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Author Q&A: The ongoing role of fortified structures in military clashes — and cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

There’s no denying that castle walls play a prominent role in the histories of both military defense, going back thousands of years, and — as of the start of the current millennia — in cybersecurity. Betz You made an allusion to a modern military fortification with the Maginot Line.

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Jen Easterly Takes Charge of CISA At Black Hack USA 2021

ForAllSecure

She is a daughter of a military father and so she went to West Point Academy, as one of the first female cadets. 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. Easterly began by presenting her bio.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains

KnowBe4

In this webinar Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4's Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer, and Joanna Huisman, KnowBe4's Senior Vice President of Strategic Insights and Research, review our 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Study findings and best practices. But how can you reduce your organization's attack surface? We looked at 12.5

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Originally Featured in Global Military Communications Magazine’s June/July Issue. Look at how frequently we hear about AWS S3 buckets left out in the clear with sensitive information for hackers to mine. This security strategy will assist them in better protecting and controlling their data.

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CMMS vs. EAM: Two asset management tools that work great together

IBM Big Data Hub

In the oil and gas or mining industries, for example, there is a strong need to bring safety, reliability and compliance information into workflows. Organizations use EAM to save money from being wasted on preventable problems and unnecessary downtime and to enhance the efficiency, performance and lifespan of assets.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. Mine was 2000. And the strategy was just to do a good job. Here’s Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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