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RI Announces Statewide Cyber security Plan

October 16, 2012

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Rhode Island now has a strategic plan for dealing with cyber security threats.

Solar Panel Control Systems Vulnerable to Hacks

October 15, 2012

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DHS warns of vulnerabilities in a computerized control system for solar arrays that generate electricity in homes and businesses.

Secure Data Recovery Mythbusting

Todd Johnson

October 9, 2012

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By 2020 the world is expected to generate 50 times the amount of information and 75 times the number of "information containers" while IT staff to manage it will grow less than 1.5 times.

Cyber Security -- Hacking

Costs of Cybercrime Rise 40 Percent, Frequency Doubles

October 8, 2012

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In 2012, the average organization experiences 102 cyber attacks per week, incurring huge costs that depend on how long it takes to detect an attack.

Measuring the Wild West Risks of Cyber Crime

Lynn Mattice

October 1, 2012

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When I was growing up in New Jersey, if someone hit you in the nose and took your lunch money, well, you didn’t eat lunch that day. In the cyber world the punches are bigger, the dollars are tremendous and you don’t eat lunch because once your intellectual and physical property is gone, so are the jobs and paychecks that IP created.

How to Fight Back Against Hackers

Bernard Scaglione

October 1, 2012

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In the beginning of September, a group of computer hackers calling themselves AntiSec announced that they had stolen a file containing unique identification data for 12,367,232 Apple iOS devices. They claimed the database was stolen from the compromised laptop of an FBI agent. Simultaneous to AntiSec’s release, the FBI denied the claim. To substantiate their claim, AntiSec released one million of the unique identifiers minus the personal data embedded in the stolen file.

Cyber Security -- Regulations

New FERC Office to Focus on Cyber Security

September 26, 2012

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The new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security will provide leadership, expertise and assistance to the Commission to help identify solutions to potential cyber-risks.

Why Healthcare Records Are a Hacker’s Holy Grail

Seema Sheth-Voss

September 25, 2012

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A recent Ponemon institute survey reported that while the cost for data breaches is trending downward, this does not apply to stolen healthcare information.

Cyber Security -- Data Breach

Report: Most Data Breaches Caused by Employees

September 25, 2012

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Thirty-one percent of data breaches are caused by simple loss or theft, a new Forrester study reports, and another 27 percent of incidents are caused by unwitting misuse of data by an employee.

Cyber Security -- Critical Infrastructure

White House Might Offer Executive Order on Cyber Security

September 25, 2012

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The proposed regulations would create clear, yet voluntary, cyber security guidelines for critical infrastructure such as water and power.

The Global Security Operations Center: Boeing’s Approach to Securing its People and Business

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support. The company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in more than 150 countries and employs more than 150,000 people across the United States and in more than 65 countries.

Back to the Basics: Privileged Access Management

With so many recent high-profile breaches accomplished through compromising passwords on privileged accounts, Privileged Access Management is now everyone’s priority (Gartner puts it at the top of their “Top Security Projects” list for 2 years in a row). But where do you start? And how do you know which PAM solution will work best to protect your organization without sacrificing productivity?

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