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Jan 02, 2020

In this sophisticated threat environment, traditional security tactics are failing. Symantec encourages organizations to revisit their security posture to build a more cyber resilient enterprise. Resilience is not defined by a series of checklists, but through evaluations based on the current threat...

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Dec 18, 2019

The Ohio Data Protection Act (“ODPA” or the Act), came into force on November 2, 2018.1 The Act seeks to improve cybersecurity among Ohio businesses. It does so by providing an affirmative defense against tort claims arising from a data breach to businesses that can demonstrate they have...

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Dec 17, 2019

At CGI, cyber security is part of everything we do. For more than 40 years, we have helped clients manage complex security challenges with a business focused approach – protecting what is most valuable to them. As our economy becomes even more digital in nature, securing our organisations agai...

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Dec 15, 2019

IBM Cloud™ is IBM’s high-performing public cloud platform, with data centers around the world that deliver cloud computing options from infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) to software as a service (SaaS). Security is a fundamental design principle for our clo...

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Dec 15, 2019

In this sophisticated threat environment, traditional security tactics are failing. Symantec encourages organizations to revisit their security posture to build a more cyber resilient enterprise. Resilience is not defined by a series of checklists, but through evaluations based on the current threat...

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Dec 12, 2019

Most of the Small to medium-sized companies are unaware about the ways in which they’re vulnerable. More than 45% mistakenly believe they’re not a viable victim. They are just too small a target in comparison to larger organizations and tend to have a blind eye towards the cyber threats ...

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Dec 11, 2019

SharkGate specializes in protecting websites and has geared up to build the next-generation of website cyber protection: SharkGate is creating the World’s first distributed ledger powered Cyber Security solution designed exclusively to protect websites against hackers. SharkGate is taking a ne...

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Dec 10, 2019

Advanced application attacks that weaponize at runtime (WRT) are increasingly putting businesses at risk. These attacks challenge application security by leveraging fileless malware, memory corruption and uncommon vulnerabilities to evade traditional security solutions. WRTs manipulate legitimate pr...

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Dec 05, 2019

You work to protect your business from the impact of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, as well as other cyberattacks. You want to keep your customers’ trust in your service by maintaining the availability and responsiveness of your application. And you want to avoid unnecessary dir...

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Dec 04, 2019

This paper describes a distributed anomaly detection approach designed to accurately track actions performed by adversaries across a network. The illustrated approach involves running multiple machine learning models on both endpoints and the network as well as on a centralized backend, and includes...

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Dec 03, 2019

Healthcare information is unique and personal to us all.Indeed,the patient is at the center of healthcare, as it would not exist if the patient did not exist. Bits and bytes in today’s digital world have real significance when it come to patient care lives are on the line.

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Dec 01, 2019

Cyberspace and information technology have enabled the economic, political, and cultural inte - gration of the United States and China. However, interdependence creates costs as well as benefits. Increased interconnection has also contributed to major obstacles in the bilateral relationship, generat...

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Nov 28, 2019

Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) are designed to keep processes safe, especially during critical situations. With this concept in mind, it is paramount that the SIS components are not taken down due to cyber-threats. The purpose of this white paper is to explain, in detail, the Emerson approach for...

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Nov 25, 2019

Cybersecurity threats against energy companies, including utilities, have been increasing at an alarming rate. A comprehensive approach to ensuring cyber protection is essential and should include cybersecurity threat detection as a standard element. But not all such cybersecurity solutions are crea...

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Nov 17, 2019

The first half of 2019 brought interesting developments in malware targeting popular operating systems, in hardware and software vulnerabilities affecting consumer and businesses, and in the increased number of attacks aimed at (and even carried out by) IoTs. With the money motive driving the prolif...

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Nov 15, 2019

Cisco has architected and deploys a capability that continually assesses, monitors, and improves the security of our value chain throughout the entire lifecycle of our solutions.

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Nov 15, 2019

Check out our "Awesome Cyber Security Facts" infographic below to see how crucial cyber security attack was for some businesses, what are our main weaknesses in terms of personal cyber security and even more.

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Nov 13, 2019

Your business relies on its technology – but lurking around the corner are intruders who can disrupt or devalue your operations. This report shines a light on the sources of the problem, and how you can establish the control you need to get the best from IT. In every corner of the globe, busin...

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Nov 10, 2019

We are living in an era of digital disruption. Multiple industries are being disrupted, or fear being disrupted in the near future. Business models are evolving to cater to the dynamic markets and digital transformation that seems to be the answer to changing business models. Digital transformation ...

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Nov 06, 2019

The emergence of IoT – the networked connection of people, process, data and things – is expected to significantly grow the number of connected devices worldwide, from billions of units we have today, to tens of billions of units expected to be deployed in the coming years as stated by s...

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Oct 15, 2019

By 2021, cyber attacks are expected to cause $6 trillion in damages worldwide. To combat, spending is predicted to hit $1 trillion between 2017 and 2021. Attackers benefit from an infinite amount of time and tactics at their disposal, as they work to get around the typical static network and endpoin...

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Oct 04, 2019

The 5G era has been started. Technologies like cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and AI are gradually booming in the market. These new technologies bring about a new industry revolution together with significant cybersecurity concerns.

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Oct 01, 2019

This document should be read in conjunction with the Atos publication “Prescriptive Security for Financial Services – Solution Brief” which discusses the commercial drivers for the adoption of prescriptive security services and the professional and IT service options available to f...

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Oct 01, 2019

While security is a high priority for all teams, a dedicated Security Team manages Twilio’s security program. The Twilio security framework is based on the ISO 27001 Information Security Standard and includes programs covering: Policies and Procedures, Asset Management, Access Management, Cryp...

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Oct 01, 2019

Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) has reshaped the way Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) serve their community by providing communication that’s more accurate, integrated and tailor-made for today’s digital and wireless lifestyles. But with these technological advances, NG9-1-1 also i...

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Sep 30, 2019

The internet is an essential part of life for many Australians. We use it to work, stay in touch, access entertainment, pay the bills and manage our finances. At the same time, more of the things around us are connecting online, including our cars, household appliances and industrial machinery. The ...

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Sep 30, 2019

Manufacturing is a significant target for cyber-criminals. This can result in the theft of sensitive data, industrial espionage for competitive advantage, or the disruption of access to systems or operational technology. 60% of our members tell us they have at some time been subject to a cyber secur...

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Sep 26, 2019

This is an article about how cybersecurity gets “made,” with a focus on the role of commercial computer security firms in generating knowledge in matters of international cybersecurity. The argument is two-fold. Firstly, malware may be an intangible artefact in some ways, but its success...

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Sep 20, 2019

Almost every week brings news of a new cybersecurity incident. These typically effect companies
and organizations in the financial, retail, or healthcare industries or, more recently, state and local
governments. They also usually involve data breaches or other attacks that affect info...

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Sep 20, 2019

Cybercrime has grown costlier over the past few years. Ponemon Institute found the average cost of a data breach for businesses was $3.86 million USD per incident1 . Security incidents also affect a large portion of businesses. A study from Thales Security found 70% of their respondents in the Unite...

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Sep 17, 2019

In this guide, we lay the foundations for multi-stakeholder coordination during cybersecurity crises that can undermine the security of the digital economy. This guide draws on the diverse international perspectives of CSDE members, as well as their leading practices and realworld actions, to increa...

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Sep 12, 2019

Cybersecurity threats against energy companies, including utilities, have been increasing at an alarming rate. A comprehensive approach to ensuring cyber protection is essential and should include cybersecurity threat detection as a standard element. But not all such cybersecurity solutions are crea...

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Sep 12, 2019

This document is provided in accordance with the terms set forth herein, expressly disclaiming any implied warranties of any kind that may be found to be related. In no event shall the National Cryptologic Centre be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising ou...

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Sep 12, 2019

Every day, cyber attacks against government and commercial computer networks number in the millions. According to U.S. Cyber Command, Pentagon systems are probed 250,000 times per hour. Similar attacks are becoming more prevalent on other kinds of information-based smart networks as well, such as th...

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Sep 10, 2019

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with nearly 400 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent indust...

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Aug 29, 2019

Welcome to the McAfee Labs Threats Report, August 2019. In this edition, we highlight the significant investigative research and trends in threats statistics and observations in the evolving threat landscape gathered by the McAfee® Advanced Threat Research and McAfee® Labs teams in Q1 of 201...

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Aug 27, 2019

What is commonly referred to as Industry 4.0 is being driven by increased interconnectivity and digitization of production technologies and processes. The possibilities emerging for manufacturers to connect people, machines, factories and digital workspaces are endless. This Industry 4.0 transformat...

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Aug 21, 2019

In practice, of course, things are more complicated. Effective translation necessitates a nuanced understanding of (at least) two languages and cultures, both source and target. It requires an understanding of the original content’s goals. It mandates a fluency in tone and subtext as well as v...

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Aug 21, 2019

Your localization partner is going to do a deep-dive into your business—so start by diving deep into theirs. Are they an industry-leader with 20 years of experience or a relative newcomer? Will they speak Samoan, Uzbek, or Swahili (and all your customers’ languages)? Can they deliver on-...

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Aug 19, 2019

Cyber crimes and security threats have grown at an exponential rate in recent years, and the momentum is only growing. According to Juniper Research, over 146 billion records will be exposed through criminal data breaches from 2018 to 2023, growing at a rate of 22.5% per year.1 This builds on the as...

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Aug 15, 2019

From local corner shops to global organizations, social media has had a transformative effect on marketing, customer service, knowledge-sharing, and even recruitment and hiring. Companies need social media to maintain their visibility and build closer relationships with their customers. However, the...

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Aug 14, 2019

Content—and how brands use it to interact with buyers at all stages of the engagement journey—has fundamentally reshaped every business’ go-to-market strategy. This shift has been particularly challenging for “top-of-the-funnel” demand generation marketers, most of who ...

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Aug 13, 2019

Despite years of publicity and millions of dollars in employee training, phishing remains the largest insider threat that organizations face.1 As many as 93% of IT security breaches are the direct result of some form of phishing2 and 34% of all phishing attacks explicitly target enterprises.3 Employ...

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Aug 08, 2019

From Assessment to Automation: Addressing the Cyber Risk Lifecycle in Critical Environments Cybersecurity threats and breaches continue to make headline news with impact across all industries and sectors. The consequences of successful cybersecurity attacks, such as production disruption, product qu...

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Aug 05, 2019

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a global provider of highperformance network security and specialized security solutions that provide our customers with the power to protect and control their IT infrastructure. Our purpose-built, integrated security technologies, combined with our FortiGuard security int...

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Aug 04, 2019

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac is an application for Mac OS X designed to remove malware and adware from your computer. It is very simple to use, and for most problems, should clean up your system in less than a minute, from start to finish. Just open the app, click the Scan button, and remove an...

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Aug 01, 2019

The average employee operates in a world where mobile devices constantly interact with servers in data centers and in the cloud, sharing all manner of sensitive data as business is more often conducted outside the office than inside. This can leave an open attack path to an organization’s crow...

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Jul 31, 2019

Building a security foundation for your organization by choosing the right product or service is the first step. But developing a forward-thinking corporate cybersecurity strategy is key to long-term success. Kaspersky’s Enterprise Portfolio reflects the security demands of today’s busin...

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Jul 30, 2019

The second quarter of 2019 had comparatively lesser detections of around 242 million Windows malware as compared to Q1 of 2019. The quarter started on a high note with April clocking the highest detection of 82 Million windows malware. On a daily basis, Quick Heal detected around 2.5 Million malware...

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Jul 29, 2019

It’s 2019, and small and midsize businesses (SMB) need and want cybersecurity. In a recent survey of 1,000 US small businesses conducted by GoDaddy1 almost 50% of survey respondents reported suffering a financial loss due to hacking, with 13% saying the loss was greater than $5,000. Security i...

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Jul 28, 2019

Financial services firms must focus on network defenses Large financial services companies, with operations spread across regions or continents, present especially appealing targets for cyberattacks. Whether from phishing attacks on internal communications or domain spoofing on the internet, financi...

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Jul 25, 2019

In recent years the healthcare industry has undergone a digital revolution. The replacement of paper files with electronic medical records is just one aspect. Many medical procedures and devices now rely on digital technology. While this digital evolution has resulted in significant improvements in ...

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Jul 24, 2019

Concern about cyber increasingly impacts all aspects of nuclear security, nuclear operations and nuclear thinking. The wide range of dynamics that fall under the cyber moniker are both changing and transforming the nature, capabilities and vulnerabilities of nuclear weapons, as well as the broader c...

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Jul 22, 2019

DAS is the state’s central administrative agency. It supports state agencies by providing management frameworks and infrastructure for information systems and services, procurement, and other functions. Responsibility for cybersecurity is split between DAS, the Office of the State CIO, and the...

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Jul 19, 2019

It’s no secret that digital technology has transformed the way we do business. It’s also no secret that many more changes lie ahead. Almost every year, a new digital technology arrives that disrupts the status quo and opens new operational vistas for enterprises. From the cloud, mobile a...

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Jul 17, 2019

Information security programs in the public sector are required to overcome substantial, unique difficulties, in addition to addressing those same challenges faced by their counterparts in the private sector. Statewide public-sector information security programs must be broad enough to address contr...

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Jul 16, 2019

Cyber attackers are often better trained, better funded and better staffed than many security organizations. Cyber attacks are increasingly more complex and the resulting damage more severe. Finding and retaining a qualified security professional is tough enough, but finding the numbers needed to fu...

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Jul 16, 2019

Cyber attackers are often better trained, better funded and better organized than many security organizations. Cyber attacks are increasingly more complex and the damage more severe. For these reasons, more organizations are looking to reduce their risk and augment their security with external threa...

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Jul 15, 2019

As cybersecurity threats become more mature, more focused and more dangerous, companies and governments throughout the nation and around the world continue to struggle to provide an acceptable level of protection for their intellectual and physical property and the data they safeguard. How much secu...

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Jul 15, 2019

If you’re on a B2B revenue team, it’s likely your Marketing and Sales teams are experiencing some angst these days when it comes to understanding how prospects and customers want to interact with your company. On one hand customers seem to want ultra-personalized attention on every chann...

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Jul 15, 2019

I nnovation thrives when people can collaborate in a trusted manner, leveraging data creatively and freely through technology. Take the commute to work, for example, as it offers a glimpse into the relationship between trust and innovation. Everything a person does in that commute to the office is u...

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Jul 14, 2019

CYBER ATTACK RISK IS BUSINESS RISK There’s more to responding than just stopping the attack. In this e-book, we’ll explore areas where security and risk management leaders can collaborate to mitigate cyber attack risk.

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Jul 11, 2019

The practice—and, some would say, art—of risk mitigation is a critical skill and a top priority for general counsels and corporate legal departments today. While every company faces unique challenges based on its own business model and operating environment, there is one overarching dang...

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Jul 10, 2019

Phishing is a common method hackers use to attack computer systems. Successful phishing attacks pose a serious threat to the security of electronic records and personal information. Ontario’s privacy laws require public and healthcare organizations to have reasonable measures in place to prote...

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Jul 09, 2019

Protection Service for Business is the best, most comprehensive endpoint protection package on the market, designed from the ground up to solve your challenging business security needs. It protects all your endpoints, from Windows and Mac to mobile devices, against threats like ransomware, data brea...

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Jul 09, 2019

Game of Threats™ simulates the experience that executives must go through in the midst of a cyber breach, from both the Company and Threat Actor perspectives, in a head-to-head digital game. Our interactive cyber crisis workshop uses a head-to-head strategy game to challenge players to make qu...

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Jul 08, 2019

Decisionmaking is a cognitive process defined by psychologists as the selection of a course of action from multiple alternatives (e.g. what to eat, where to shop). John Dewey, the pragmatic philosopher and psychologist, introduced the first decision process framework for consumer buying in his book ...

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Jul 08, 2019

The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) is a NATO-accredited cyber defence hub focusing on research, training and exercises. It represents a community of 25 nations providing a 360-degree look at cyber defence, with expertise in the areas of technology, strategy, operations ...

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Jul 07, 2019

New stories of widescale cybersecurity hacks, crimes and vulnerabilities seem to pop up on a daily basis. The constant stream of adverse cyber events has unfortunately caused many small businesses and consumers to live with a dread of inevitability — no matter what they do to protect themselve...

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Jul 07, 2019

From exclusive data sources to nontraditional collection mechanisms, SCC can provide the most powerful adversary investigation and attribution system ever created. The solution gives analysts, researchers, and investigators the tools to be much more effective at their jobs, and vastly increases the ...

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Jul 07, 2019

Our Cyber Security Consultancy team has international experience at the world’s top consulting firms. Building on these foundations, they joined Secgate to design and deliver solutions that are proactive rather than reactive, flexible enough to be tailored to a client’s individual proble...

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Jul 05, 2019

Key points and recommendations. As engineering companies are at the heart of the digital revolution, they, like every other sector, face increased cyber threats. These can undermine competitive advantage, revenue growth and consumer trust for their businesses, and the growth and prosperity of the wi...

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Jul 04, 2019

While the Fourth Industrial Revolution4 is enabling the transition to a digital world and unlocking previously untapped opportunities, it also presents a new set of challenges. The pace and scale at which we are introducing new technologies is increasing the cyber-attack surface for malicious actors...

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Jul 03, 2019

This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional medical advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary companies or charities accepts any liabil...

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Jul 03, 2019

When Borders, Fences and Vaults can't protect you anymore, who better to Manage and Secure your IT Infrastructure than Cyber Watchdogs Cyber Watchdogs (Pty) Ltd is a trusted provider of Cyber Security, Managed Services, IT Security, Web Security, IT Support and Secure Hosting to various industri...

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Jul 02, 2019

Cybercriminals can infiltrate your organization using a variety of methods and pathways. They’re stealthy, adaptable, and change tactics frequently. Therefore, your security defenses must keep a watchful eye across as many different attack vectors as possible, from the network edge to the endp...

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Jul 02, 2019

Today’s threat landscape is populated by increasingly sophisticated intrusions that take the form of advanced persistent threats, advanced targeted attacks, advanced malware, unknown malware, and zero-day threats. Enterprises are experiencing material security breaches as a result of these att...

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Jul 01, 2019

This paper presents modeling and analysis of two critical foundational processes of the cybersecurity vulnerability management ecosystem using a combination of system dynamics and agent-based modeling techniques. The preliminary result from this analysis is that misapplication of either of these fou...

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Jul 01, 2019

HICP identifies 10 overarching cybersecurity practices that organizations of all sizes should focus on. For each practice, subpractices based on organization size are also outlined. The 10 overarching cybersecurity practices are: Email Protection Systems. Network Management. Endpoint Protection Syst...

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Jun 30, 2019

An enhanced means of verifying identity that requires you to present two pieces of evidence – your credentials –in order to gain access to an account or other secure/restricted area. Your credentials fall into any of these three categories: something you know (like a password or PIN), so...

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Jun 30, 2019

The Bank of Canada is committed to fostering a stable and efficient financial system. Given the worldwide increase in the frequency and severity of cyber attacks, cyber security will be a priority for the Bank for many years to come.

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Jun 29, 2019

Results of an independent survey of 3,100 IT managers commissioned by Sophos Cybersecurity just isn’t getting any easier. While protection technologies continue to advance at a rapid pace, so do the cybercriminals trying to circumvent them. At the same time, the growing complexity of threats m...

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Jun 27, 2019

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) primarily focuses on analysing raw data gathered from recent and past events to monitor, detect and prevent threats to an organisation, shifting the focus from reactive to preventive intelligent security measures.

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Jun 26, 2019

Cyber threats imperil America, now and for the foreseeable future. They endanger the enormous economic, social and military advances enabled by cyberspace, not only for the United States but also for the world. While a “cyber Armageddon” does not appear imminent, cyber attacks are more t...

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Jun 25, 2019

We believe that data-driven marketing shouldn’t be confusing. Every company should know what works for their campaigns in order to make more ROI-driven decisions. At Directive, we not only craft customized campaigns for your unique marketing objectives - we exceed those objectives and truly re...

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Jun 25, 2019

STOP ADVERSARIES WITH CLOUD ANALYTICS. Yesterday’s techniques for detecting and blocking threats at the endpoint are ineffective against today’s modern threats. Breaches can no longer be reliably prevented by monitoring and scanning files and looking for known bads. Security effectivenes...

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Jun 24, 2019

Protection from advanced threats and data theft requires real-time inline security, with integrated defenses to analyze inbound and outbound files for malicious activity and data theft. Why should you choose Forcepoint Advanced Malware Detection appliances? Forcepoint Advanced Malware Detection appl...

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Jun 24, 2019

Learners experience difficulties because even if vocabulary has been learned well, the words have been learned as individual units (e.g. “put” with several possible translations into the native tongue of learner) while now in context only one of these possibilities describes the meaning....

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Jun 23, 2019

In our first semi-annual report for 2019, DarkMatter documents a growing incidence of cyberattacks across the UAE and the wider Middle East. As cybercriminals keep abreast of emerging developments in technology, they are striking in ever more sophisticated ways and aiming their weapons where they ar...

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Jun 23, 2019

This paper was developed and written by a 5G Working Group operating under the auspices of INSA’s Cyber Council. INSA expresses its appreciation to the INSA members and staff who contributed their time, expertise, and resources to develop this report.

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Jun 23, 2019

CYBERSECURITY BASICS. Cyber criminals target companies of all sizes. Knowing some cybersecurity basics and putting them in practice will help you protect your business and reduce the risk of a cyber attack. Update your software This includes your apps, web browsers, and operating systems. Set update...

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Jun 20, 2019

FireEye® Central Management (CM series) consolidates the administration, reporting and data sharing of the FireEye products in one easy-to-deploy, network-based solution. Central Management enables real-time sharing of autogenerated threat intelligence to identify and block advanced attacks targ...

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Jun 20, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already been deployed in a multitude of applications to increase productivity, improve sales or enhance experiences. However, one crucial, though often overlooked AI application, is the focus of this report – enhancing protection against cyberattacks. When used...

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Jun 19, 2019

The 2019 SANS OT/ICS Cybersecurity Survey explores the challenges involved with design, operation and risk management of an industrial control system (ICS), its cyber assets and communication protocols, and supporting operations. This year, SANS focused more broadly on the operational technology (OT...

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Jun 18, 2019

SECURE OPERATIONS OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THROUGH REAL-TIME ALERTING AND THREAT RESPONSE - ALL ON A SINGLE PANE OF GLASS Building Management and Building Automation Systems (BMS), are computer-based control systems used to manage, monitor and support critical infrastructure and the critical s...

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Jun 18, 2019

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center in Pasadena, California. Since 1959, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been under contract with NASA to manage JPL, most prominently its research and development activities, but also...

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Jun 13, 2019

Given the increasing frequency of cyber attacks, it is essential to regularly conduct security risk assessments as part of a comprehensive IT security program. In fact, many compliance regulations, such as PCI DSS and HIPAA, require annual IT risk assessments. Unfortunately, not all security auditor...

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Jun 12, 2019

Cybersecurity, broadly defined, is the master problem of the Internet era The problem set is evolving more quickly than is our understanding of it (and our ability to ‘solve’) Different countries and industries will grapple with these challenges in different ways Gaining foresight into t...

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Jun 11, 2019

The internet is still very much the wild west, where malicious individuals and ‘state-sponsored actors’ can cripple your business and hijack your data with a few well-executed keystrokes. Whether financial information, system passwords, or intellectual property, a data breach can expose ...

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Jun 11, 2019

We view cyber security through a series of interconnected lenses. This rounded approach is designed to provide organisations with greater confidence in their people, technology and connections; and in how they manage risks; set priorities; and respond to an incident or during a crisis.

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Jun 10, 2019

The network is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly complex. As a result, organizations need to continuously adapt policies to strengthen their line of defense and improve their security posture. This increased complexity will continue to put more demand on your network operations team and ...

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Jun 10, 2019

Enterprise IT is growing more complex, with rapid advances in areas ranging from multi-cloud to microservices, from machine learning to containers. One global survey of CIOs reveals that a single mobile or web transaction crosses about 35 different technology systems, up from 22 only five years ago....

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Jun 09, 2019

Forescout analyzes deployment data to better understand the cybersecurity risks facing healthcare organizations today. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) continues to offer exciting possibilities for healthcare organizations to improve patient care. However, this digital transformation and increa...

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Jun 09, 2019

Unpatched vulnerabilities remain the root cause of today’s most serious data breaches. To understand how organizations are addressing vulnerabilities today, in May 2019, Tripwire partnered with Dimensional Research to survey 340 infosecurity professionals on vulnerability management trends.

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Jun 07, 2019

organizations are expected to spend on cybersecurity products and services cumulatively from 2017-20212 . We can do better. Cybercriminals always seem to be a step ahead of enterprise security efforts, and a growing proliferation of dark net platforms is making it easier for them. Only with a thorou...

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Jun 07, 2019

In the current landscape of pervasive cyber threats, every business needs a clear strategy that outlines how to deal with and mitigate the risk of attack, as well as a response prepared should the worst happen. However, the lines are often blurred. At the top of every large organisation is a group o...

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Jun 06, 2019

In April 2019, the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) completed a research survey of 200 cybersecurity, IT, and networking professionals with purchase process responsibility for networking and/or security technologies at their organizations. Further descriptions of the research methodology and survey d...

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Jun 05, 2019

Threat intelligence is indispensable in understanding and managing business risk in a connected world. It powers detection through data relationships, enables patch management and ensures ongoing monitoring of your digital assets. Threat intelligence also provides insights into nascent threats and c...

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Jun 05, 2019

STOP BREACHES WITH FULL ENDPOINT PROTECTION, EXTENDED VISIBILITY AND PREMIUM ACCESS TO ELITE THREAT HUNTERS. CrowdStrike Falcon® Endpoint Protection Premium is the industry’s only unified solution combining next-gen AV (NGAV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), managed threat hunting, ...

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Jun 03, 2019

Cyber attacks are an inevitable part of the digital world. The advent of digital innovation has improved connectivity and created significant value across business models, customer experience and operations. However, this greater connectivity brings increasing cyber vulnerability. According to KPMG&...

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Jun 02, 2019

As enterprise networks become the catalyst for digital transformation and connectivity becomes ubiquitous, new policy enforcement and cyber security solutions are required to deal with challenges to traditional network and security approaches. IoT devices are joining employees, customers and guests ...

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May 30, 2019

Public hospitals increasingly use information and communications technology (ICT) to deliver healthcare, and to capture and store patient information. Digital records give clinicians easy access to their patients’ information at the point of care and allow clinicians to quickly share informati...

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May 30, 2019

This guide covers what ransomware is; how it has evolved; and how to identify, thwart, and remediate this threat using the NetApp® ONTAP® solution. The guidance and solutions provided in this guide are designed to help organizations meet prescribed security objectives for information system ...

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May 29, 2019

The healthcare sector is a critical sector in Denmark. Thousands of citizens come into contact with the healthcare service every day; and for many, the healthcare sector's ability to provide timely treatment and care is critical. Therefore it is important that the sector is able to ensure that t...

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May 28, 2019

What if a homeowner took a month to notice that a burglar was living in the extra bedroom? That seems unlikely, and yet, essentially that is often what happens when an advanced persistent threat (APT) infiltrates an enterprise. A 2018 Ponemon Institute study revealed that U.S. companies took an aver...

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May 27, 2019

According to the 2018 Allianz Risk Barometer report, cyber risk is the No. 1 concern for risk managers in the United States. It is a risk that impacts everyone—from individuals to small businesses to large Fortune 100 corporations. As the world continues to become more digital, and more people...

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May 25, 2019

DeltaV™ Mobile provides read-only access to process data and alarms on mobile devices. The solution includes a combination of software and hardware arranged within your existing network. Network Security. DeltaV Mobile is deployed using multiple network layers, with firewalls segmenting each l...

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May 22, 2019

Cybersecurity has become a central political and economic challenge for governments and businesses around the world. But while election hacking, malware, and cyber warfare have dominated the public discourse, the academic and policy communities have largely ignored the diverse industrial policies th...

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May 20, 2019

NTT DATA is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and services. Founded in 1988, the company has a global team of more than 129,000 employees in over 50 countries and regions. NTT DATA is transforming its previous role as a systems creator into a global business partner leading th...

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May 20, 2019

Atos is fully engaged in the digitalization of all areas of the economy. Cybersecurity is a crucial component and enabler for this transition. Working hand in hand with Siemens we have jointly developed digital solutions such as best-in-class security operating center and identity and access managem...

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May 18, 2019

Nowadays, modern fileless malware uses a mix of techniques to evade detection and to stay off the radar. Threat actors are turning to use this technique more often to carry out their attacks. This trend is simply because legacy solutions like traditional signature-based antivirus are struggling to k...

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May 16, 2019

Security is the highest priority at AWS. As an AWS customer, you will benefit from a data center and network architecture built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. The AWS Cloud enables a shared responsibility model. While AWS manages security “of” the ...

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May 14, 2019

The growing demand for higher bandwidth in accelerated time frames is driven by hyper-scale cloud networks and Service Providers. The imminent availability of 5G and Edge computing with higher bandwidth devices, IoT data, new models for video consumption and ongoing Cyber-security challenges raises ...

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May 14, 2019

"The users of the system are C-suite, Entrepreneurs, Networking professionals, Event Managers, Freelancers, Sales & Marketing Team of every organization across the world." “Communication leads to community, that is to understanding and mutual valuing.” One of the strongest ...

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May 14, 2019

DAPS is a planned privacy blockchain with a focus on security, scalability and total privacy. The goal of DAPS protocol is to create a fully anonymous taking coin and payment system with a trustless governance structure, based upon the latest technologies derived from both Monero and PIVX. This is a...

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May 10, 2019

Unikeys introduces a frictionless user experience incentivizing individuals, merchants, SMEs and larger enterprises whether they are banked or unbanked, to feel comfortable interacting within blockchain powered ecosystems. At Unikeys we believe hardware wallets are meant to be highly transportable, ...

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May 09, 2019

Threat Intelligence and Analysis Bromium Secure Platform provides unique insights into threats that bypass traditional detection-based enterprise security solutions. Bromium-protected endpoints are not impacted by these threats that typically arrive as email attachments, downloaded files or links th...

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May 09, 2019

Ensuring Security Compliance for a Hybrid IT Workforce Advances in IT such as cloud, mobility, and communications have enabled geographically dispersed workforces for nearly all businesses. As companies increasingly leverage remote employees and contractors to meet business goals in highly competiti...

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May 09, 2019

First stage – attempting to breach the network via a social engineering attack. This attack was unsuccessful as the nobody opened the malicious file. Concurrently, breaching the Linux system used by the website and injecting a shell. Note however that the Linux system had limited capabilities ...

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May 09, 2019

The Das Blockchain is a mutual distributed ledger that creates and distributes cryptographic assets, and then securely facilitates their storage and exchange. The Das Blockchain forms the nucleus of a digital asset system known as the DasEcosystem, which has been structured to deliver a set of value...

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May 07, 2019

Turla, also known as Snake, is one of oldest, still-active cyberespionage groups, with more than a decade of experience. Its operators mainly focus on high-profile targets such as governments and diplomatic entities in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. They are known for having breached majo...

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May 07, 2019

Emerging technologies and automation permeate every aspect of our work and lives today. The real opportunity of these technologies — which include artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and human interfaces — is to enable us to embrace innovation on...

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May 07, 2019

There are few industries more prone to the threat of cyber attacks than financial services, as financial institutions move money and work with (and continue to protect) sensitive client data. Firms are constantly assessing the risks and areas of the firm that may be vulnerable. Organizations are mak...

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May 03, 2019

Security has always been a vital component for any industry and a critical factor in Information Technology. Physical, VM or Cloud, no matter which era we belong to - security risks, threats and attacks, both external and internal – have always existed. The constantly evolving nature of securi...

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May 03, 2019

In the times we are living data privacy and protection is an major concern across the globe, especially the way in which private data is handled by corporations in an increasingly digital world. The EU has issued a series of regulatory standards to protect the private information of citizens of the ...

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May 02, 2019

This document and any other Authoreon documents do not constitute a prospectus of any sort and are not a solicitation for investment. The Authoreon token does not represent an ownership or share in ANY public or private corporation, or other entity in any jurisdiction. Acquisitions of Authoreon thro...

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May 02, 2019

Cisco Cloud Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco Cloud ACI) overview In today’s world, enterprises are undergoing increasing pressure to innovate rapidly, to keep up with competition and to increase IT agility to meet customer demands. To achieve these goals, businesses are choosing diffe...

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May 01, 2019

This document was developed with input, advice, and assistance from the Dams Sector Cybersecurity Working Group and council members of the Dams Government Coordinating Council (GCC) and Sector Coordinating Council (SCC), which included representatives from the public and private sector. The Dams Sec...

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Apr 30, 2019

The Securonix Threat Research Team has been closely monitoring the LockerGoga targeted cyber sabotage/ransomware (TC/R) attacks impacting Norsk Hydro (one of the largest aluminum companies worldwide), Hexicon/Momentive (a chemical manufacturer), and other companies’ IT and operational technolo...

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Apr 29, 2019

This document is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. This document is provided “as-is.” Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other internet website references...

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Apr 28, 2019

The Cybersecurity Risk Assessment (CRA) is an online Risk Assessment and Management software tool (implemented and facilitated by training and online support) that allows enterprises to regularly check whether their cybersecurity profile is prepared for and resilient to cyber-attacks. It is a contin...

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Apr 23, 2019

When World War II ended in 1945 our nation was secure from attack. Since then, we have invested trillions of dollars in an effort to improve our national security. We have applied some of our brightest minds to maximize the value of that investment. Yet, absurdly, we now can be destroyed in under an...

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Apr 21, 2019

As the next logical step in cloud computing, serverless is fundamentally changing the way developers need to think about applications and write code. While new technologies will always raise security questions, claims that serverless poses new risks are incorrect; there are no new cybersecurity thre...

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Apr 18, 2019

The American Council for Technology (ACT) is a non-profit educational organization established to create a more effective and innovative government. ACT-IAC provides a unique, objective, and trusted forum where government and industry executives are working together to improve public services and ag...

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Apr 17, 2019

FireEye DRAGOS PLATFORM OVERVIEW // The Dragos Platform is an industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity technology that provides ICS defenders with unprecedented visibility of their assets and communications, knowledge of threats through intelligence-driven analytics, and prescriptive guidance v...

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Apr 17, 2019

The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) replaces the old 1995 Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, setting a new bar for privacy rights, security, and compliance around the world. GDPR regulates the processing of personal data belonging to people living in any of the EU member states (...

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Apr 17, 2019

Points of value. Cybersecurity is a real issue and major concern for Energy Delivery Systems on all levels - from transmission to distribution. OT cybersecurity priorities are not the same as traditional business IT systems. First-principle based defense methods enhance Energy Delivery Systems cyber...

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Apr 16, 2019

Thanks to the rise of mobile devices, the “digital divide”—the gap between those who have access to online services and those who do not—has been shrinking. Yet as the adoption of digital services becomes more widespread, a new divide has emerged between those who can manage ...

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Apr 11, 2019

As organizations continue to move toward digital transformation, the challenges they face are evolving. True transformation requires exploring new ways of doing business while reducing cost, increasing efficiency and realizing a greater return on investment. Cautiously navigating these new frontiers...

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Apr 10, 2019

GDPR demands the safeguarding of data subjects’ rights and interests. It allows for organizations to employ a risk based approach to personal data protection. This means that organizational risks and interests may be weighed against a data subject’s rights and interests. Subsequently, bo...

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Apr 10, 2019

Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $86.4 billion in 2017, an increase of 7 percent over 2016, with spending expected to grow to $93 billion in 2018, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc.”1 Despite this level of spending, in the same period...

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Apr 09, 2019

The prevailing trend in Industrial Automation and Control System (IACS) networking is the convergence of technology, specifically IACS operational technology (OT) with information technology (IT). Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) helps to enable IACS network and security technology and OT-IT pers...

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Apr 05, 2019

The purpose of this document is to help technically-oriented professionals understand the security-related value BeyondTrust can bring to your organization. BeyondTrust can help your support organization stay secure and compliant, while improving the efficiency and success of your organization with ...

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Apr 04, 2019

This information is intended for anyone who wants to use VMware Cloud on AWS to create an SDDC that has the basic features required to run workloads in the cloud and can serve as a starting point for your exploration of additional features and capabilities. The information is written for readers who...

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Apr 04, 2019

While cybercriminals, hacktivists, and ransomware often make a big splash in the news headlines, the reality is that the biggest security threat is often right in front of you. Insiders—people already in your organization—pose a pervasive security risk, whether their behavior is maliciou...

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Mar 30, 2019

Memory attacks penetrate via endpoints and malware evades security defenses by exploiting vulnerabilities in applications and operating system processes. A majority of these attacks operate in the memory space of the exploited application and remain untouched by most security solutions once they gai...

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Mar 28, 2019

More than ever before, the discussion of network security is intersecting with the interests of business, government, and popular media. The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol is perhaps the best modern example of this. There are stakeholders on all sides who demand both a secure end-to-end con...

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Mar 21, 2019

Atos Digital Vision series aims to provide a thoughtful and informed view of the opportunities brought about by digital services. It demonstrates how these opportunities are being harnessed by governments, markets and businesses to help deliver innovative solutions that benefit their customers and c...

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Mar 20, 2019

Hybrid environments give new challenges to information compliance and security groups. The dynamic nature of knowledge, users, and applications need extra measures to confirm that the organization’s critical information is tracked, understood, and guarded continually. The risks aren't theo...

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Mar 20, 2019

This document provides an overview of IPv6 security that is specifically aimed at IPv4 engineers and operators. Rather than describing IPv6 in an isolated manner, it aims to re-use as much of the existing IPv4 knowledge and experience as possible. It highlights the security issues that affect both p...

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Mar 20, 2019

DeltaV Mobile provides operations personnel and managers with access to process and production data from mobile devices. DeltaV Mobile users can monitor real-time process and diagnostic values, along with their historical data in touch-friendly trends. Additionally, users can view personalized lists...

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Mar 20, 2019

This guide provides an introduction to cyber threat intelligence. It provides practical advice on the practice and procurement of cyber threat intelligence services. It outlines the key concepts and principles that underpin cyber threat intelligence, along with the ways in which organisations use cy...

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Mar 19, 2019

At Forcepoint we continually seek to improve the protection our products provide. To this end, we often investigate unusual or potentially novel attack techniques. One such recent topic of research has been attacks against localhost and the internal network, launched from the public Internet. Though...

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Mar 14, 2019

Digital transformation is changing the way every enterprise operates. The trailblazers who were first on the journey are now looking at dividing the data workload across public and private cloud, but many are finding that protecting data across multiple platforms is a significant challenge.

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Mar 14, 2019

A common interest and collaborative effort of system operators and suppliers. Most control room operators have a strong focus on safety: air traffic management during all phases of operation, emergency services answering calls and coordinating first responders, vessel traffic and railway operation. ...

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Mar 14, 2019

Many systems claim to be secure, provide secure functionality, and may even be validated by an accredited security industry. However, what does it mean to be a good — or even usable — voice-based security system? What makes a secure voice platform exceptional? In this paper, we present f...

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Mar 14, 2019

The need to improve security teams’ efficiency, integrate technologies, and speed up incident response has spurred the demand for orchestration and automation. Intelligence-driven orchestration goes a step further -- it takes things like environment, situational awareness, and circumstances in...

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Mar 14, 2019

Modern operational technology (OT) networks are constantly evolving due to developments such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0, smart grid and more. To stay competitive, companies are adopting these beneficial technologies to optimize their operations and significantly cut operat...

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Mar 13, 2019

Introduction: Active Directory Security Risks Why is Microsoft Active Directory (AD) the business world’s most targeted asset? Because with just a few queries to AD from a compromised endpoint, attackers obtain all the information they need to steal domain admin credentials and move laterally ...

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Mar 13, 2019

DX offers new business advantages, and organizations are rapidly adopting digital technologies to accelerate their business, deliver better customer experiences, lower costs, and improve efficiencies. Organizations are migrating workloads and applications to the cloud, resulting in an explosion of I...

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Mar 13, 2019

Contrary to popular belief, every device is worth hacking when the process is automated. It doesn’t matter who or where you are, if you own a company big or small, or have technology in the home – every device can be monetized by an enterprising criminal. Brute force login attempts are l...

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Mar 13, 2019

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with over 350 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry...

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Mar 13, 2019

This document is provided for informational purposes only. It represents AWS’s current product offerings and practices as of the date of issue of this document, which are subject to change without notice. Customers are responsible for making their own independent assessment of the information ...

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Mar 06, 2019

Results of an independent survey of 3,100 IT managers commissioned by Sophos. To understand the realities of endpoint security today, Sophos commissioned independent research specialist Vanson Bourne to survey 3,100 IT managers across the globe. The resulting paper reveals the experiences, concerns ...

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Mar 04, 2019

Most organizations have already invested heavily in cybersecurity solutions. From firewalls to proxies to endpoint protection to DLP, the average firm has more than 40 types of security technologies in place, each generating telemetry that grows every year. With employees, contractors, partners, and...

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Mar 01, 2019

Digital Transformation is a journey underway in organizations across the globe. Defined as an organization’s rapid adoption of technology and increased integration of business processes, Digital Transformation creates opportunities to gain strategic efficiencies and capabilities, by providing ...

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Feb 28, 2019

Gone are the days when random hackers or teenagers running code in their basements posed the greatest cybersecurity threats. Now, state and local governments are top targets of well-funded professional cyber criminals. Using various means to debilitate business processes, steal public records or dat...

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Feb 27, 2019

There is no single, straight path that will get you to the point where you can say, “We did it! We’re 100% cyber-secure.” A more realistic destination is cyber resiliency — the ability to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions, so you can withstand and recover rapidly f...

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Feb 26, 2019

Ransomware is one of the hottest white-collar crimes of the 21st century1. Incidences are skyrocketing and cybercriminals have set their sights on more vulnerable small- and medium-sized businesses, as they usually have less resources to ward off an attack and are more likely to pay a ransom to retr...

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Feb 22, 2019

While the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) and the real applications of machine learning (ML) have been influencing various fields for years now, their full transformative potential is yet to be realized. ML-based technologies increasingly help fight large-scale fraud, evaluate and optimize busi...

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Feb 22, 2019

Cyber security risk exists throughout an organization through its people, process, and technology. Where is information stored? What are the external threats to that information? How can that information be accessed internally? What are your internal threats? Have you considered the environmental th...

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Feb 21, 2019

This policy primer looks at current privacy risks for European consumers, how current legal rules are insufficient in protecting consumers’ privacy in the age of 5G technologies, and what can be done by legal change and other policy measures to minimize consumers’ exposure to data leaks ...

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Feb 21, 2019

Tata Communications cyber-threat intelligence service integrates with combination of over 60+ open source and commercial threat providers to provide early warnings on emerging threats globally. Cyber-threat intelligence is any information that can help an organization to identify, assess, monitor an...

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Feb 21, 2019

In an era of increased connectivity and IoT, your customers have never been exposed to greater risk in the form of phishing attacks, identity and data theft, and more. Existing solutions have so far been incapable of offering you the protection required. Based in Poland, with Silicon Valley experien...

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Feb 20, 2019

Cyber Security Begins With Understanding An Organization’s Risk. Cyber security risk exists throughout an organization through its people, process, and technology. Where is information stored? What are the external threats to that information? How can that information be accessed internally? W...

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Feb 20, 2019

This paper is written to serve as a guide of sorts to help stakeholders in the industry navigate the telecom threat landscape. As such, we begin by giving an overview of how telecom fraud or crimes translate to monetary gains for criminals. Then we go through key concepts of the telecom infrastructu...

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Feb 19, 2019

To thrive in today’s competitive corporate environment, enterprises must deliver services and experiences that are innovative, effective, agile, and secure. Digital transformation, and the technologies that enable it, are central to this evolution. The most successful companies continuously ev...

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Feb 16, 2019

Creating smart cities is one of GOI’s prime initiatives to make technology accessible to its citizens, with a proposal to cover 100 cities between FY 2015-16 to FY 2019-20. Smart cities use technology to deliver a higher quality of living for their citizens, with its environment, infrastructur...

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Feb 15, 2019

The buildings that we live and work in are getting smarter and more connected. As we speak, the scenes we have only watched in sci-fi movies are becoming a reality, beginning with our homes and offices transforming into “smart buildings”. Only a few years ago, buildings offered very basi...

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Feb 14, 2019

FOR ENTERPRISES TODAY, RANSOMWARE ATTACKS ARE A MATTER OF “WHEN,” NOT “IF” Ransomware attacks are intensifying in scale and sophistication. A recent NTT Security survey revealed that ransomware attacks rose 350 percent in 2017 over the previous year.1 Nearly 75% of companies ...

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Feb 14, 2019

With the Infoblox Threat Containment and Operations solution, your organization can eliminate silos between networking and security technologies and improve the ROI of your existing security investments. The solution improves security operations and awareness of security events. It does so by automa...

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Feb 14, 2019

Cyber security risk exists throughout an organization through its people, process, and technology. Where is information stored? What are the external threats to that information? How can that information be accessed internally? What are your internal threats? Have you considered the environmental th...

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Feb 13, 2019

While there are many benefits to implementing a threat intelligence programme, most organizational leaders cite data security (46%) as the primary motivator. Most commonly, cybersecurity decision makers in organizations with a threat intelligence programme say their organization developed a threat i...

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Feb 13, 2019

This white paper details how Dell EMC Isilon scale-out NAS storage and the Isilon OneFS operating system architecture provide high availability and data protection needed to meet the challenges organizations face as they deal with the deluge of digital content and unstructured data and the growing i...

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Feb 13, 2019

In recent years there have been numerous events of different threat severity, involving critical and industrial infrastructure. Famous incident names like “Wannacry” ,“Havex” and “Triton” are just a few and represent merely the tip of the iceberg. Some attacks on ...

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Feb 11, 2019

Pledgecamp is a next-generation crowdfunding platform that incorporates blockchain technology for security and accountability. Backers gain a decentralized escrow mechanism which protects their funds. Creators receive wide-ranging project support and lower platform fees. Platform Users can earn toke...

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Feb 07, 2019

The current era in cyber security is characterized by three fundamental challenges: the complexity of the enterprise network and connected infrastructure, the speed of newage attacks, and the strain of overwhelmed incident responders. In many ways, the expansion of networks and continual adoption of...

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Feb 06, 2019

In December 2017, the price of a bitcoin was more than USD 19,000 – nearly fifteen times the price for an ounce of gold. But while gold is a physical object that can be held, traded and used to make products and jewelry, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exist only digitally and derive their ...

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Feb 06, 2019

Insider threat, or the human element, reportedly accounts for the majority of cyber security incidents. This suggests that technical control systems alone are not sufficient to address cyber security risk. Similarly, the majority of insider threat incidents are unintentional, so a focus on the motiv...

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Feb 05, 2019

Segmentation of networks, devices, users, and applications has long been a best practice for supplementing edge security and breaking up flat internal networks. However, for network engineering and operations leaders who prioritize risk mitigation, achieving compliance and effective security posture...

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Feb 02, 2019

TRANSFORM YOUR DISASTER RECOVERY SITE INTO A VIRTUAL CYBER RANGE. VM2020 brings cutting-edge technology and cyber resilience content to enterprise risk management to let you realistically simulate the impact, remediation, and recovery from cyber threats – all using existing business continuity...

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Jan 31, 2019

The mobile telecommunications industry is under significant threat. Today’s threats are a realisation of traditional IP based threats within the all-IP 4G network combined with insecure legacy 2/3G generations. Moving into the 5G era the threat landscape will increase due to the new services a...

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Jan 30, 2019

The financial services industry is undergoing a digital transformation, introducing innovative products, services and organisational forms. Yet, while recent technological advancements such as distributed ledger technology foster innovation within the financial services industry, they also introduce...

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Jan 29, 2019

Maintaining compliance with data privacy and security regulations—GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PSD2, PCI-DSS, GLBA, SOX, NERC-CIP and more—is top of mind for CIOs in 2019. The issues of privacy and security compliance affect ALL enterprise industries today. Security and privacy audits can be disru...

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Jan 25, 2019

Measure and Improve your Cybersecurity Approach A service enabling companies to assess, verify and improve cybersecurity across an enterprise and with third-party partners. “The Cybersecurity Framework may become the de facto standard and may impact legal definitions and enforcement guidelines...

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Jan 25, 2019

The nature of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the scale of their use is what makes securing them so hard. IoT devices emerged for industrial controls two decades ago and then expanded rapidly into business and consumer technologies. The first IoT devices had important but limited capabilities. ...

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Jan 25, 2019

3 powerful agents of change: digitalization, decarbonization and decentralization As the world’s growing need for energy meets the power of the Internet of Things, the traditional energy marketplace is rapidly transforming. Millions of meters and energy assets are connected and digitized each ...

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Jan 25, 2019

The Bioengineering supply chain begins with the acquisition of either a physical genetic sample or an existing data record, which could be downloaded from a repository such as the National Center for Biotechnology Information Genbank FTP website. This data is sequenced, stored, analyzed and dissemin...

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Jan 24, 2019

Space-based capabilities provide integral support to military, commercial, and civilian applications. Longstanding technological and cost barriers to space are falling, enabling more countries and commercial firms to participate in satellite construction, space launch, space exploration, and human s...

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Jan 24, 2019

The risk of high impact cyber-related breaches continues to be high on the agenda of organisations working across the financial services sector. The FCA’s recent publication of findings from a report on Cyber and Technology Resilience, has communicated a warning that there is “no immedia...

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Jan 24, 2019

Cyber risk is business risk. In the electricity industry, cyber risk is also an ecosystem-wide risk. Cyber resilience is a challenge for all organizations, but it is of particular importance for the electricity ecosystem. A large-scale blackout would have socioeconomic ramifications for households, ...

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Jan 24, 2019

Security at the edge is an approach to defending your business, your customers — all of your users — from security threats by deploying defense measures closer to the point of attack and as far away from your assets (your people, applications, or infrastructure) as possible. The edge is ...

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Jan 24, 2019

The threat intelligence landscape is an emerging one. Even in the most sophisticated security organizations, resource constraints often dictate that threat intelligence (TI) is the responsibility of a sole analyst sifting through incident alerts looking for patterns and trends which may indicate tha...

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Jan 24, 2019

Finding the most effective and affordable way to secure your environment is not a simple choice. Between the changing topography of the cyberthreat landscape, the continual increase in security events and incidents; the shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals; and, let’s face it, the p...

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Jan 23, 2019

The purpose of this document is to help technically-oriented professionals understand the security-related value BeyondTrust can bring to your organization. BeyondTrust can help your organization stay secure and compliant, while improving the efficiency and success of your organization with a better...

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Jan 22, 2019

Industrial Control System (ICS) and IIoT networks require specialized security capabilities because traditional IT sandboxes cannot “explode” or run ICS malware. Traditional IT malware sandboxes provide an environment in which malware is allowed to roam free so that its behavior and payl...

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Jan 21, 2019

Organizations of all sizes face growing complexity in both networking and the threat landscape. Multi-cloud deployments and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices expand the attack surface, and disparate point solutions deployed to address new threat vectors often do not integrate with existing infrastruc...

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Jan 18, 2019

With the continuous emergence of new cybersecurity threats, organizations across all industries are striving to modernize their defenses and bolster cyber resiliency. One of the leading research firms Cybersecurity Ventures forecasts that cyber crime damage will cost the world $6 trillion annually b...

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Jan 18, 2019

Threat assessment: The cyber threat against the Danish maritime sector. This threat assessment outlines the cyber threats facing the Danish maritime sector. The Danish maritime sector is of vital importance to the functioning, stability, and economy of the Danish society. The purpose of this assessm...

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Jan 18, 2019

Starting with the Industrial Revolution in 18th-Century Manchester, the manufacturing industry has typically undergone a revolution every hundred years. In an age of ever increasing technological advancement, though, times are changing at a faster pace, as we see the era of controller-based automati...

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Jan 18, 2019

We have conducted our annual survey to improve our service to the end-user community. Respondents were asked for their opinions on various topics related to anti-virus software testing and anti-virus software in general. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to complete the survey.

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Jan 17, 2019

In this white paper, we will provide insight into the two most prevalent types of Android banking malware to date – sophisticated banking Trojans and fake banking apps – and compare their different approaches to achieving the same malicious goal. At the same time, we will explore the imp...

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Jan 17, 2019

ESG Lab evaluated the ThreatConnect threat intelligence, analytics, and orchestration platform to validate how it enables organizations to identify, manage, and block threats. We also gauged the extensibility of the platform to enable users to adapt and create automation for their processes, rather ...

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Jan 17, 2019

The UK government describes itself as “one of the most digitally advanced in the world.” In its continuing efforts to transform internal and externally facing services, a long-awaited strategy for the Government Digital Service (GDS) was unveiled in February 2017. Its ambitious goal is t...

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Jan 16, 2019

The information technology community has utilized container technology since the LXC project began in 2008 (Hildred, 2015). Containers are a form of virtualization that package application code and its dependencies together. Containers share the operating system kernel but maintain isolated processe...

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Jan 16, 2019

Across the world, overarching global trends dictate the security market. These trends are primarily driven by business developments like digital transformation, and technology developments such as the dynamic cyber landscape. Market participants have little control over trends like these. And yet th...

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Jan 16, 2019

The OWASP Top 10 provides a list of the most common types of vulnerabilities often seen in web applications. To call out a common misperception often perpetuated by security vendors, the OWASP Top 10 does not provide a checklist of attack vectors that can be simply blocked by a web application firew...

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Jan 16, 2019

Traditionally, organizations have looked to the public cloud for cost savings, or to augment private data center capacity. However, organizations are now primarily looking to the public cloud for security, realizing that providers can invest more in people and processes to deliver secure infrastruct...

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Jan 16, 2019

There are a growing number of security breaches happening daily to both individuals and businesses. As a result, organizations and online services have shifted efforts in recent years to help educate employees and end users on proper password hygiene, two-factor authentication, signs of a phishing s...

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Jan 15, 2019

Delivering personalization to consumers at scale requires a combination of the right data and the right technology. Authors from Perficient Digital, Dept, Microsoft, Deepend and others speak to the rise in demand for these experiences, the successes (and candid challenges) that agencies are facing t...

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Jan 15, 2019

The Global Trends in Personalization Study is a collaboration between SoDA and Sitecore to assess investment plans, adoption of emerging technology, organizational priorities and key challenges relative to delivering personalized digital consumer experiences. Data was collected in January andFebruar...

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Jan 13, 2019

SAS builds quality software that is secure and privacy-preserving. Our products are built to be resistant to misuse and known cybersecurity threats. SAS guides its architects and developers based on our software security framework (see Figure 1). At the highest level of the framework, we have define...

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Jan 11, 2019

Cyber risk management is demanding work. Vulnerabilities are growing, threat actors are smarter and pressure from the executive team is intensifying. What used to be a side IT conversation is now a top business priority. You finally have the full attention of the C-suite and board – but, do yo...

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Jan 11, 2019

Slack’s mission is to make people’s working lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. We believe that we need to make your data secure, and that protecting it is one of our most important responsibilities. We’re committed to being transparent about our security practices a...

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Jan 10, 2019

Most AWS deployments have evolved from a single virtual private cloud (VPC) to multiple VPCs spread across several regions. The Fortinet Transit VPC solution supports organizations that have storage and compute infrastructures spread across on-premises data centers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) VPCs...

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Jan 10, 2019

Energy infrastructures are at serious risk As investments in the renewable energy industry rose rapidly in the last decade, utilities have become a popular target for cyber criminals. In fact, thanks to digitalization and increased interconnectivity, the huge amount of data coming from wind turbines...

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Jan 09, 2019

Tracking, analyzing, interpreting and mitigating constantly evolving IT security threats is a massive undertaking. Enterprises across all sectors are facing a shortage of the up-to-the-minute, relevant data they need to help them manage the risks associated with IT security threats. Threat Intellige...

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Jan 09, 2019

Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs) are challenging to implement. Hysolate delivers a brand new approach to PAW implementation that is secure-by-design, boosts admin productivity, and enables IT flexibility. THE CHALLENGE. Cyber attackers most commonly seek out one person in an organization: IT ad...

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Jan 09, 2019

This whitepaper is organized into three sections, starting with the executive overview. After the overview, the section titled “GoodData platform security” explains the security measures applied to the GoodData platform and provides guidance for GoodData customers on the security concept...

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Jan 05, 2019

TechConnect West Virginia has been the driving force behind the West Virginia Cybersecurity Workforce Strategic Initiative. TCWV is a non-profit coalition committed to the advancement of the innovation economy in West Virginia, focused on four technology sectors: advanced energy, chemicals and advan...

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Jan 04, 2019

In the 2011 report, Cisco claimed that IoT is about to change ourselves and everything that we know to be true6. This was a clear indication of a hype that typically surrounds introduction of a new technology. Today the forecasts and discussions on IoT seem to be more conservative. For instance, in ...

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Jan 03, 2019

TREND MICRO LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information provided herein is for general information and educational purposes only. It is not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The information contained herein may not be applicable to all situations and may not reflect the most curr...

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Jan 03, 2019

What Is Penetration Testing? A penetration test or ‘pen test’ is the process of evaluating the security infrastructure within a controlled environment to safely attack, identify, penetrate and exploit vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may exist in network, applications, database, pr...

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Jan 01, 2019

This white paper explains the use of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) in the context of HCE mobile payments and explores why companies deploying HCE mobile payment solutions should consider using TEEs to enable a higher level of security and to minimize the possibility of attacks. Dejamobile, i...

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Jan 01, 2019

Digital marketers today are expected to deliver personalized customer experiences across ever-changing touchpoints, but are often challenged with distributed data sources, time-intensive testing and optimization, and omnichannel delivery options that may actually impede a clear view to the customer ...

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Jan 01, 2019

We’ve come a long way since the days when a content management system (CMS) was simply a way to manage and update the content on your website. Today, a web CMS is just one type of technology you need to consistently deliver an excellent customer experience. While your web CMS is a crucial comp...

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Dec 31, 2018

INTRODUCING BLUE RIDGE NETWORKS’ TECHNOLOGY Blue Ridge Networks’ LinkGuard platform represents a best-in-class capability to protect the critical assets of commercial and government customers from increasingly destructive and costly cyber-attacks. Able to support a wide range of architec...

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Dec 31, 2018

Cyber-attacks in 2018 are increasingly moving at machinespeeds, encrypting or compromising machines within seconds. Strained security teams simply cannot keep pace, and struggle to respond fast enough. As attackers learn to move at unprecedented speeds, we have also seen AI become a fundamental ally...

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Dec 29, 2018

For several years now, ESET experts from around the world have been contributing to our annual Trends report, which offers a brief review of the milestones reached in the world of cybersecurity and our predictions about possible attack scenarios and measures to counteract them in 2019. The basic sce...

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Dec 28, 2018

Explosion of Automated Attacks in the Connected World. A White House study published in January of 2018 estimated that malicious cyber activity cost the U.S. economy between $57 billion and $109 billion in 20161 . An international report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)...

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Dec 28, 2018

By consolidating identity management across all internal and external systems with Oracle Identity Cloud Service, our customers can easily and securely access a wide range of services with a single ID. Implementation was quick and easy, enabling us to provide new services faster and support growth.

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Dec 28, 2018

MACROECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Cyber security as a global arms race is a story that continues to grow. Investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election continues to draw headlines. Now the US finds itself facing off against other world powers. China is looking to narrow the gap with the US...

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Dec 27, 2018

The purpose of this document is to help technically-oriented professionals understand the security-related value BeyondTrust can bring to your organization. BeyondTrust can help your support organization stay secure and compliant, while improving the efficiency and success of your organization with ...

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Dec 27, 2018

Security in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (OnPremises) The purpose of this document is to help technically-oriented professionals understand the security-related value BeyondTrust can bring to your organization. BeyondTrust can help your organization stay secure and compliant, while improving...

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Dec 27, 2018

2018 was a year of major cyberattacks, from all-too-common hacks, ransomware and phishing to new, sophisticated crypto-jacking. The year also brought dramatic privacy developments through enactment of the European General Protection Regulation (GDPR) and passage of the California Consumer Privacy Ac...

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Dec 21, 2018

WordPress at scale means two things: building an application or website that scales well for traffic growth or allocating additional infrastructure for planned and unplanned traffic spikes. At WP Engine, we leverage a modern technology stack to make sure our customers have the right tools for scalin...

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Dec 21, 2018

Reducing OT Risk from Unauthorized Remote Access. The March 2018 FBI/DHS alert clearly documented how threat actors are leveraging compromised remote access credentials to access critical infrastructure networks via remote desktop and VPN connections. By using trusted connections, this approach easi...

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Dec 21, 2018

Cyberattacks against small, medium, and large businesses are on the rise. Most likely, you just read about a major cyberattack within the last month. These days cyberattacks are pervasive, compared to just a decade ago, and cybercriminals do not confine themselves to attacking only large businesses....

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Dec 20, 2018

Beginning with Release 13 Update 18C, data security for Financial Reporting Compliance assessments is no longer dependent on data security for other objects. In Financial Reporting Compliance, data security policies determine which items are available to users. The policies are mapped to roles, whic...

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Dec 20, 2018

In the most recent cyber wake up call, the personal data of 1.5 million patients in Singapore has been hacked in the country’s largest cyber-attack, the Singaporean government announced recently. 160,000 of these patients, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, had their outpatient prescrip...

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Dec 20, 2018

Stackhouse Poland have been at the forefront of the Cyber insurance market for a number of years. We acknowledge the size and scope of risk facing UK businesses and, via our established National Practice Group, we have been working to create awareness of cyber risks to our clients and point to poten...

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Dec 20, 2018

Organizations are increasingly looking to move their IT infrastructure to the cloud. With the rise of bare-metal cloud offerings, organizations can easily scale up their operations in the cloud while retaining the confidence of having dedicated hardware. However, while the cloud removes the need to ...

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Dec 19, 2018

Enterprises face a plethora of different types of risk nowadays, including business, operational, market, and systemic risks. The advent of the World Wide Web and the evolution of connectivity generally, and e-business in particular, have brought with them an ever-present threat of cyberattacks, and...

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Dec 19, 2018

The threat landscape has changed significantly since NSPD-47/HSPD-16 directed the development of the NSAS. The past decade has seen the rise of emergent technologies, including cyber, unmanned aircraft, and spectrum-dependent systems that generate economic and social benefits, but also challenge the...

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Dec 19, 2018

Today’s advanced cyber threats target every computer and mobile device, including enterprise endpoints, especially those that make up critical infrastructure like industrial control systems and embedded devices that control much of our physical world. The modern computing landscape consists of...

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Dec 19, 2018

2017 and 2018 were not easy years to be a CIO or CISO, and 2019 isn’t showing any signs of being easier. With so many career-ending-level data breaches in 2017 (e.g., Equifax, Uber, Yahoo, to name a few) and with the stronger regulatory requirements worldwide, CIOs/CISOs have a corporate respo...

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Dec 19, 2018

City managers across the U.S. are looking for ways to better control traffic to reduce pressure on infrastructure, improve air quality, and make cities more livable. To that end, they are interweaving alternative modes of transportation, active traffic management, and connected vehicles into an inte...

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Dec 16, 2018

On December 6, 2018, threat actor X advertised the sale of the CVE-2018-8453 one-day exploit in a cyber crime forum. The exploit enables privilege escalation for an attacker that facilitates the full compromise of a victimized system. There is limited information on X, though he is associated with t...

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Dec 15, 2018

ASL Airlines France (ASL) is a cargo and passenger airline based in Tremblay-en-France at Bâtiment Le Séquoia. Their main base is Charles de Gaulle airport, Europe’s second busiest air traffic hub. A majority of ASL’s fleet operates on the behalf of delivery services through...

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Dec 15, 2018

MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 IS A DATA LOSS DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. If your business relies on Microsoft Office 365, you can expect reliable access to its applications with very high uptime. But many IT professionals are laboring under a dangerous misconception: that Microsoft provides fullyfledged data...

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Dec 13, 2018

In the industrial cybersecurity industry today, there are two main challenges facing those responsible for protecting their organizations’ networks: a largely unknown threat landscape and a shortage of experienced personnel with effective threat detection and response capabilities. With the nu...

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Dec 13, 2018

In mid-November 2017, the Dragos, Inc. team discovered ICS-tailored malware deployed against at least one victim in the Middle East. The team identifies this malware as TRISIS because it targets Schneider Electric’s Triconex safety instrumented system (SIS) enabling the replacement of logic in...

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Dec 13, 2018

This series of three cybersecurity whitepapers is intended for engineers and designers of industrial control processes and the systems that control those processes. Throughout the papers, we emphasize the point that data is not exhaust left-over from a sensor-heavy process, but it is the driver of f...

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Dec 12, 2018

Email is the most vulnerable vector for cyber-attacks because it is the highest volume data ingress point. Organizations face an ever-increasing number of security challenges from email-based advanced threats. Most advanced threats use email to deliver URLs linked to credential phishing sites and we...

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Dec 12, 2018

Good traffic management is essential for road safety. Together with handling heavy traffic flows and meeting sustainability targets, cyber security is crucial. The FlowNode is the next-generation in Traffic Light Controllers, a system built on a tradition of innovation, safety, usability and robustn...

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Dec 08, 2018

Managing a modern enterprise-class database can be monstrously complicated. If it’s a data warehouse, the index structure, partitioning plan, and various server settings must be just right to ensure good performance in handling complex queries. If it’s a transactional database, availabil...

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Dec 08, 2018

The advent of Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming the existing cyber-physical systems, impacting the way companies compete, operate, and grow. Increasingly organizations, across industries and geographies, are treading on the digital path by embracing the latest technology trends - from Int...

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Dec 07, 2018

CRASHOVERRIDE1 is the first publicly-known malware designed to impact electric grid operations. While some attention has already been paid to CRASHOVERRIDE’s ICS-specific effects, the broader scope of the attack – and the necessary prerequisites to its execution – have been woefull...

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Dec 07, 2018

The Subcommittee’s Cybersecurity Concepts and Priorities. In today’s connected world, where nearly all devices—from the phones in our pockets, to the refrigerators in our kitchens, to the multi-million-dollar equipment that runs our electric grid— are linked together through ...

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Dec 06, 2018

The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) credentialing and training program provided by EC-Council is a respected and trusted ethical hacking program in the industry. [1] The credentialing program is also used as a hiring standard for Fortune 500 organizations, cybersecurity practices, and governments. W...

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Dec 05, 2018

Adoption of cloud computing in all forms continues to grow. Many organizations are making use of SaaS applications like Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce and workforce applications such as Dropbox and similar cloud storage and collaboration tools. In the SANS cloud security survey from 2016, 55 perce...

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Dec 04, 2018

A little more than three years ago we started hunting for OpenSSH backdoors being used in-the-wild. While we are always trying to improve defenses against Linux malware by discovering and analyzing examples, the scope of this hunt was specifically to catch server-side OpenSSH backdoors. Unfortunatel...

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Nov 30, 2018

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) are transforming discrete manufacturing. Early adopters have already made extensive use of IIoT technology to radically improve factory efficiency and product quality. This has unleashed new competitive pressures for manufacturers acro...

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Nov 30, 2018

To not only survive but thrive midst the large-scale disruption faced by the banking industry, large investments are being made in IT transformation. Low interest rates, regulatory pressure to cut fees, growing competition from new ‘digitally-native’ entrants and the disintermediation of...

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Nov 29, 2018

Improve cyber Responsiveness and mission effectiveness. Federal agencies and private entities alike are facing great challenges in areas such as cyber situational awareness, defense of cyber physical systems, and shortages in qualified staff. The burden on individuals to do the work required in thes...

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Nov 29, 2018

Every year brings new levels of sophistication and innovation in cybercrime, and the last year was no exception. Over the course of last year, we investigated one of the most complex and sophisticated ad fraud operations we have seen to date. We named this operation “3ve” (pronounced &ld...

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Nov 29, 2018

Cryptocurrency miners that infect the computers of unsuspecting users essentially operate according to the same business model as ransomware programs: the victim’s computing power is harnessed to enrich the cybercriminals. Only in the case of miners, it might be quite a while before the user n...

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Nov 28, 2018

WHAT CHALLENGES DO YOU SEE COMPANIES FACING IN TRYING TO SECURE THEIR DATA? What does “their” even mean anymore? Look at things like GDPR with data processors and data controllers. It is not simple to know what data requires security and at what level these days - questions like where it...

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Nov 26, 2018

Global network access/Connectivity trends (Fixed/Mobile/Wi-Fi) Traffic from wireless and mobile devices will account for 71 percent of total IP traffic by 2022. By 2022, wired devices will account for 29 percent of IP traffic, and Wi-Fi and mobile devices will account for 71 percent of IP traffic. I...

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Nov 23, 2018

There’s nothing more difficult than predicting. So, instead of gazing into a crystal ball, the idea here is to make educated guesses based on what has happened recently and where we see a trend that might be exploited in the coming months. Asking the most intelligent people I know, and basing ...

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Nov 23, 2018

The past few years have been very intense and eventful when it comes to incidents affecting the information security of industrial systems. That includes new vulnerabilities, new threat vectors, accidental infections of industrial systems and detected targeted attacks. In response, last year we deve...

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Nov 22, 2018

As a member of a maturing security team evaluating threat intelligence platforms (TIPs), you may be asking yourself whether you should use an open source solution like Malware Information Sharing Platform (MISP), or buy a TIP from one of many vendors offering solutions. In this whitepaper, we discus...

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Nov 22, 2018

The rapid evolution of new technologies and the emergence of smart devices has led to greater interconnectedness between people and businesses around the world. This has also led to an increased probability of businesses and people becoming targets of malicious cyber activity, and increased awarenes...

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Nov 22, 2018

Cleantech companies are expanding their products and services to broader industry segments than ever before. They are becoming players in the most important industries in the world, including energy, food, manufacturing, and transportation. As population increases, cleantech companies are working to...

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Nov 21, 2018

From online retail and mobile banking, through to cloud business productivity applications and digital infrastructure management, there is now an abundance of data that needs to be managed and stored in data centers. However, the increasing value of information has made data centers a prime target f...

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Nov 20, 2018

Cyber attacks targeting the network infrastructure have become increasingly sophisticated and damaging. Today’s evolving threat landscape requires business leaders to approach security differently. In addition to deploying multilayered security solutions that provide defense in-depth, organiza...

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Nov 19, 2018

Long ago, the name ‘DDoS attack’ was something for ICT staff to deal with. A number of incidents has changed this: a massive DDoS on Dutch Banking Services in 2013 and large-scale attacks aimed at Dutch services in January 2018. The latter affected the entire country. Both caused a great...

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Nov 19, 2018

Companies of all types are pursuing digital transformation. The goal is to improve customer value, operate with greater efficiency and agility, and increase innovation. But as companies leverage new cloud and DevOps workflows to build their digital business, security has not kept pace. The prolifera...

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Nov 18, 2018

The ESET Cybersecurity Barometer Canada is a survey of public opinion about cybersecurity and cybercrime. The survey was conducted because there is a dearth of contemporary research quantifying public attitudes toward, and experience of, cybercrime. Yet public support for cybersecurity efforts, incl...

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Nov 17, 2018

Today, digital customer experience transformations are mandatory to stay ahead in business, not optional. Customers are demanding cutting-edge digital experiences, delivered on every channel, via every device, anytime and anywhere they desire. To satisfy these customers, companies are transforming t...

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Nov 16, 2018

Caveat emptor (“buyer beware”) is the principle that it is the buyer's responsibility to spot if there is anything wrong with what they are being sold. This principle has been applied for centuries and it remains valid in the digital world. In cyberspace things aren’t always wh...

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Nov 15, 2018

We want to make clear that the results in this report are intended only to give an indication of the impact on system performance (mainly by the real-time/on-access components) of the consumer security products in these specific tests. Users are encouraged to try out the software on their own PC&rsq...

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Nov 15, 2018

Protecting the enterprise’s valuable digital assets from accidental or intentional misuse are key goals for every IT team today. Many organizations have deployed a variety of point encryption solutions as a primary method of protecting their data and to meet various compliance mandates and int...

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Nov 15, 2018

We are on the cusp of a truly revolutionary transformation in transportation. If the UK government’s vision becomes a reality, we will see the introduction of autonomous vehicles on UK roads within the next three years, changing the ways in which people, goods and services move from A to B for...

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Nov 14, 2018

The days of technical efficacy and "best-of-breed" functionality being the key drivers of security vendor selection are well and truly over, if they ever existed. Security buyers are more motivated by how well products and services fit in with their existing environment; how they enable be...

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Nov 14, 2018

It should come as no surprise that companies of all sizes are taking data security more and more seriously. Similarly, in recent years, Cyber Liability Insurance has become more commonplace which has allowed the insurance industry to gain important experience with regard to how various companies org...

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Nov 14, 2018

2018 saw cryptocurrency become an established part of many people’s lives, and a more attractive target for cybercriminals across the world. To some extent, the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies even prevailed over the main threat of the last few years: ransomware. However, in the second ha...

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Nov 14, 2018

Many organizations encounter an extremely high volume of proxy data on a daily basis. The volume of proxy data can range from 100 GB to over 1 TB an hour. Legacy security information and event management (SIEM) solutions struggle to handle this flow of data and still identify high-fidelity threats. ...

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Nov 13, 2018

ICS/SCADA and Operational Technology (OT) networks were traditionally kept separate or “air-gapped” from IT networks. However, new business requirements associated with the efficiency benefits of digitalization are forcing increased connectivity between IT and Operational Technology (OT)...

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Nov 13, 2018

ABSTRACT Cyber war is a subject that is highly contested among strategists and experts. This brief assesses the impact of cyber operations against strategic targets and demonstrates that while cyber war is a real phenomenon, it is far from producing decisive outcomes. The cyberspace is a medium to c...

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Nov 13, 2018

Let’s be honest. Most people just tune out when confronted with talk of IT security doom and cybersecurity jargon. It either sounds overwhelmingly complex and daunting, or you think ‘seriously, we have nothing worth stealing so why would anyone bother breaking in?’ It doesn’t...

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Nov 13, 2018

The International Anti-Botnet Guide was developed to facilitate the mitigation of botnets and other automated, distributed threats through voluntary participation and collaboration among disparate stakeholders throughout the global internet and communications ecosystem. The Guide provides informatio...

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Nov 10, 2018

HOW T&C RECOGNIZED NCSAM IN OCTOBER 2018 This October, Thomas & Company joined the Department of Homeland Security to raise cybersecurity awareness across the nation during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). The overarching theme for NCSAM was Cybersecurity is Our Shared Respons...

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Nov 08, 2018

Under the HIPAA mandate, covered entities and business associates are subject to the Security Rule that covers confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) and the Privacy Rule that limits the uses and disclosures of PHI. These rules have long been i...

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Nov 08, 2018

We assist nuclear operators and suppliers in complying with the most up-to-date cyber security regulatory requirements for Industrial Control Systems. Let us help you adapt to the latest in industry best practice and meet your regulatory needs, including: NIST SP800-82, NIST SP800-53, NRC RG5.71 and...

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Nov 07, 2018

This whitepaper explains the trends and developments in computing that have made host-based behavioral analysis and exploit interception necessary elements of computer security. It also provides an overview of the technology and methodology used by DeepGuard, the Host-based Intrusion Prevention Syst...

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Nov 06, 2018

Over the past several years, the Committee on Energy and Commerce has conducted oversight of cybersecurity strategies and incidents both at federal agencies and in the private sector. As part of that work, the Committee has examined the cybersecurity capabilities of the automotive industry, sought a...

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Nov 06, 2018

North American businesses operate in an era where the cost of downtime is more than $700 Billion annually. IT leaders are under constant pressure to protect their business with the ability to rapidly recover from a disaster or site-wide outage, thereby ensuring employees remain productive and applic...

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Nov 06, 2018

Organizations today are facing increasing pressure to secure and protect employee data to ever higher standards. There is widespread concern regarding individual consumer and employee data privacy and security, resulting in new legislation, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (...

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Nov 05, 2018

BLOCKCHAIN FOR THINGS Securing high-volume IoT data transmissions by combining well-established cryptographic signatures with blockchain technology, UBIRCH has created an innovative and highly e¬ client method of securing trust in IoT data forever. We call it Blockchain for Things. IOT IS GROWIN...

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Nov 02, 2018

Despite record spending on cyber security, government agencies and enterprise organizations are not making significant headway in winning a battle against cybercrime. As part of an ongoing modernization initiative, the U.S. DoD is evaluating security solutions that offer the smallest footprint, lowe...

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Nov 02, 2018

Disruptive Technologies has prioritized security and privacy throughout every part of the design and development process for our sensing solution, including chip design, sensor design, radio protocol design, cloud services and APIs. Every layer of the Disruptive sensing solution is secure, from the ...

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Oct 30, 2018

Cloud-Enabled Core Banking. The time is now for banks to capitalize on the many benefits that can be achieved by running Core banking solutions in the cloud. This white paper explains why. Topics include recent increased confidence in cloud strategies; a definition of what cloud-based core banking m...

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Oct 29, 2018

SCOUTPRIME ScoutPrime is a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) for collecting, normalizing, enriching, orchestrating, and distributing unclassified threat indicators gathered from DHS, Lookingglass, OSINT, and commercial sources. The platform provides 87 data feeds, global Internet topology of networ...

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Oct 26, 2018

In today’s digital world, hospitals are struggling to keep up with increasing imaging demands, while managing IT networks that are strained to the limit. Many organizations have already deeply invested in their networks and IT infrastructure, leading administrators to seek out new ways to mana...

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Oct 26, 2018

This series of three cybersecurity whitepapers is intended for engineers and designers of industrial control processes and the systems that control those processes. Throughout the papers, we emphasize the point that data is not exhaust left-over from a sensor-heavy process, but it is the driver of f...

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Oct 25, 2018

Many companies’ focus on cybersecurity is increasing as they embrace digitalization and the Internet of Things (IoT). Organizations, irrespective of size and industry, are constantly under attack, and regulatory authorities are strengthening laws to protect data. As more and more behemoths lik...

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Oct 25, 2018

The total market cap of 1604 cryptocurrencies, listed on coinmarketcap.com, is currently around $216 Billion USD (9/28/18). The crypto market is a huge ecosystem of money, talent, and ideas and its growth is something that no one can ignore as it can be compared to the early days of the Internet. It...

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Oct 25, 2018

Organizations of all sizes and across all industries are the targets of an increasing number of sophisticated cyber attacks. The risk of breach is very real, and gets worse every day. The industry recognizes that approaches such as threat prevention and breach detection are ineffective. For proof, j...

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Oct 25, 2018

Healthcare organizations migrating to the cloud need a strategy that assesses risks and considers all the possibilities. Moving an entire healthcare service to a new IT environment means deciding how to migrate all three subsystems— compute, storage, and networking—and identifying the ri...

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Oct 25, 2018

Enterprises today are faced with an exponential onslaught of sophisticated cyber security breaches with expanded attack surfaces that leave security operational centers unable to respond to new and innovative threats with legacy solutions. Combined with the threat of inside rogue users, organization...

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Oct 24, 2018

TATA COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDES THE CLOUD PLATFORM YOU NEED - INTEGRATING YOUR DISPARATE IT ENVIRONMENTS TO DELIVER A HIGHPERFORMANCE, RELIABLE AND SECURE APPLICATION EXPERIENCE. Total control: gain absolute visibility into all your enterprise cloud and IT resources with built-in automation, orchestrat...

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Oct 22, 2018

Two Technology Trends at Intel, we believe in the enormous potential of artifcial intelligence (AI) to improve people’s lives. Two trends that are infuencing AI and digital developments globally are: 1. Data analytics from the edge to the cloud, and 2. Increased mechanisms for data collection ...

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Oct 21, 2018

The UTM is the ultimate solution – providing cybersecurity, cybersafety and a range of tools to enable reliable Internet in class, reporting and behavioral analytics as well as in-class controls for teachers. Most importantly CyberHound’s UTM provides the ultimate level of protection for...

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Oct 21, 2018

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Is a Local and Global Imperative Consider the services that society counts on everyday — everything from the electric grid, to utilities, to transportation systems, to communications networks, and more. Increasingly, these vital systems face potential disrupt...

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Oct 21, 2018

Effective cyber security defences are clearly a cornerstone of every financial service. As a differentiator, cyber security extends into an integrated, well-designed customer experience. Cyber security in the UK today As cybercrime rises and everyday services are increasingly digitalized, public opi...

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Oct 19, 2018

The GDPR and Masergy Managed Detection and Response (MDR) The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes applicable on May 25, 2018. In addition to applying to entities within the European Union (EU), the GDPR has a broad territorial scope and may apply to entities outside the EU tha...

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Oct 18, 2018

The promise that data science and artificial intelligence (AI) hold to transform the delivery of healthcare is undeniable. Healthcare as a sector, with all of the longitudinal data it holds on patients across their lifetimes, is positioned to take advantage of what data science and AI have to offer....

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Oct 18, 2018

The high-tech industry is transitioning from traditional IT systems to a pool of integrated and loosely-coupled infrastructure and software components that generate huge amounts of data on a continual basis. Enterprises use metrics based on this data to address non-functional system requirements, an...

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Oct 17, 2018

Fileless malware (FM), aka “non-malware”, or “fileless infection”, is a form of malicious computer attack that exists exclusively within the realm of volatile data storage components such as RAM, in-memory processes, and service areas This differentiates this form of malware ...

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Oct 17, 2018

Credit card fraud is the most common form of identity theft, with over 14.2 million accounts exposed and fraud losses totaling $905 million in 2017, according to a report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)1. At Twilio, we understand with stakes this high, mitigating the risk of a potential securi...

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Oct 17, 2018

The ongoing adoption of cloud computing by communications service providers (CSPs) continues to fundamentally reshape their business models and technology strategies on several levels. One such area that is garnering significant attention is the impact of the cloud on security services. This is beca...

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Oct 17, 2018

Three secrets to becoming a mobile security superhero As more workplaces become everywhere workplaces, cyber threats and attacks increasingly target mobile devices. Through the eyes of many business leaders, opening a presentation or other document on a mobile device is hardly different from doing t...

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Oct 16, 2018

ESET researchers have discovered and analyzed advanced malware, previously undocumented, that has been used in targeted attacks against critical infrastructure organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. The malware, named GreyEnergy by ESET researchers, exhibits many conceptual similarities with B...

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Oct 16, 2018

In this whitepaper we outline how Interxion Cloud Connect service offers enterprises the most secure and resilient Hybrid Cloud solution. Combining physical security, round the clock maintenance and support, and more than enough redundancy to cope with the unexpected, Interxion’s colocation da...

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Oct 16, 2018

Although unseen to the average user, Internet Protocol (IP) routing underpins the Internet. By ensuring that packets1 go where they are supposed to, routing2 has a central role in the reliable function of the Internet. It ensures that emails reach the right recipients, e-commerce sites remain operat...

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Oct 16, 2018

The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the results of our second annual benchmark study, The State of Cybersecurity in Central Virginia 2018, co-sponsored by Advanced Network Systems, Inc. This report provides insights into: (a) the perceptions of regional business ow...

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Oct 15, 2018

Could your employees’ mobile devices be the next target for cyber-criminals? Your organisation almost certainly has some form of anti-malware or anti-virus software on your desktop and laptop PCs – this kind of “endpoint protection” is now a basic requirement in most security...

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Oct 12, 2018

“Living off the land” is one clear trend in targeted cyber attacks at the moment. Attackers are increasingly making use of tools already installed on targeted computers or are running simple scripts and shellcode directly in memory. Creating less new files on the hard disk means less cha...

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Oct 12, 2018

WHAT ARE CYBER-ATTACKS AND CYBER SECURITY? Cyber-attacks are malicious attempts to damage, disrupt or gain unauthorised access to computer systems, networks or devices, via cyber means.2 Cyber security is the protection of devices, services and networks - and the information on them - from theft or ...

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Oct 12, 2018

Siemens’ MindSphere, a cloud-based, open Internet of Things (IoT) operating system, enables industries worldwide to link their machines and physical infrastructure to the digital world easily, quickly and economically. Harnessing data from virtually any number of connected intelligent devices,...

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Oct 11, 2018

Working Behind the Scenes Many are familiar with Parsons’ rich history of and reputation providing a full spectrum of engineering, construction, and program management services for the aviation industry. What we may not know is that–for more than 30 years– Parsons has quietly worke...

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Oct 10, 2018

Today, modern computing techniques are capable of easily storing, processing and analyzing large amounts of and a variety of data. These techniques could correlate diverse datasets in order to create individual’s profiles, to gain insights, and to offer new digital services. Among others, thre...

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Oct 09, 2018

The Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®) would like to thank everyone who has previously participated and continues to participate in the Nationwide Cybersecurity Review (NCSR). Your continued support in the NCSR helps us work towards our mission of improving the...

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Oct 09, 2018

Cybersecurity is a major national and economic security challenge. The United States recognizes the cyber threat, yet it is difficult to “solve” for several reasons: the inherently global nature of the adversary and the battlefield, the rapid evolution of tactics and technology, the invo...

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Oct 09, 2018

While the major hyperscale cloud platforms all invest heavily in security, data-in-transit over the public internet can still be intercepted. As soon as any enterprise data touches the internet, it’s fundamentally at risk - whether from DDoS attacks, malware infections or other threats. With e...

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Oct 09, 2018

Data Privacy and New Regulations Take Center Stage. A number of important data breach trends emerged in the first half of 2018. One of the most notable of these developments was the introduction of new data protection regulations including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulatio...

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Oct 07, 2018

Cyber risks pose unique threats to financial stability that are not well understood or managed, despite growing investment in research and dependence by financial institutions, consumers, and governments on cyber technologies. This paper considers the ways in which cyber risks differ from traditiona...

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Oct 03, 2018

In the end, you need to be rewarding your sales reps with more than just money if you want to keep them motivated and if you want your sales compensation plan to deliver on its promises.

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Oct 03, 2018

The first CRM launch truly changed the way sales were managed. We went from tracking customers on spreadsheets (and even in rolodexes) to tracking them and their attendant opportunities with software. It wasn’t long before reps started to feel the purpose of a CRM was more about preserving the...

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Oct 03, 2018

Let’s explore some of the current processes around pipeline management and forecasting and how they can be improved.

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Oct 02, 2018

The purpose of this white paper, jointly written by the National Student Clearinghouse, EDUCAUSE and REN-ISAC, is to build upon registrars’, enrollment managers’, IT’s and higher education’s day-to-day, nationwide dialog around cybersecurity and vulnerabilities.

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Oct 02, 2018

It was time for this top three Global Accounting Firm (the Firm) to update their processes. Their existing document capture solution was no longer able to handle the current volume of their scanning and OCR requirements — up to three million pages per month, many of them multipaged documents r...

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Oct 01, 2018

The purpose of this white paper, jointly written by the National Student Clearinghouse, EDUCAUSE and REN-ISAC, is to build upon registrars’, enrollment managers’, IT’s and higher education’s day-to-day, nationwide dialog around cybersecurity and vulnerabilities. The following...

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Sep 30, 2018

In recent years, enterprise geographic information system (GIS) deployments have increasingly moved from traditional office-based workflows to leveraging GIS apps in the field with mobile technology. This makes security considerations more complex and challenging for information technology (IT) arch...

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Sep 30, 2018

Cybersecurity is now a top business concern. No one is safe from cybercrime, yet many organizations continue to ignore or underestimate their vulnerability to attack. Adopting an ‘it’ll never happen to me’ approach is tantamount to going skydiving without a parachute, and handing t...

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Sep 28, 2018

Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) takes the security of its information, infrastructure and applications very seriously. Its commitment to corporate security is shown through the implementation of policies, controls and procedures, as well as the allocation of dedicated resources requir...

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Sep 26, 2018

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with over 350 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry...

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Sep 25, 2018

When an organization is hit by a cyberattack, visibility into the intent of the attack must be prioritized at the highest level. You need to quickly understand what the malware was attempting to do and how it works, so you can contain any damage and learn how to prevent attacks in the future. Today,...

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Sep 23, 2018

The intended audience for this paper is IT decision makers and line-of-business owners that are tasked with transitioning their workforce into a modern place of work. The insights presented here will be helpful for executing a digital workspace transformation strategy. The Future of Work Automation....

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