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Banning TikTok and Chinese apps is a national security red herring

October 16, 2020

Much like the long-standing debate around 5G, President Trump’s recent decision to sign an executive order that may see TikTok and WeChat banned, and has now evolved into a bidding war for TikTok’s U.S. operations with Oracle leading as the potential winner, has brought the world’s attention to the inherent security challenges that complex global digital communications and connectivity present.

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American International College welcomes John Vanasse to head campus police

October 16, 2020

American International College in Springfield, Mass. welcomes Lt. John Vanasse to lead its campus police department.

Are you ready for AI engineering within EU data regulations?

Dr. Rodrigue Talla Kuate

October 16, 2020

To better regulate the use of personal data and protect citizens, the European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018. In the UK, the GDPR is tailored by the Data Protection Act 2018. Non-EU businesses with offices in Europe, or who hold or process data coming from Europe, also need to be fully appraised of GDPR. The digital revolution has made it easier for companies to collect insights on their markets to better understand their clientele's behavior. But it has also paved the way for potential abuses, creating a climate of suspicion. How can AI earn the public’s trust?

October 2020: On the move

October 16, 2020

Security executives on the move! Which industry leaders have recently begun new roles?

WFH? Digital security during a pandemic

Harding Bush

October 15, 2020

Criminals are leveraging elevated interest in COVID-19 to send emails to unsuspecting people to infect computers with ransomware, malware or other computer viruses. And why not? According to Forbes, the COVID-19 crisis has turned the U.S. workforce into a work-from-home army, giving cybercriminals new, less secure, access points for cyber viruses and phishing attacks, revealing vulnerabilities in cybersecurity strategies for the coronavirus crisis. And since there’s a tremendous curiosity for coronavirus information — people are more likely to click without checking the credibility of the source.

5 minutes with Julian Waits - How Security Operations Center leaders can create a culture of growth

Maria Henriquez

October 15, 2020

Here, we talk to Julian Waits, General Manager of Cybersecurity at Business Unit at Devo, to find out how security operations center (SOC) leaders can create a culture of growth among their teams.

Improving situational awareness via video content analytics is the key to business safety and compliance for COVID-19

Driving business resilience and risk management

Stephanie Weagle

October 15, 2020

One thing has become clear; to abide by the “new normal” restrictions, organizations need to be constantly aware of their environments’ compliance, in real-time. To do that, they need to improve their security and situational awareness, so they can quickly assess evolving situations and respond when violations occur.

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Compelling insights into career hackers

In 39 seconds, there will be another web application attack.

Ashish Gupta

October 14, 2020

It is well known that today we live in an unprecedented time with rampant cybercrime. And now that the COVID-19 pandemic has created unparalleled challenges including worldwide unemployment and a massive financial crisis, ironically one of the industries that has flourished is the $5.2 trillion economy of cybercrime.

Study: Consumers Rely on Context when Sharing Information/information security, personal information theft, consumer trust, retail security

COVID-19 driving an acceleration in adoption of identity verification

October 14, 2020

Businesses in the UK and U.S. have been ramping up their identity verification processes in order to protect customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Security researcher details exploitation of common misconfigurations in Salesforce Lightning

October 14, 2020

A security researcher published a blog outlining the details of common misconfigurations in Salesforce that can result in guest users, or hackers leveraging guest user access, gaining access to sensitive data in Salesforce.