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U.K.-based security organization GMS has begun partnering with educational institutions to increase opportunities for women in the security field. Learn more about their partnership with Sandwell College here.

Baxter Kruger, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, has been named the new Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security.

David Mahdi, former VP analyst at Gartner, has been appointed the executive role of Chief Strategy Officer and CISO Advisor at Sectigo. 

Save the date for the top 17 security conferences taking place in 2022, with topics ranging from restaurant loss prevention and fire safety to government security initiatives and international intelligence sharing.

Enterprise security leaders can learn the five types of social media risk and follow these steps to help mitigate it and develop long-term risk management strategies in their organizations.

Physical security leader Keith Squires has been named Chief Safety Officer (CSO) at the University of Utah.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s 2021 National Preparedness Report outlines three types of risk facing U.S. organizations, including catastrophic, systemic and emerging risks.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning that it will pursue any company that fails to protect its customers’ data against ongoing Log4j attacks. 

Microsoft warns the security community that the Log4j vulnerabilities still represent a complex and high risk for companies across the globe, as this open-source component is widely used across many suppliers' software and services. 

Cybersecurity leader Simon Scully brings his security monitoring and vulnerability management experience to his Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer roles at Venerable.