Atlanta city employees coming to work this morning were handed an unusual notice: don’t turn on your computers. The municipal systems had been hit with a ransomware attack on Thursday, and employees were not to use their computer until they were cleared by the municipal IT group.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has opened registration for its annual public policy and government security technology conference, SIA GovSummit.
A study by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Resilient has found that 77 percent of respondents admit they do not have a formal cyber security incident response plan (CSIRP) applied consistently across their organization.