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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
OCTOBER 4, 2022
So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.
Jane Frankland
APRIL 28, 2022
Executive stakeholders are being prepared for average data breach costs, which according to IBM now reside at just over $4.24 And, if the organisation is listed on the NASDAQ, this worsens after a breach becomes public. Awareness training is also vital, because over 95% of security breaches originate from user error.
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Jane Frankland
JUNE 20, 2023
This increases the likelihood of making mistakes, such as clicking on phishing links, sharing data in insecure ways, using weak passwords, or not spotting cyber threat patterns. Organisations When employees suffer from burnout, their brains become tired and less able to cope with the demands of their job.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 30, 2023
Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. A company may have thousands of employees, but it only takes one phished employee for cybercriminals to bring the network to its knees. The law of large numbers favors the bad guys.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Back in 2004, when I co-wrote this USA TODAY cover story about spam -spreading botnets, I recall advising my editor to expect cybersecurity to be a headline-grabbing topic for a year or two more, tops. Disclosures of huge data breaches no longer shock the public. Conjuring a full summary of cyber exposures would be daunting.
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