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Are you Ready for These 26 Different Types of DDoS Attacks?

David balaban
David Balaban
May 7, 2020
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Although distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) is an old school attack vector, it continues to be a serious threat to organizations. The monthly number of such attacks exceeds 400,000. To top it off, cybercriminals keep adding new DDoS mechanisms to their repertoire and security providers aren’t always prepared to tackle them. Here are 26 different types of DDoS attacks your security team needs to be ready for. 


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The Building of a Cyber Resilient Financial Services Sector

Jason harrell
Jason Harrell
May 7, 2020
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As we enter the new decade, we stand reminded that technological innovation and cybersecurity threats continue to develop and evolve at an incredible pace. Firms must therefore continue to build the proper defenses to protect consumer confidential data and financial market integrity. Cyber threats have become one of the top threats to the financial services sector and the ability of firms to be resilient in the face of these threats is paramount. 
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Online Privacy During a Pandemic: New Challenges in a New World

Five steps to hasten compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act, and safely use data as an asset
Tomas honzak
Tomas Honzak
May 7, 2020
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More companies are doing more business online to survive the pandemic, and that’ll create even more data privacy concerns going forward. At the same time, new privacy regulations have taken hold, most notably the California Consumer Privacy Act. What are 5 steps to achieve compliance?
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The Human Strategy is the Best Cyber Defense to Combat COVID-19

The pandemic has highlighted the critical need to cultivate the workforce to ensure there are highly skilled professionals to meet the new demands
Kurt john
Kurt John
May 7, 2020
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COVID-19 has impacted every facet of life and business. Millions of people around the world have been working from home to collectively slow the spread of the coronavirus. However, as the global workforce migrates from physical corporate locations to less-secure home offices, this new reality creates increased cyber threats, as employees exchange what can be sensitive data in order to prevent business operations from coming to a standstill.
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What's Next: The Future of Big Cybersecurity Conferences

Dawn morrissey
Dawn Morrissey
May 5, 2020
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The old curse has come true: we are “living in interesting times.” None of us could have possibly foreseen the way that 2020 has evolved, least of all, conference professionals. Gartner says it’s taking a $158 million hit in its Q2 revenues; O’Reilly went one huge step further, permanently shuttering its in-person events business. Aside from those gatherings, an entire slew of security meetings has moved into the virtual realm. In-person conferences during the pandemic are seen as being too hazardous and unsafe. It's now better to meet online than to risk spreading the virus.
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Opening the Doors to Deadly COVID-19 Outcomes

Juan Kirsten
May 2, 2020
Companies, sites and venues must re-budget and re-equip their premises that will host human traffic with the reopening of the economies. The vulnerability landscape has changed dramatically where a company or site cannot afford to have an infected person in their location.
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Senators to Introduce COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act

Although it is unclear whether the forthcoming bill has any chance of becoming law, it is further evidence that companies need to consider the significant privacy issues and risks associated with implementing COVID-19-related technology.
David stauss
David M. Stauss
May 1, 2020
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On April 30, 2020, a group of four Republican Senators announced their plan to introduce federal privacy legislation that would regulate the collection and use of personal information relating to the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. How would the proposed bill, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act, attempt to solve privacy concerns? 


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War at Home: How U.S. Corporations are on the Front Lines of the Silent War on Privacy

Jarrett Kolthoff
May 1, 2020
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The four individuals who were identified and indicted by the Trump Administration in relation to the Equifax breach from 2017 is yet another example of the overt collection efforts by the Chinese government to steal Americans’ sensitive personal information. The openness of the U.S. government to share these examples should help bring the reality of cyber threats to the forefront in corporate board rooms and research universities. I would like to highlight that these particular attacks were conducted for a different goal – espionage.
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