Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

“Windows XP, released in 2001, was the last Microsoft operating system given the green light for use on official Russian government computers, the Open Media website reported, citing defence ministry documents.” Microsoft Windows 10 is only allowed only for government systems that don’t manage secret information.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

To no one’s surprise, the study of cryptography and advancements in encryption are essential to developing cybersecurity. Cryptographers versed in the latest encryption methods help cybersecurity companies , software developers, and national security agencies secure assets. The Move to HTTPS.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2024

In modern times, cryptography has become a critical lynchpin of cybersecurity. 650 BC: Ancient Spartans used an early transposition cipher to scramble the order of the letters in their military communications. Since the days of antiquity, the practice of sending secret messages has been common across almost all major civilizations.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

It's not common for any Wells notice to be sent to a company in relation to cybersecurity," a former DoJ prosecutor told me for my story, who said they're typically only sent to CEOs or CFOs over securities or other financial fraud. This may be the first time a CISO got a Wells notice.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Israel’s brazen attacks on Hezbollah last week, in which hundreds of pagers and two-way radios exploded and killed at least 37 people, graphically illustrated a threat that cybersecurity experts have been warning about for years: Our international supply chains for computerized equipment leave us vulnerable.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

11, 2001, terrorist attacks. President Biden’s 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy tasked the Treasury and Homeland Security Departments with investigating possible ways of implementing something similar for large cyberattacks. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. But this is easier said than done.

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