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Articles of interest from the week of September 16, 2019
More than 99 Percent of Cyberattacks Need Humans to Click A new report highlights the ways in which cybercriminals target people, rather than systems...
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Articles of interest from the week of September 23, 2019
John Frasier : Sep 23, 2019 12:00:00 AM
Only 31% of Employees Get Annual Training on Cyber Security
The Chubb’s Third Annual Cyber Report reveals employee education is key for small businesses to prevent cyberattacks. Even with headline after headline about the latest data breach, people are not encouraged to defend against their cyber exposure. (By Michael Guta, Small Business Trends)
Ransomware Attack Disrupts Wyoming Health Services
Healthcare in Wyoming has been seriously disrupted after a ransomware attack brought down the computer systems of Campbell County Health. (By Sarah Coble, Info-Security Magazine)
Verizon’s Incident Preparedness And Response Report Urges Businesses To ‘Be Prepared, Be Proactive And Practice, Practice, Practice’
Incident Response Plans require frequent workouts to be fit for purpose (By Verizon, Information Security Buzz)
Can Automation Solve Your Patching Problems?
With complex systems and the pressure of keeping everything up to date, patch management consistently presents a challenge for IT-Ops and infrastructure teams, even those that have a traditional patching solution in place. For some systems, it can take months to install critical patches, leaving open vulnerabilities that put organizations at risk. (By Vijay Kurkal, SC Magazine)
What’s the Real Role of AI and ML in Cybersecurity?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are being heralded as a way to solve a wide range of problems in different industries and applications, such as reducing street traffic, improving online shopping, making life easier with voice-activated digital assistants, and more. (By Jordan Mauriello, Security Magazine)
Articles of interest from the week of October 7, 2019
Oct 7, 2019 12:00:00 AM
FBI warns about attacks that bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a security advisory to...
Articles of interest from the week of June 21, 2021
Jun 21, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Why Cybersecurity Has Become a “Team Sport” At a recent online round-table event, hosted by the New Statesman and sponsored by technology company...