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GUEST ESSAY: The three horsemen of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation and fake news

The Last Watchdog

Such a transformation however, comes with its own set of risks. Misleading information has emerged as one of the leading cyber risks in our society, affecting political leaders, nations, and people’s lives, with the COVID-19 pandemic having only made it worse.

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Resolve to fix your Online Security Mess in 2020. Here’s how.

The Security Ledger

If you do nothing else in 2020, resolve to clean up the mess that is your online security. » Related Stories Episode 163: Cyber Risk has a Dunning-Kruger Problem Also: Bad Password Habits start at Home RSA warns Digital Transformation is supercharging Digital Risk Passwordless?

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7 Trends I Spotted When Reviewing 2020 and the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Jane Frankland

For example, in December 2020, they ran a cybersecurity writing competition called CyberVibe with local school students and had over 600 entries. In a world of remote working and digital transformation, cyberattacks and compliance failures are on the increase. With this approach, they reach thousands of students every year.

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MY TAKE: Why speedy innovation requires much improved cyber hygiene, cloud security

The Last Watchdog

Speed is what digital transformation is all about. We met at RSA 2020 in San Francisco. Trend Micro has evolved from one of the earliest suppliers of antivirus suites to a provider of a broad platform of systems to help individuals and organizations reduce cyber exposures. Here are a few key takeaways.

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NEW TECH: Devolutions’ ‘PAM’ solution helps SMBs deal with rising authentication risks

The Last Watchdog

Related : SMBs are ill-equipped to deal with cyber threats Without a cohesive cybersecurity framework, SMBs are falling further behind as digital transformation, or DX, ramps up. Embracing digital transformation becomes even more of a challenge without a dedicated platform to address vulnerabilities.

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MY TAKE: GraphQL APIs rev up innovation – but also introduce a potential security nightmare

The Last Watchdog

At the data layer, GraphQL had the top awareness level rating – 98 percent — as well as the top satisfaction rating – 94 percent — among 23,765 people in 137 countries who were polled as part of the 2020 State of JavaScript report. We’re deep into our transition onto the public cloud and rich mobile user experiences.

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M&A Trending In Cybersecurity Industry Vertical For 2022

CyberSecurity Insiders

cybersecurity M&A deals hit 151 in the first three quarters of 2021, compared to 80, 88 and 94 in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, according to data from 451 Research. In our budding digital transformation era, the same focus must be applied to due diligence of software applications that serve as the core operation center of a company.