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The new rulers of the cybersecurity realm: Automation, Analytics Artificial Intelligence

Network World

READ MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: 5 enterprise technologies that will shake things up in 2017 + Just take a look at some recent Gartner assessments of the security situation: By 2020, 60% of digital businesses will suffer major service failures, due to the inability of IT security teams to manage digital risk.

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Auditing the IRS: Asset Management Problems Causing Cybersecurity Risks

SecureWorld News

However, the audit found what is underway is not enough, from an information security perspective: ".if We do have a little bit of a benefit, because we've established a protocol where no device can touch our environment, or authenticate our environment, if it doesn't have one of our security certificates on it.

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The anatomy of a Facebook account heist

Vox

From there, the hackers can change passwords and add security keys or two-factor authentication, and usually, they proceed to commit a crime. Jane Lee, who worked at Facebook on the trust and safety team in 2020, told Vox she saw similar cases out of Southeast Asia during her time at the company.

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Zero Trust Model: How It Looks to the NSA

SecureWorld News

Throughout 2020, we saw cybersecurity professionals change and adapt to the current situation to appropriately address many emerging cyber threats. The National Security Agency (NSA) says that embracing a Zero Trust security model can better position organizations to secure sensitive data and systems.

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Common Techniques Hackers Use to Penetrate Systems and How to Protect Your Organization

ForAllSecure

Social Engineering According to Carnegie Mellon University’s Information Security Office , “Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information.

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Fed Tech News Roundup 8 July 2015

CTOvision

Information Security: Cyber Threats and Data Breaches Illustrate Need for Stronger Controls across Federal Agencies, July 08, 2015 GAO Info Security (Today) - What GAO FoundFederal systems face an evolving array of cyber-based threats. Privileged user authentication and PKI are. Some are already.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

GeekWire

billion for first nine months of 2020, down from $9.3 Identity authentication startup Auth0, which raised a $120 million Series F round in July, added three new board members: • Former Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Sue Barsamian. The company posted revenue of $4.2 billion in 2019. Jamie Cohen.

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