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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

This article increases awareness for organizations seeking to enhance their digital risk posture against the increasing threat of ransomware (a type of malware) deployed by threat actors to prevent or limit users from accessing their system until a ransom is paid. Crystal Lister.

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One of the Best Things You Can Do as a CIO

CIO Business Intelligence

This article aims to provide you with a practical framework to improve your enterprise data protection. On the secondary storage front, you need to figure out what to do from a replication/snapshot perspective for disaster recovery and business continuity. But where do you start? That is the question. Recover the data.

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New HIPAA guidance addresses ransomware

Network World

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Password Encryption 101: Best Practices Guide for Orgs of All Sizes

SecureWorld News

In this article, I will provide an overview of password encryption, explaining its essence and modus operandi. Malware Certain types of malicious software are designed to steal passwords or attempt to crack passwords. Finally, implement a database disaster recovery plan. Deploying video surveillance can also help here.

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Should You Have a Business Email Compromise Incident Response Plan?

SecureWorld News

You have a Disaster Recovery Plan and a Cyber Incident Response Plan. The basics of the BEC scam are explained in a July 2021 SecureWorld article that interviewed Stephen Dougherty of the U.S. Weaponization - While most BEC attacks don't involve malware, it isn't completely unheard of. You have a Business Continuity Plan.

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Technology Short Take 132

Scott Lowe

My list of links and articles from around the web seems to be a bit heavy on security-related topics this time. Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Here’s a decent article on using tee and xargs.

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7 challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

In this article, we examine 7 challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders. Here’s an article that explores 6 ways to bridge the skills gap. photo credit: JavadR via pixabay cc In case you’re unfamiliar, ransomware is exactly what it sounds like: Malware that holds your files ransom. What challenges can we expect in 2020?