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Cyber incidents are becoming more frequent and having a greater impact on our day-to-day lives. However, policymakers can do more for emergency management practitioners and the cybersecurity sector if preparedness for "cyber events" becomes a top priority.

GridEx has grown to be the largest distributed play exercise of its kind in North America, serving as a critical benchmark that maximizes the ability of organizations to coordinate with neighboring utilities and reliability coordinators to effectively exercise and address grid reliability issues.

By understanding each of the bad actors, federal agencies, law enforcement and first responders — often victims of cyberhacktivism — can better prepare for, and prevent, cyberattacks from happening. Here are a few basic steps every public safety agency can take. 

The debate around branding two-factor authentication (2FA) messages has heated arguments on both sides. Branding could provide both companies and end users with a more cohesive experience while using 2FA.

Twitch has been hit by a massive leak after an anonymous hacker posted a torrent file containing a vast amount of data for the public to access.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has identified several potential risks of autonomous vehicles in transit systems and supply chains. Along with these risks, CISA has introduced a set of guidelines for organizations who use autonomous vehicles in their operations.

Cyentia Institute and RiskRecon released research that quantifies how a multi-party data breach impacts many other organizations in today’s interconnected digital world. 

While researching a misconfiguration in the popular workflow platform Apache Airflow, Intezer discovered several unprotected instances. These unsecured instances expose companies’ sensitive information across various industries.

The new Cyber Command Center will facilitate information sharing and analysis between state organizations and protect Arizona residents from cyberattacks. Governor Doug Ducey opened the center alongside the Arizona Department of Homeland Security.

Cybersecurity researchers from the University of Missouri seek to develop a security tool that allows smart devices to learn from past cyberattacks with minimal user interaction. The cybersecurity feature would be functional across different types of smart devices and aim to prevent both small- and large-scale cyberattacks in the future.