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Cybersecurity

Cyberthreats and K-12: EdTech Third Party Risk Management Checklist

June 28, 2023

Via: JD Supra

K-12 school districts across the country continue to be targeted by threat actors looking to steal sensitive personal information. Examples of this can be seen in the recent incidents affecting the Pearland Independent School District in Texas and the Tucson […]


Cybersecurity

Global 2000 companies failing to adopt key domain security measures

November 15, 2022

Via: CSO Online

Forbes Global 2000 companies are failing to adopt key domain security measures, exposing them to significant security risks, according to CSC’s Domain Security Report 2022. The enterprise-class domain registrar and Domain Name System (DNS) threats mitigator found that 75% of […]


Cybersecurity

US moves to better protect infrastructure from cyber threats

July 28, 2021

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration is taking steps to harden cybersecurity defenses for critical infrastructure, announcing on Wednesday the development of performance goals and a voluntary public-private partnership to protect core sectors. The actions, outlined in an order from President Joe Biden, […]


Cybersecurity

Microsoft Exchange email hack was caused by China, US says

July 19, 2021

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration on Monday blamed China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year. The administration and allied nations also disclosed a broad range of […]


Federal, Policy

Interim guidelines to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

April 14, 2016

Via: Tech Crunch

Despite the objections of many privacy advocates and security professionals, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) is now the law of the land. Slipped into the 2016 federal omnibus spending bill, CISA permits private entities to share information about cyberthreat […]


Cybersecurity

Governments Can’t Battle Cyberthreats Alone

July 23, 2015

Via: itCurated

Chief security officers may feel as though they’re fighting a losing battle against threats that continue to increase both in volume and sophistication. Last year, the public sector was hit by a whopping 50,314 security incidents out of a total […]