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SHARED INTEL: The expect impacts of Pres. Biden’s imminent National Cybersecurity Strategy

The Last Watchdog

The United States will soon get some long-awaited cybersecurity updates. Related: Spies use Tik Tok, balloons That’s because the Biden administration will issue the National Cyber Strategy within days. Expanded cybersecurity budgets. Statistics suggest almost 50 percent of employees have never received cybersecurity training.

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Dissension Emerges as Healthcare Grapples with Cybersecurity Regulations

SecureWorld News

The recent ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a major payment processor, has intensified the urgency for cybersecurity regulations in the healthcare sector, with industry resistance colliding with calls from lawmakers and cybersecurity experts for immediate action. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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GUEST ESSAY: Why organizations need to prepare for cyber attacks fueled by quantum computers

The Last Watchdog

In today’s times, we are more aware of cyberattacks as these have become front-page news. When these computers come online, any company or federal agency that is not upgraded to post-quantum cybersecurity will leave its data vulnerable to attackers. We most recently witnessed this as Russia invaded Ukraine.

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A man has been charged with a cyber attack on the Discovery Bay water treatment facility

Security Affairs

Then, in January of 2021, after Gallo had resigned from Company A, he allegedly accessed the facility’s computer system remotely and transmitted a command to uninstall software that was the main hub of the facility’s computer network and that protected the entire water treatment system, including water pressure, filtration, and chemical levels.”

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US government orders States to conduct cyber security audits of public water systems

Security Affairs

The Biden administration announced on Friday that it will make it mandatory for the states to conduct cyber security audits of public water systems. In many cases, they lack cybersecurity practices and rely on voluntary measures with poor progress. Cyberattacks have the potential to contaminate drinking water.”

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Colonial Pipeline Attack Shows Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

The attack should serve as a wake-up call for organizations in critical infrastructure that have failed to take ransomware protection steps and implement advanced cybersecurity defenses that limit the potential attack surface, like microsegmentation and zero trust. Also Read: Microsegmentation: The Next Evolution in Cybersecurity.

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Words of advice for President Biden’s new CISO

SC Magazine

Today’s columnist, Steve Durbin of the Information Security Forum, offers advice to Chris DeRusha the new federal CISO. Durbin says the Biden administration has a great opportunity to work with the broader security community towards fostering security awareness and the need to protect data privacy. Develop alliances with top talent.

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