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In one report this week, Wisconsin hospitals are making sure their locks and other precautions to keep its COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, after members of the National Guard apparently walked into the wrong hospital asking to pick up COVID-19 vaccines.

Vitaliy Panych has officially been appointed CISO to the state of California after spending the past two years as California’s acting chief information security officer.

Consumers can easily identify opportunities to opt out of sharing personal data through the first-of-its-kind “Opt-Out Easy” browser plug-in developed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab Security and Privacy Institute. The plug-in makes opt-out choices more accessible to users, automatically extracting privacy information from websites’ policies and presenting it in a user-friendly way. 

San Diego's Metropolitan Transit System has hired Al Stiehler as Director of Transit Security and Passenger Safety.

Fontbonne University in St. Louis announced a partnership with CyberUp, a national non-profit organization dedicated to closing the cybersecurity talent gap by helping adults and youth pursue cybersecurity careers.

How can you protect yourself and your business from digital dangers – and safeguard your privacy and data against a rising wave of online concerns?  Inside Scott Steinberg’s new book Cybersecurity: The Expert Guide, readers will discover how to defend against cybercrime – today’s fastest-growing form of criminal activity – and implement best practices and high-tech safeguards that can help them stay one step ahead of hacks, data breaches, phishing attempts, identity theft, online fraud, and other common high-tech threats.