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Cybersecurity Culture: How Princeton University's Security Team Created It

SecureWorld News

Sherry brought to Princeton his 25 years of technology experience, 12 of which was in higher education as the former CISO at Brown University. In many ways, leading a security mission out of a university is like securing a city. Security culture: the security team and everyone else.

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SolarWinds blaming intern for leaked password is symptom of ‘security failures’

SC Magazine

House Oversight and Homeland Security committees last week, SolarWinds’s former and current CEOs blamed an intern for creating a weak FTP server password and leaking it on GitHub – an act which may or may not have contributed to a supply chain hack that impacted users of the tech firm’s Orion IT performance monitoring platform.

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language. Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need.

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A Question of Identity: The Evolution of Identity & Access Management

SecureWorld News

Nation-state attackers have exploited high-severity vulnerabilities in legacy VPN platforms to breach networks. In this case, CISOs must manage the risks due to the technology debt. ZTNA enhances business agility via a more scalable and secure identity architecture.

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On first-ever Identity Management Day, experts detail steps to a better IAM program

SC Magazine

Greg McCarthy, CISO of Boston. This includes the need for responsible password policies, including the use of longer and stronger passwords, never using the same password more than once, and the use of password managers, according to Kelvin Coleman, executive director of the NCSA. “A

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.