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DCAP Systems: Protecting Your Data with Advanced Technology

SecureWorld News

Huge arrays of unstructured data utilized and modified by many users as well as the ever-growing complexity of attacks, lead to the fact that the usual means of protecting the perimeter of a corporate network no longer meet current information security requirements. What is Data-Centric Audit and Protection?

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Time For Improved Education, Better Practices, and Some Nice Give Aways

Joseph Steinberg

In October, people across America commemorate Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a national observance jointly established in 2004 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Cyber Security Alliance. Cybersecurity Awareness Month is Here!

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Introducing Behavioral Information Security

The Falcon's View

For those unfamiliar with Fogg's work, he started out doing research on Persuasive Technology back in the 90s, which has become the basis for most modern uses of technology to influence people (for example, use of Facebook user data to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election).

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Sophos Sandboxie is now available as an open-source tool

Security Affairs

Now this technology will live on in the hands of its dedicated users.” ” The sandbox was developed by Ronen Tzur and released on June 26, 2004, he sold the solution to Invincea in 2013. Sophos is going to release the Windows sandbox-based isolation program Sandboxie in open source.

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Grandson of FISMA: Why We Desperately Need New Cybsersecurity Legislation from the 117th Congress

Cisco Security

The 47-page report provided significant detail to support the conclusion that “According to agency inspectors general, the average grade of the agencies’ overall information security maturity is C-.”. The two roles don’t overlap cleanly and must be separate in order to govern cybersecurity effectively.

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The Five-Step PCI DSS 4.0 Transition Checklist

CyberSecurity Insiders

With the boom in digital commerce paired with the increased popularity of contactless payment and cloud-stored accountholder data, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council decided to re-evaluate the existing standard. Test security of systems and networks regularly. The current version, PCI DSS v3.2.1,

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FireEye, Mandiant to Split in $1.2 Billion Deal

eSecurity Planet

FireEye is selling its core cybersecurity products to a group led by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) in order to focus on its Mandiant threat response and services group. FireEye’s products span network, email, endpoint and cloud security , and the vendor has been pursuing an XDR platform approach to unite them all.