Steven Antoine, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Yum! Brands, Inc. and a Security Editorial Advisory Board member received the Leadership Award for the 2020 Critical Event Management Impact Awards.
Commander Shawn Ellies was appointed Director of Security and Emergency Management at the University of Pittsburgh. He has served at the University for the past 23 years in public safety roles.
The Thomas Index Report, which takes a look at manufacturing trends, notes that security camera sourcing is up 266% year over year. That's 153% over Q3 numbers, according to the organization. Driven by remote work demands and business closures, organizations and businesses are increasingly installing security cameras to keep their properties protected even in their absence. Does that include your organization?
FEMA and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) creating the Job Corps Emergency Management Advance Training Program (EMATP) recently. This program consists of approximately 12 weeks of advanced emergency management training for Job Corps students to become mission-ready emergency management specialists. The MOU establishes a framework for emergency management capacity building between the two agencies.
The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) — in partnership with a broad coalition of experts in industry, government, law enforcement, nonprofits, cybersecurity insurance, and international organizations — is launching a new Ransomware Task Force (RTF) to tackle this increasingly prevalent and destructive type of cybercrime.
CISA has updated AA20-352A: Advanced Persistent Threat Compromise of Government Agencies, Critical Infrastructure, and Private Sector Organizations, originally released December 17. This update states that CISA has evidence of, and is currently investigating, initial access vectors in addition to those attributed to the SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise. This update also provides new mitigation guidance and revises the indicators of compromise table; it also includes a downloadable STIX file of the IOCs.
Five Star Bank, subsidiary of Financial Institutions Inc., announced that Adolph Barclift has joined the organization as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Risk management firm Crisis24, a GardaWorld company, released its annual Global Forecast report and Risk Maps that provide expert insight and analysis of various threats for 2021 for businesses and organizations seeking to protect their people and operations, no matter their location or circumstances.
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