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

The Last Watchdog

Meanwhile, 200,000 well-trained and technically skilled military service members are discharged each year. Yet, there’s still work to be done to make this path more accessible and known among the veteran and transitioning military community. This experience can also be helpful when training cybersecurity talent.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19 cements the leadership role CISOs must take to secure company networks

The Last Watchdog

Chief Information Security Officers were already on the hot seat well before the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and they are even more so today. They must rally the troops to proactively engage, day-to-day, in the intricate and absolutely vital mission of preserving the security of IT assets, without stifling innovation.

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NEW TECH: Circadence deploys ‘gamification’ training to shrink cybersecurity skills gap

The Last Watchdog

It’s clear that closing the cybersecurity skills gap has to happen in order to make our internet-centric world as private and secure as it ought to be. Related: The need for diversity in cybersecurity personnel One of the top innovators in the training space is Circadence ®. It’s all about scale and velocity.

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GAO: Pentagon's Cyber Hygiene Programs Come Up Short

Data Breach Today

Audit Finds DoD Would Benefit From Better Security Training The U.S. Defense Department needs to improve its cybersecurity training programs for civilian and military employees to reduce the risks that common security incidents pose, a new audit from the Government Accountability Office finds.

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A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities with drone manual lures

Security Affairs

A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities using drone manuals as lures to deliver the post-exploitation toolkit Merlin. The campaign, codenamed STARK#VORTEX by Securonix, targets Ukrainian military entities and CERT-UA attributed it to a threat actor tracked as UAC-0154. ” concludes the report.

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Experts warn of China-linked APT’s Raptor Train IoT Botnet

Security Affairs

Researchers warn of a new IoT botnet called Raptor Train that already compromised over 200,000 devices worldwide. Cybersecurity researchers from Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new botnet, named Raptor Train, composed of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices. “This botnet has targeted entities in the U.S.

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US Cyber Command and Australian IWD to develop shared cyber training range

Security Affairs

US Cyber Command and the Information Warfare Division (IWD) of the Australian Defense Force to develop a virtual cyber training platform. The United States and Australia have signed a first-ever cyber agreement to develop a virtual cyber training platform, the project will be designed by the U.S. Australian cooperation.

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