The City of San Diego seems to have all the building blocks in place to make the smart city an exceptionally safe one when it comes to cyber attacks. Deputy director and CISO Gary Hayslip has built out the city’s security operations center, he’s partnering with innovative security vendors and startups, and conferring with law enforcement to keep up with the latest threats. He has the backing of the mayor and city executives, with plenty of funding, and he’s hiring more staff.
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Preparations are well underway on Parliament Hill for the official New Year's kick-off to Canada's 150th anniversary, including an increase in special security precautions around the nation's capital."Sadly, we've seen some of the activities that take place, whether in Berlin or Paris, and you want to make sure that Canadians, when they come to their nation's capital, feel very safe," said Ottawa mayor Jim Watson ahead of Saturday's event, which will see thousan...
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Terranova WW Corporation, a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness CBT 2015, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Terranova's Complete Security Awareness Platform v14 as a finalist for the 12th Annual 2016 Global Excellence Awards, in the Security Training and Educational Programs (any type of training) category. These prestigious global awards recognize security and IT vendo...
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Microsoft this weekend unleashed its wrath on the National Security Agency, alleging it was responsible for the ransomware attack that began last week and has spread to thousands of corporate, government and individual computer systems around the world....
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As 2016 begins, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Finra have again placed cybersecurity at or near the top of their areas of emphasis, which could lead to a new round of enforcement activity, say compliance experts.“The prudence of the industry demands that cybersecurity be made a top priority, if not the No. 1 priority for financial firms in 2016,” says Michelle Jacko, CEO of San Diego-based compliance consultant Core Compliance and Legal Services. “It’s im...
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Security researchers and crypto experts have spent the last few days trying to figure out the details of a recently announced backdoor in Juniper NetScreen firewalls that could allow attackers to decrypt VPN (Virtual Private Network) traffic. They believe that they found the answer: A combination of likely malicious third-party modifications and Juniper's own crypto failures...
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