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Insider Threat Case: FBI Busts a Test Engineer

SecureWorld News

He was a test engineer with a defense contractor and a behavioral red flag suddenly appeared. 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. He asked for help opening a bank account in Russia.

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3 ways to deter phishing attacks in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, CIO has reported that it takes only a few minutes for experienced hackers to set up a social engineering attack against enterprises (and their managed service providers) that consider themselves to be secure and protected. Cyberattacks, Data and Information Security, Phishing Let’s dig deeper.

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The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained

Vox

Scattered Spider specializes in social engineering , where attackers manipulate victims into performing certain actions by impersonating people or organizations the victim has a relationship with. They’ve shut down major gas pipelines , banks , hospitals , schools , meat producers , governments , and journalism outlets.

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Join Women in Cybersecurity This Week in Dallas

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Speakers for this year’s event include: Regina Wallace-Jones, Head of Security Operations, Facebook. White, VP Senior Information Security Officer, Global Information Security, Bank of America. Heather Adkins, Founding member of the Google Security Team. Margaret N.

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4 methods to help CIOs manage cyber stress

CIO Business Intelligence

Seeing that hackers don’t work 9 to 5, IT and information security professionals generally don’t get enough rest, says Itumeleng Makgati, group information security executive at Standard Bank. The experts share their four top tips below. . Encourage your teams to slow things down.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Vakrangee, a Mumbai-based provider of banking and e-governance services, has appointed Prashanth Thakur as senior vice president and head of technology and digital. He brings expertise in developing IT strategy, digital transformation, AI engineering, process optimization and operations. January 2022. Prashant Thakur Prashant Thakur.

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SecureWorld Returns to Houston with Energy and Enthusiasm

SecureWorld News

RELATED: Here's an article from The National CIO Review on "The Organizational Importance of the Chief Information Security Officer." The panel was artfully moderated by Dd Budiharto, CISO, Advisory Board Member, and Founder of Cyber Point Advisory, a vCISO firm. Botts, Director, Global Cybersecurity Program, University of St.

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