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GUEST ESSAY: Essential cyber hygiene practices all charities must embrace to protect their donors

The Last Watchdog

Charities and nonprofits are particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, primarily because they maintain personal and financial data, which are highly valuable to criminals. Creating a solid cybersecurity foundation begins with understanding the organization’s risks. Effective nonprofit cybersecurity starts at the top.

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A Reactive Cybersecurity Strategy Is No Strategy at All

CyberSecurity Insiders

A foundational approach to cybersecurity empowers CISOs to see abnormalities and block threats before they do damage. Constantly playing catch-up seems to have become the unfortunate norm in the cybersecurity industry. The post A Reactive Cybersecurity Strategy Is No Strategy at All appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Why an HR-IT Partnership is Critical for Managing Cybersecurity Risk

Security Boulevard

The post Why an HR-IT Partnership is Critical for Managing Cybersecurity Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. By aligning priorities into a shared game plan, HR and IT can finally set their organizations up to defend against modern cyberthreats.

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‘The people’ of cybersecurity are its greatest strength and weakness

SC Magazine

More than 50 chief information security officers and top security and corporate executives from companies with 1,000 or more employees responded. . Click here to download the full report, “Are people missing from your cybersecurity strategy?” .

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Red Team vs Blue Team vs Purple Team: Differences Explained

eSecurity Planet

Red, blue and purple teams simulate cyberattacks and incident responses to test an organization’s cybersecurity readiness. Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends. Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk.

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Reducing Human Error Security Threats with a Remote Workforce

Security Boulevard

For better or worse, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we work and our corresponding cybersecurity needs. And this requires securing our networks for the new normal of IT infrastructures. In a survey of UK&I CISOs, 55% said that human error posed a risk no matter what protections are in place.