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Conti Claims It Has 'Insiders' in Costa Rican Government

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Ransomware Group Continues to Demand Ransom Payment From Besieged Government Ransomware group Conti, which has been holding to ransom crypto-locked Costa Rican government systems since April, has claimed on its leak site Conti News that it has "insiders" in the country's government, and that they are working toward the compromise of "other systems." (..)

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Conti Says It Has 'Insiders' in Costa Rican Government

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Threat Group Seeking to Gain Access to Other Government Systems Ransomware actor Conti, which has been targeting Costa Rican government entities since April 2022, has claimed on its leak site Conti News that it has "insiders" in the country's government, and they are working toward the compromise of "other systems."

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Australia Centralizes Government Cybersecurity Response

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Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil Dings Cybersecurity Law as 'Bloody Useless' The Australian government says it will centralize its approach to securing federal agencies by appointing a coordinator to head the new National Office for Cyber Security within the Department of Home Affairs.

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US Limits Government Use of Advanced Smartphone Spyware

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government limited its use of advanced surveillance software such as Pegasus through an executive order prohibiting agencies from buying licenses for spyware used by foreign governments to spy on dissidents. The order does not outright stop the government from purchasing spyware.

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Future-Proofing Your Information Governance Strategy

Speaker: Crystal Cao, Lindsey Simon & Lisa Ripley

Join Onna and experts from Quip, Airbnb, and Oracle for this live webinar as they dive into proactive data deletion policies, retention strategies, and legal hold practices that are essential to a modern enterprise information governance strategy. When data deletion becomes applicable.

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UK Mulls TikTok Ban on Government Networks

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UK Security Minister Confirms Agency Is Examining App for Chinese Government Ties Britain's National Cyber Security Agency is examining TikTok to help the government finalize its decision to ban the Chinese video sharing app from federal networks, the country’s security minister Tom Tugendhat revealed.

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Conti Ransomware Targets Costa Rican Government Entities

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But in the latest large-scale attack on a single country, Conti has reportedly targeted at least five Costa Rican government agencies and leaked nearly 40GB of exfiltrated data. After Demand of $10 Million Ransom Is Not Met, Conti Begins Leaking Data The Conti ransomware group has been targeting the U.S.

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Use It, Save It, Or Lose It: Spring Cleaning for Information Governance

Speaker: Speakers Michelle Kirk of Georgia Pacific, Darla White of Sanofi, & Scott McVeigh of Onna

Information governance for unstructured data. Join Onna, Georgia Pacific, and Sanofi for this on-demand webinar as they discuss proactive, practical steps for kicking off your organization's own digital cleanup. Watch this webinar on-demand to learn about: Data lifecycle management. Making “cleaning” a regular part of your routine.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

However, as a company, sales stack, and database grow, it becomes difficult to uphold structure and governance to keep a CRM up-to-date. The promise of a CRM ( customer relationship management ) led organizations to believe each could digitally transform its businesses through tracking touchpoints throughout the buyer’s journey.

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How to Effectively Equip Your IG Program for the Perilous Journey Into the Future

Speaker: Andrew Ysasi, Vice President of Advocacy for Vital Records Control, President of IG GURU®, MS, FIP, FIIM, CIPM, CIGO, CISM, PMP, CRM, IGP, CIP, CSAP

An information governance framework shows how an organization manages specific data, like personal information, as well as how this information is stored. Over the past couple of years, these frameworks have proven to be ineffective and in need of updating. Information privacy is a critical part of an IG program.

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Open Source & Open Standards: Navigating the Intricacies of a Symbiotic Partnership

Speaker: Guy Martin, Executive Director of OASIS Open

The role of foundations/consortiums in providing neutral open governance. In the early days of technology, the building blocks of strong open standards combined with open source code that implemented these standards set the stage for breakthrough innovations. How to address challenges and find common ground between the communities.