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2020 Was a Privacy Wake-up Call: Don't Go Back to Sleep in 2021!

SecureWorld News

2020 was a wake-up call for more than healthcare pandemic preparedness. It also exposed some huge security and privacy vulnerabilities, which many cybercrooks have exploited thousands of times throughout 2020 for remote workers. Will cybersecurity and privacy professionals heed the lessons learned from the awakening?

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4 methods to help CIOs manage cyber stress

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2020, research found that nearly 90% of CISOs considered themselves under moderate or high levels of stress. According to CIISec’s 2020/21 State of the Profession report , which surveyed 557 security professionals, stress and burnout have become major issues, with almost half (47%) working more than 41 hours a week, and some up to 90.

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GoDaddy Incident Leaks Data of More Than 1 Million Wordpress Customers

SecureWorld News

GoDaddy's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Demetrius Comes says once the breach was detected GoDaddy contacted authorities immediately and blocked the third-party user, determined to be a malicious hacker. Another malicious hacker compromised 28,000 customers' hosting sites in 2020. GoDaddy responds to data breach.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

GeekWire

Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. DataKind co-founder Jake Porway stepped down as executive director in 2020 with COO Russatta Buford serving as interim executive director ever since. DataKind has chapters in the U.K., India, Singapore and U.S.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names CEO; and more

GeekWire

Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. DataKind co-founder Jake Porway stepped down as executive director in 2020 with COO Russatta Buford serving as interim executive director ever since. DataKind has chapters in the U.K., India, Singapore and U.S.

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Insider Threat Case: FBI Busts a Test Engineer

SecureWorld News

The company's Facility Security Officer (FSO) notified the FBI about something unusual. Roe had posted on social media that " he had revealed information regarding U.S. security clearance and a Russian security clearance at the same time. military information from him. It was not. Time passed.

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

ForAllSecure

Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information.”

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