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Increased cybersecurity mandates coming for state and local governments

Matt Hodson
Matthew Hodson
June 11, 2021
The past year’s COVID-19 pandemic marked an unparalleled turning point that has completely changed the world as we know it. When businesses and organizations from many industries rushed to establish business continuity from home, hackers took full advantage of the remote work conditions that provided easy targets in unsecure environments. Although people are returning to the office and getting “back to normal,” the idea of evaluating the organization’s cybersecurity posture is becoming more prevalent.
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Vaccine passports: Our saving grace, or a privacy nightmare?

Frances Zelazny
June 7, 2021
For me, the issue of vaccination passports is actually exposing the underbelly of the privacy and identity debate in the United States at the expense of public health and public safety. This is no longer a matter of whether people are collecting benefits to which they are not entitled, or whether an ID is needed to vote. The issue of vaccination passports and the lack of a national identity strategy in the United States is now literally a matter of life and death.
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5 minutes with Vishal Jain - Navigating cybersecurity in a hybrid work environment

Maria Henriquez
June 4, 2021
Are you ready for hybrid work? Though the hybrid office will create great opportunities for employees and employers alike, it will create some cybersecurity challenges for security and IT operations. Here, Vishal Jain, Co-Founder and CTO at Valtix, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of cloud native network security services, speaks to Security magazine about the many ways to develop a sustainable cybersecurity program for the new hybrid workforce.
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Will 2020 be the cybersecurity wakeup call healthcare needed?

The pandemic exposed the need for hospitals to shore up security fundamentals and infrastructure, re-think incident response plans, and use tools rationalization to reduce coverage gaps.
Dan L. Dodson
June 1, 2021
For years, healthcare providers lagged their corporate counterparts when it came to cybersecurity. Recently, they made up significant ground, recognizing the need to allocate sufficient funds, focus on fundamentals, and outsource functions they cannot cost-effectively perform in-house. Unfortunately, 2020 threw a huge wrench in the works.
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Determining the right combination of visible and thermal imaging for perimeter security

Kai Moncino
Kai Moncino
May 25, 2021

Two common options for surveillance and perimeter protection are visible cameras with near infrared illumination capabilities and thermal imaging cameras—both are optimal for distinct situations. However, optimal lighting isn’t always available or guaranteed, especially when a scenario calls for 24-hour awareness for security applications, including outdoor, remote, or rural locations, or if there is need to see beyond the fence line to identify and react to incoming threats. 


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