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MY TAKE: Why ‘basic research’ is so vital to bringing digital transformation to full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Basic research is the foundational theorizing and testing scientists pursue in order to advance their understanding of a phenomenon in the natural world, and, increasingly, in the digital realm. Along the way, of course, cybersecurity must get addressed.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. One might assume top-tier financial services firms and healthcare vendors would have solved third-party cyber exposures by now. And opportunistic threat actors are proving adept as ever at sniffing out the weak-link third parties in any digital ecosystem.

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Cloud usage by Public Sector to be seriously probed by European Data Protection Board

CyberSecurity Insiders

Therefore, from May 2022 around 22 national authorities across the European Economic Area (EEA) will be asked to probe firms operating in/for healthcare, finance, tax, and IT services/. In coming weeks, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has decided to launch a serious probe into the use of cloud services by the public sector.

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The Aspen Cyber Summit: How Innovation Can Keep Us Safe

Veracode Security

Is your organization concerned about systemic cyber risk? Sam King, Veracode CEO, recently participated in the Aspen Institute’s sixth annual Aspen Cyber Summit which put the spotlight on this issue. Organizations can address systemic risk by increasing their visibility into their attack surface. “If

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SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity

McAfee

Prior to joining Collins, Alexandra led Booz Allen’s Commercial Aerospace practice, building and overseeing multi-disciplinary teams to advise C-level clients on cybersecurity and digital transformation initiatives. During her first few years at Booz Allen, she supported technology, innovation and risk analysis initiatives across U.S.

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Cyber CEO: Cybersecurity in 2021 – What We’ve Learned So Far

Herjavec Group

It’s a lucrative cyber attack option and can be delivered in various ways. On top of this, the consequences of rapid digital transformation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic created the perfect storm for successful ransomware attacks. Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for many threat actors. Back up all sensitive data.

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MY TAKE: How ‘credential stuffing’ and ‘account takeovers’ are leveraging Big Data, automation

The Last Watchdog

A pair of malicious activities have become a stunning example of digital transformation – unfortunately on the darknet. In prior years, marquee financial institutions, healthcare firms, media companies, tech giants and government agencies likewise disclosed major data breaches aided and abetted by botnets.

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