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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British Secretary of State debunks chain letter's claims.
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Hackers creating threats designed for online fraud, identity theft crimes, etc.
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Survey revealed people believe their local authorities should prevent staff from accessing confidential data about citizens via laptops, blackberries or other mobile devices when they are working away from the office.
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Spectrum: Goverment Reports from the IT Horizon
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Events are arranged in 50 countries around the world concerning awareness on Internet safety.
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Strategy by Top 10 Lists.
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54 percent of large enterprises virtual server management a critical or high IT priority, only 45 percent think they are doing an effective job.
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Russia second place for spam, Asia and Europe overtake North America.
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Internet access returning to normal in Middle East, Asia.
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Almost three out of four mobile consumers are concerned about the security of mobile services, such as mobile multimedia downloads, mobile payments and mobile ticketing.
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Overall fraud down 12%, criminals are trapping victims over the phone. Critical new regional findings illustrates how fraud varies state-to-state.
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Unexpected Valentine's Day e-card may not be from a secret admirer.
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New laws require Internet service providers to take action against the estimated six million users a year in the U.K. who access pirated material.
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Recommendations submitted for USTR's Special 301 consideration.
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Legislation for statewide paper-ballot elections moves forward, but measure allows for limited use of electronic voting machines for accessibility.
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Legislation would prevent predator access to networking sites.
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NGI System will advance the integration strategies and indexing of additional biometric data, providing the framework for a future multimodal system which will facilitate biometric fusion identification techniques.
