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Cybersecurity First: #BeCyberSmart at Work and Home

Security Through Education

Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. A human firewall is made up of the defenses the target presents to the attacker during a request for information. Use company-approved/vetted devices and applications.

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NEW TECH: Data Theorem helps inventory sprawling APIs — as the first step to securing them

The Last Watchdog

If I go to a CSO and say, ‘We can secure your APIs,’ he’ll say, ‘Great, can you also find them for me?’ ” observed Dwivedi, Data Theorem’s founder. Because companies can’t protect APIs with traditional means, like firewalls, they must find other ways to secure them. And that’s just one phone. Velocity without security.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Also read: Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors for 2021. Formerly on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Kevin Mitnick is a crucial figure in the history of information security, including approaches to social engineering and penetration testing. . — Katie Moussouris (she/her) (@k8em0) September 18, 2019.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.