The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. The early Cyber Range hubs were mainly used to help educate and certify military technicians and cybersecurity professionals at selected companies. Merit has a fascinating heritage. But the program has steadily morphed.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In this unfolding narrative, education emerges as the harbinger of change. Recent revelations, such as the TechCrunch exposé on “ Spyhide stalkerware ,” unmask the vulnerability of our devices. An evolution beckons—the “New Normal.”

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Under the name Mayhem Security, the company will continue to collaborate with the government and the industry to advance cybersecurity and revolutionize how organizations approach cybersecurity by automating the process of finding and fixing software vulnerabilities. Pittsburgh, PA, Oct.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. can hope for at present and an encouraging sign that the problem is on the government’s radar. In 2016, companies with fewer than 100 employees made up 33.4%

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ, as part of the celebration of its centenary , has released emulators for World War II cipher machines that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef released for educational purposes. The GCHQ released the source code of the tool on GitHub in November 2016, alongside with a demo.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

According to the company, they have over 600,000 Cameras and 50,000 Recorders installed all over the world in multiple sectors such as Banking, Retail, Government, etc. “Another notable spike to mention is IPS detections related to MVPower CCTV DVR models (CVE-2016-20016) also known as JAWS webserver RCE.

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Preservica

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The 2016 IGI Benchmark Report on The Governance of Long-term Digital Information confirmed that nearly all organizations represented have digital records and information that keep or need to keep in excess of 10 years. Download the Information Governance Initiative (IGI) benchmark report and the 2017 benchmark highlights.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As proposed in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 policy paper, the Council aims to develop, promote and manage nationally recognised standards for cyber security. How do you start your cyber security education? The post How CyBOK Can Help You Develop Your Cyber Security Career appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

CERT-UA warns of a spear-phishing campaign conducted by APT28 group targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides. Russia-linked APT28 group is targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides, Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Figures from the ONS (Office of National Statistics) show that security incidents in Cambridgeshire increased from 2,789 in 2016 to 4,155 in 2018. In 2017, Cambridge became the fastest-growing city in the UK , with businesses attracted to its proximity to London and the North, as well as its highly educated workforce.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

US seizes $3.6 to replace Chinese equipment Hackers breached a server of National Games of China days before the event Russian Gamaredon APT is targeting Ukraine since October Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream emerges from the dark Argo CD flaw could allow stealing sensitive data from Kubernetes Apps.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Our old Twitter account, which was suspended, had pretty much many attacks on government agencies, corporations, educational institutions, ministries, and many, many other things around the world (which we still do, just on a smaller scale). Unfortunately, governments are pressuring and monitoring even ordinary citizens.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. The state counts approximately 109,000 cyber engineers. Two notable examples are Sourcefire, acquired by Cisco for $2.7B According to the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Group-IB specialists discovered 19 928 of Singaporean banks’ cards that have shown up for sale in the dark web in 2018 and found hundreds of compromised government portals’ credentials stolen by hackers throughout past 2 years. Users’ logins and passwords from the Government Technology Agency ( [link] [.] Underground market economy.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

On February 9, 2016, President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing a permanent Federal Privacy Council (“Privacy Council”) that will serve as the principal interagency support structure to improve the privacy practices of government agencies and entities working on their behalf.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

I paged through weekly reports, presentation slides from status meetings, and general briefings to educate visitors. Neither were any of the algorithm names I knew, not even algorithms I knew that the US government used. I’m sure that a bunch of major governments have a complete copy of everything Greenwald has. It wasn’t there.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” reads the joint advisory.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

This is an astonishing 41% rise on the same period in 2016. Key findings: In the central government sector, there was a staggering 178% increase in reported incidents on Q2, up from 9 to 25. In the education sector, there was a 68% increase, from 57 reported incidents in Q2 to 96 in Q3.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2019

The education sector is one of the most highly targeted by cyber criminals, with a recent freedom of information request revealing that there were more than 700 data breaches at UK schools and academies in 2018. It’s not hard to see why Chapman would call these findings a disaster.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

10/09 DIR Technology Forum – Annual conference for Texas government IT staff. Records Management Interagency Coordinating Council (RMICC) provides RM educational flyers you can customize and post on your Intranet or in your offices. Session descriptions and registration instructions on the DIR Calendar. Hosted by DIR.

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AIIM

MAY 22, 2019

Automating compliance & governance. Domain 4 - Automating Governance and Compliance. At that time, the old exam will be retired, just as we did in 2016 when the current exam launched. At that time, the old exam will be retired, just as we did in 2016 when the current exam launched. What if I’m already a CIP?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Before we dive into the specific cybersecurity concerns, let us remind you about the attack that took place in October 2016. The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications. Users could leave all the responsibility to governments and other institutions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

“This warning is specifically targeted to small and medium-sized businesses and government agencies that take credit card payments online. ” E-skimming attacks were initially observed in the wild in 2016, their number rapidly increased since then. . Educate employees about safe cyber practices.

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

The price of a payment card record dropped from $25 in 2011 to $6 in 2016, so cyber criminals have had to focus on new ways to earn as much as they did in the past. Educated and informed employees are your first line of defence. The post Phishing attacks: 6 reasons why we keep taking the bait appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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National Archives Records Express

MARCH 17, 2021

Semo, Director of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), the Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Ombudsman’s office, discusses the vital role records management teams play in agencies’ responses to FOIA requests. Today on Records Express, guest author Alina M. Their final report is posted on our website.

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Unwritten Record

APRIL 14, 2020

A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. government used bookmobiles to promote a concept known as “cultural diplomacy.” In the aftermath of the Second World War, the U.S.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Storm-0324 malware distributor targets victims via Teams Microsoft reports that a threat actor identified as Storm-0324, who has been associated with email phishing campaigns since at least 2016, has been sending phishing lures via Teams since July 2023.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Jim’s post below highlights the importance of a strong information governance program and how creation of a data map can be a key component to that IG program. But it raises some interesting considerations when thinking about information governance and eDiscovery policy in a larger corporate setting.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The white paper was the outcome of a June 2016 roundtable held by the two organizations in London, in which senior business leaders, Data Privacy Officers, lawyers and academics discussed the importance of user-centric transparency to the data driven economy. Transparency is the foundation and sine qua non of individual empowerment.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Additionally, I am a Fellow and Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government --where I teach Internet security policy -- and a Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. In May 2016, one of its websites was hacked, resulting in 430,000 people having their personal information stolen.

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Data Protection Report

MAY 24, 2024

Accountability and governance. Cross-cutting actions include monitoring and engaging with AI developments internationally, including the EU’s AI Act, horizon scanning to identify emerging and longer-term AI developments, and engaging with the government, including through its Central AI Risk Function. Contestability and redress.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 11, 2019

Here is a comparison between 2018 and 2019 (we previously published the graphic for 2016 and 2017 ): Needless to say, I’ll be discussing this in my presentation next week at the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference. Once again, Netflix more than doubled and Instagram nearly doubled, while others sources showed more incremental gains.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 15, 2020

Remember back in 2016 when Apple with in a court battle with the Department of Justice over giving investigators access to encrypted data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters? Now, Apple is in a new dispute with the government again over the same issue.

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eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2018

It’s almost two days of educational sessions covering a wide range of topics! This year’s Washington DC event includes nearly two days of educational sessions covers topics ranging from privacy to cybersecurity to social media to cloud computing. Today is the start of the The Master’s Conference DC event! 600, Washington, DC 20005.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Through public and commercial development of advanced encryption methods, organizations from sensitive government agencies to enterprise companies can ensure protected communications between personnel, devices, and global offices. In 2016, only 40% of websites protected their web pages and visiting users with HTTPS.

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