Cybersecurity
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The incident, described as an “attempted interruption,” prompted staffers to work manually, and led to the cancellation of a City Council meeting. Water, sewer and tax payments are also disrupted. -
The move places the state among a growing group of governments using the shared authorization framework to reduce duplicative vendor security assessments. GovRAMP evolved from StateRAMP last year.
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A faux-phishing email crafted by students at Eminence High School in Kentucky snagged 14 staffers at the district. Another in late January, created with help from generative AI, persuaded 29 staffers to click the link.
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Communications and transmission security architecture successfully demonstrated of Transformational Satellite Communications System(TSAT).
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ORC will provide Virtual Private Network (VPN) end-to-end two factor authentication with RSA SecurID.
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New solution brings PC-strength protection to smartphones.
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Uniquely discovers, classifies, prioritizes and secures virtualized computing and storage without sacrificing performance, according to company.
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"Terrorists and criminal networks are now operating in cyberspace and the Air Force has accepted the challenge to defend our country from this threat. We believe New Mexico is best equipped to host a new Air Force Cyberspace Command."
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This new gang of spammers is using common social engineering tactics, but with little sophistication or originality.
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"Today, botnets are the weapon of choice of cyber criminals. They seek to conceal their criminal activities by using third party computers as vehicles for their crimes."
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"We do everything we can to keep our children safe. When our kids are home, we think they're secure. But are they?"
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Free Press, Public Knowledge, MAP file official complaint against cable giant for Net Neutrality violations.
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"These voters are often at the frontlines of American foreign engagement, whether on the battle field or building infrastructure in a war-torn region in Africa or undertaking any other activity overseas. They bring a special perspective to the democratic process and we need to assure that their voices are heard."
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The task force recognized that "SSNs are an integral part of our financial system" ... however, it also noted that the "availability of SSNs to identity thieves creates a possibility of harm to consumers."
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Rise of older malware indicates too many users failing to protect their systems.
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"This public-private partnership is an innovative way to improve the accessibility of state information for all Floridians ... By empowering Floridians with the tools they need for easier access to state agency Web sites, we are allowing them to truly take ownership of state government."
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Any business or office that keeps personal information needs to take stock, scale down, lock it, pitch it, and plan ahead. The tutorial explains each of these principles, and includes checklists of steps to take to improve data security.
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"Privacy and data protection policies are meaningless if they do not address the full spectrum of threats and if they are not enforced ... The development of comprehensive policies, along with training and stringent enforcement of those policies should be a priority in any enterprise-wide data security program."
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As when banking or shopping first went online, there have been issues of privacy concerns regarding online healthcare data as well.
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Technologically enhanced document will be aligned with regulations of Real ID act, over time.
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Committee to address enterprise content management -- records and information management policies -- on a statewide level.
