cybersecurity
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US in Imminent Danger of Major Cybersecurity Breach – New Survey Results
The likelihood of a major cybersecurity incident affecting major national infrastructure in the US is growing according to a new study…and it may be coming very soon. A majority of the cybersecurity industry’s most experienced professionals believe that a major breach of U.S. critical infrastructure will occur in the next two years – and they
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ICS Security Risks Continue to Rise and Evolve
Basic security lapses are responsible for many cyberattacks. A worrying number of organizations are still neglecting to apply security patches regardless of the growing threats to systems and data. SANS Institute’s annual survey of industrial control systems (ICS) security practitioners finds that threats are shifting, identifying attacks remains challenging, and some basic security practices are not implemented.
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Ransomware – How Can Businesses Protect Themselves?
Ransomware is a bit of a hot topic in the business sector at the moment. We are seeing business owners all over, from those who work in tech to those with little to no technical knowledge at all sitting up and paying much closer attention to their security, which we think is fantastic. With all
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Report Shows Cybersecurity Battleground Shifting to Linux and Web Servers
WatchGuard® Technologies, a company working in advanced network security solutions, has just announced the findings of a quarterly Internet Security Report. This report explores the latest computer and network cybersecurity threats affecting small to midsize businesses (SMBs) and distributed enterprises. The latest report has revealed that, despite an overall drop in general malware detection for
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Model Behaviors in Cybersecurity…let’s just continue to ignore them!
Key themes at this year’s Pink-LATAM conference focused around Agility, Business Value, Risk and…..Culture. Culture and behavior seem to be increasingly featured topics at IT conferences as a critical barrier or enabler for the IT transformation facing many organizations. However it is not simply the culture and behavior within IT but equally within the business.
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Free Guide Offers Advice to Businesses Concerned About Cybersecurity
As rules and regulations change in response to new and developing cybersecurity threats, it can be difficult for businesses to navigate through the minefields that they face in managing the risks associated with security. Centrinet Corp., a Southeastern company specializing in desktop and application virtualization, has published a free guide aimed at helping businesses to
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New Report Focuses on the People-Based Factors in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a critical consideration for virtually every organization. A new report from Forcepoint: The State of Cybersecurity 2017, dives into people-based risk and The Cyber Continuum of Intent. Last week at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Chief Information Officer Meerah Rajavel and Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Ford from global cybersecurity leader Forcepoint™ shared methods for combating
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The Cybersecurity Industry is Booming – But Local Government Suffering
Cybersecurity it a booming industry, with a zero unemployment rate and, globally, one million unfilled jobs, with this shortfall expected to grow by 50 percent in the next two years according to expert opinion. Local governments are feeling the pain in this area, finding it increasingly difficult to attract and keep cybersecurity expertise. The inability
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