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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions. Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe.

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The Future of Cybersecurity Education - Part 1

Data Breach Today

ISACA and (ISC)2 on Meeting Changing Demands of Industry, Students What is the role of professional certification companies in the cybersecurity education ecosystem? In part one of a two-part panel discussion on the future of cybersecurity education, John McCumber of (ISC)2 and Rob Clyde of ISACA share their philosophies.

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News Alert: CybSafe CEO Oz Alashe MBE recognized as “Security Industry Innovator” for 2023

The Last Watchdog

Boston, July 7, 2023 — CybSafe, the human risk management platform, has today announced CEO Oz Alashe MBE has been named as a SecurityInfoWatch.com , Security Business and Security Technology Executive magazines’ 2023 Security Industry Innovator Award winner.

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GUEST ESSAY: A Memorial Day call to upskill more veterans for in-demand cybersecurity roles

The Last Watchdog

For the cybersecurity industry in need of filling mission-critical roles, our responsibility is to make a concerted effort to help place these skilled individuals into jobs. After veterans break into our industry, they often serve as some of the most invaluable cybersecurity employees and leaders. And it works.

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

Basic search: Easily search using keywords, job title, location, industry, and more. Advanced search: Narrow the search to find candidates using specialized filters like education, and current company technologies. We have added 10's of millions of personal emails and mobile records.

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Profiles in Leadership: Fred Kwong

Data Breach Today

DeVry CISO on Managing Security, Change in the Transformed Education Industry In March of 2020, DeVry University had 40 active campuses across the United States. Then the pandemic hit, and they all closed their doors and sent students home to study virtually.

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Microsoft Defender thwarted Akira ransomware attack on an industrial engineering firm

Security Affairs

Microsoft thwarted a large-scale hacking campaign carried out by Akira ransomware operators targeting an unknown industrial organization. According to the IT giant, its cyber defense solution is able to automatically disrupt human-operated attacks like ransomware without needing to deploy any other capabilities.