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Avoid these CSPM mistakes to increase your cloud security posture
2021-04-27 05:00

CSPM provides a single pane of glass for seeing your cloud vulnerabilities and security posture in real time. In reality, organizations need comprehensive and centralized visibility, security, and compliance, and a CSPM is the perfect tool to both improve and scale cloud security.

Hackers Threaten to Leak D.C. Police Informants' Info If Ransom Is Not Paid
2021-04-27 04:59

The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia has become the latest high-profile government agency to fall victim to a ransomware attack. The Babuk Locker gang claimed in a post on the dark web that they had compromised the DC Police's networks and stolen 250 GB of unencrypted files.

Research directions in cybersecurity to support a digital strategic autonomy
2021-04-27 04:30

In an effort to support this cybersecurity strategy, ENISA releases a report intended to look into digital strategic autonomy in the EU and suggests future research directions. Digital strategic autonomy can be defined as the ability of Europe to source products and services designed to meet the EU's specific needs and values, while avoiding being subject to the influence of the outside world.

Cybersecurity Webinar: Understanding the 2020 MITRE ATT&CK Results
2021-04-27 04:26

A new webinar aims to provide some clarity on what to look for and how to interpret the results. Most importantly, the webinar will show how to get real value out of the evaluation results as a tool for understanding a vendor's strengths.

16% of mobile devices in developing markets now infected with malware
2021-04-27 04:00

In emerging markets such as Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa and Thailand, 16 percent of mobile devices that processed a transaction were found to be infected with malware, according to Upstream. Insights come from Secure-D processing 1 billion mobile transactions and service sign-ups for 35 mobile operators in 23 emerging markets covering nearly 840 million users.

Trends in the evaluation and implementation of enterprise AI adoption
2021-04-27 03:30

While in last year's survey respondents cited company culture as the major bottleneck to enterprise AI adoption, lack of skilled people and difficulty hiring topped the list this year, noted by 19% of respondents. While it's not surprising that demand for AI expertise has exceeded supply, it's important to understand which specific skills and professional titles are most critical to AI adoption.

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A data-driven look at the key developments shaping the future of work
2021-04-27 03:00

Five key trends shaping the workforce and learning landscape in the year ahead Companies renew focus on worker resilience. The top areas where HR professionals are actively using or exploring AI-enabled tools include competency assessments and hiring process management, employee self-service tools and career pathway modeling.

DC Police confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang leaks data
2021-04-27 02:35

The Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that they suffered a cyberattack after the Babuk ransomware gang leaked screenshots of stolen data. The Metropolitan Police Department, also known as the DC Police or MPD, is the primary law enforcement agency for Washington, DC, the US capital.

Auth0 Organizations enables providers of B2B SaaS apps to manage their business customers
2021-04-27 02:30

Auth0 announced the launch of Organizations, a purpose-built feature enabling providers of B2B SaaS applications to seamlessly manage their business customers - a use case Auth0 defines as Business Customer Identity. Organizations is Auth0's enhanced way for enterprise app teams to manage customers and partners in any multi-tenant, B2B, or SaaS application.

Officials Say School District Near Albany Hit by Cyberattack
2021-04-27 02:01

An Albany-area school district is investigating a malware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning on Monday, district officials announced. Officials at the Guilderland Central School District said on the district's website that specialists investigating "Technical interruptions" that happened last Thursday "Have determined that the district was the victim of a cyber attack by a threat actor group which used malware to encrypt certain systems throughout the district."