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FBI Analyst Accused of Stealing and Hoarding Classified Data, Including on Cyber Threats

Hot for Security

A federal grand jury indicted an employee of the FBI’s Kansas City Division for taking classified documents at home, for years on end, related to counterterrorism procedures, counterintelligence and cyber threats. One of the dangers security companies always warn about goes by the name of “insider threat.”

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

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.

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Burnout: The Hidden Cost of Working in Cybersecurity & Other High Risk Fields

Jane Frankland

And these changes increase the risk of developing anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. 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. Naturally, attackers take advantage.

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Protecting your Customers and Brand in 2022: Are you doing enough?

Jane Frankland

It’s a roller coaster of a time to lead, as CIOs, CISOs and CTOs are having to deal with more users, data, devices, technologies, connectivity, mobility, regulations, risks, and threats than they care to. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. million per organisation.

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Cybersecurity Training and Tech Aren’t Enough; ‘Culture Change’ Needed

eSecurity Planet

In 2004, the global cybersecurity market was worth just $3.5 They say that the best defense against cyber threats is in an organization’s security culture. However, despite advanced defenses, organizations still face massive data breach problems. billion,” said Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures.

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Achieving PCI DSS Compliant Firewalls within a Small Business

Security Boulevard

Firewalls are used to segment or isolate networks and are an essential component to limit cyber threats and protect internal networks from the internet and untrusted networks. All business connectivity with the internet poses the greatest risk to safeguard with a firewall. What is a PCI DSS Compliant Firewall?

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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

The Last Watchdog

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. Collectively, enterprises spend a king’s ransom many times over on cyber defense. And as a result, many still do not practice essential cyber hygiene.