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Safety first: Will insurance companies stall or accelerate cybersecurity progress?

SC Magazine

He referenced an insurer’s role in designing pressure relief valves for the steam engines powering Philadelphia in the 1800s: “They said if you wanted to have insurance, you have to have this piece of architecture on your system.” In so doing, “they drove security or solutions to avoid large insurance claims.”.

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Seven Massachusetts Cities Join Forces to Bolster Cybersecurity Posture

SecureWorld News

The city has a more established IT setup, including a full-time IT director, which many of the smaller towns lack, according to this Government Technology article. We use this type of model for our 'Whole of State' approach to security in North Dakota," says Michael Gregg, CISO for the State of North Dakota. This is a great approach.

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2023 Cybersecurity Predictions from Marcus Fowler, Darktrace

CyberSecurity Insiders

A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. 2 – Continued ‘hacktivism’ from non-state actors complicates cyber attribution and security strategies. By Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal.

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Key Cybersecurity Trends for 2024: My Predictions

Jane Frankland

Geopolitical tensions also foster information warfare and cyber espionage, compromising the security of governments, businesses, and individuals. Governments will likely weaponize cyber capabilities to gain geopolitical advantage and misinformation campaigns will be rife.

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In wake of giant software hacks, application security tactics due for an overhaul

SC Magazine

And yet, even as both government and industry acknowledge the severity of the situation, strategies are fragmented at best, elusive at worst. But there’s a long way to go – and much more work to be done – if industry and government are going to succeed in stemming the rising tide of software-based attacks they’re facing on a daily basis. “One

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