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The Security Industry Association (SIA) RISE scholarship has opened applications to young professionals seeking to further their security education.

Aalborg University's access control system secures a campus with over 20,000 students, faculty and staff each year.

The university will increase its annual security budget by at least $2 million per year for the next decade. The budget increase was announced after an uptick in gun violence in Columbus, Ohio. 

The programming will provide information on multi-factor authentication, securing email and social media accounts and detecting spam risks for senior citizens.

According to a recent ransomware study, cybercrime rings have used fake apps related to the COVID-19 pandemic to target individuals. New research looks at the most impersonated apps, along with trends in other cyberattacks.

Foltak brings over 25 years of information security experience to his SVP and CISO roles at the cloud services provider.

Combining security strategies could reduce the risk of fraud, which has only risen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report suggests steps insurance carriers can take to ensure their security plan works to combat identity fraud.

Ellen K. Tannor has been named Executive Director at the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency created a new de-escalation series to help critical infrastructure owners and operators recognize, assess, de-escalate and report behaviors that raise concern. 

Given that approximately 90% of the world’s enterprises use Active Directory (AD) as their primary authentication and authorization platform for organizations running Windows, it is no surprise that AD is a key target for cybercriminals.