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MY TAKE: Poorly protected local government networks cast shadow on midterm elections

The Last Watchdog

It’s easy to think of it as a problem the federal government must address or something that enterprises deal with, but cybersecurity has to be addressed closer to home, as well. His company supplies a co-managed SIEM service to mid-sized and large enterprises, including local government agencies. During 2016, 39 states were hacked.

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Russia’s watchdog Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Twitter and Facebook

Security Affairs

The Russian government has already blocked the p rofessional social network L inkedIn in 2016 under the data-localization legislation. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Weekly podcast: Reports galore and more cryptojacking

IT Governance

This week, we discuss new reports from Cisco, McAfee and the CSIS, and Big Brother Watch, and hear more about malicious Monero mining. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 23 February 2018. trillion in 2016 – cybercrime can be viewed as a 14% tax on growth”. Here are this week’s stories.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

This part will also discuss managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. ARMA defines information as “Data that has been given value through analysis, interpretation, or compilation in a meaningful form” (ARMA 2016, p 28). Introduction. Content Marketing Platforms (CMP).

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Part 2: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about the evolution from RIM to Content Services?

ARMA International

This part will also discuss managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. While these RIM practices are still important to help ensure governance, compliance, and manage risks, it is also important to realize that information is both a product and a service. Information Governance (IG).

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. Notice that nobody seems to be wearing shoes.

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MY TAKE: How blockchain technology came to seed the next great techno-industrial revolution

The Last Watchdog

Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google did more than anyone else to actualize digital commerce as we’re experiencing it today – including its dark underbelly of ever-rising threats to privacy and cybersecurity. Blockchain technology in 2019 may prove to be what the internet was in 1999.