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New Senate Bill Would Protect Online Data

December 6, 2019

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and 16 senators have reintroduced legislation to protect people’s personal data online.

How to Close Cybersecurity's Widening Workforce Gap

How are public-private partnerships helping solve the cybersecurity skills gap?

Aidan McCauley

December 6, 2019

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To remedy the cybersecurity skills gap and fight data breaches, enterprises across the world are looking overseas. How can public-private partnerships help resolve the industry-wide issue?

5 Tips on How Companies Can Prepare for Cyberattacks and Data Breaches

Marc S. Voses

December 5, 2019

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Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” These sage words unfortunately describe the dilemma many companies are facing on a daily basis with increasing frequency. Whether because of a lack of resources to commit to cybersecurity or the C-suite’s reluctance to do things differently, companies are suffering from a rash of bad actors seeking to profit from cyberattacks and the loss of data because of negligent handling by insiders.

A Resilient Answer to Disasters

Ray Rothrock

December 5, 2019

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Both disaster recovery and business continuity are answers to what happens when entropy strikes, things fall apart, and business is interrupted. Resilience is strategy using a set of tools and approaches that make it harder for things to fall apart, and easier and faster to put them back together when they do.

7 in 10 Cameras Are Running Outdated Firmware

December 5, 2019

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As many as 68.4 percent—or almost 7 out of 10—cameras are currently running out of date firmware.

Information Security Forum Predicts 2020's Top Global Security Threats

December 5, 2019

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The Information Security Forum (ISF) has announced the organization’s outlook for the top global security threats that businesses will face in 2020.

Clark Atlanta University, Augusta University Partner on Cybersecurity and Cyber-Physical Systems

December 5, 2019

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Clark Atlanta University (CAU) and Augusta University (AU) have forged a partnership between the CAU Department of Cyber-Physical Systems and the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Augusta University.

British American Tobacco Suffers Data Breach and Ransomware Attack

December 4, 2019

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A Romanian web platform owned by the international tobacco company British American Tobacco (BAT) has suffered a data breach and ransomware attack.

Addressing the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Through Upskilling and Retention

Maria Henriquez

December 3, 2019

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For years, security leaders have been talking about the cybersecurity skills shortage.

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University of West Florida and Jikei College Group Partner to Address Global Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage

December 3, 2019

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The University of West Florida and the Jikei College Group in Japan announced a partnership that aims to enhance global cybersecurity workforce development.

Conducting a Workplace Violence Threat Analysis and Developing a Response Plan

There are few situations a security professional will face that is more serious than a potential workplace violence threat. Every security professional knows and understands that all employers have a legal, ethical and moral duty to take reasonable steps to prevent and respond to threats of violence in their workplace.

The Value of a Unified Approach to Critical Event Management

From extreme weather to cyberattacks to workplace violence, every organization will experience at least one, if not multiple, critical events per year. And in today’s interconnected digital and physical world, the cascading safety, brand, and revenue impacts of critical events are more severe. Organizations need to be prepared through a unified and rapid response to these events.

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