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GUEST ESSAY: 5 steps for raising cyber smart children — who know how to guard their privacy

The Last Watchdog

There are additional safety measures you can (and should) take to teach your child as they grow, things like installing virus protection, enabling multi-factor authentication, using password managers, and raising awareness about phishing scams. Make it a family conversation.

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Security researchers applaud Google’s move towards multi-factor authentication

SC Magazine

MFA with a phone or fingerprint adds an element of physical security, and an extra layer of protection that security teams should have in place for their users.”. Password hygiene should always be part of employee training and cyber awareness training,” Carson said.

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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. Attendance at trainings.

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

Security Awareness Training from Advisera Advisera offers lots of tools like books, courses, and guidelines for those who want to know more about compliance standards and become security-aware. Network Security: In this module, you will learn more about how to secure network: firewalls, password managers, and more.

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

SC Magazine

“The latest developments in relation to the SolarWinds intern’s poor password choice highlight’s how bad password hygiene is getting and how important it is for organizations to prioritize password management,” said Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory CISO at Thycotic.

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U.S. Security Agencies Warn About Russian Threat Gangs Amid Ukraine Tensions

eSecurity Planet

companies on their security posture to putting bounties on the more active and notorious threat actors. Despite all this, the threat of the Russian gangs continues to hang over the United States and is unlikely to disappear anytime soon, according to Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at security training firm KnowBe4.

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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