15(1)-2) and investment advisers (Proposed Rule 211(h)(2)-4) on the use of predictive data analytics (PDA) and PDA-like technologies in any interactions with investors. On July 26, 2023, the U.S.

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Lenny Zeltser

AUGUST 23, 2023

Start by critically reviewing how you’ll spend the security funds; this involves broadening your perspective beyond security. Try a Zero-Based Approach to Security Spending Regardless of the formal process your company uses for budgeting, review your security expenses using an approach known as zero-based budgeting.

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AIIM

APRIL 16, 2020

But, as you start your social distancing/remote working, there are certain strict and important practices that every organization will have to exercise. Are you ready to learn the best security practices for remote working that can be used both by organizations and employees for maintaining ethics and productivity? Let’s get started!

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2018

Claire McCaskill by Russian intelligency agency hackers, as she runs for re-election, underscores the need for each individual and organization to take online privacy and security as a core part of our everyday lives. Related: Using ‘gamification’ for security training. A large retailer may spend millions on cyber security.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) warns of the high risk of a catastrophic ransomware attack on the UK government. According to a parliamentary report published by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) the UK government can face a ‘catastrophic ransomware attack at any moment.’

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If your current software security testing does vulnerability scanning, congratulations. Application Security Software will parse through the source code or monitor the runtime operation of your application. Defect testing, then, is dynamic in that it vigorously exercises the defects to prove that they are important.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2021

With respect to ransomware prevention, the Department expects regulated companies to implement the following controls whenever possible: Email filtering and anti-phishing training for employees, including regular exercises and blocking malicious attachments and links; Vulnerability and patch management, including a documented program to identify, assess, (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

CardX recommends that customers keep track of transactions involving their accounts and exercise caution to avoid any potential fraud. CardX has upgraded its systems and implemented additional security measures to prevent further information leaks. CardX is a company in the SCB X Group in Thailand.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides known IOCs, TTPs, and detection methods associated with the AvosLocker ransomware variant employed in recent attacks.

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