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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

Nonprofits often juggle tight budgets and unique operational demands, making it even more difficult to keep sensitive information safe—but here's the thing: you don't need a fortune to build a strong defense against the possible cyber threats out there. Battling cybersecurity threats can often feel like an uphill struggle.

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Hygiene does not only protect you against physical viruses

Dataconomy

It’s like locking your important documents in a secure cabinet or using a safe to protect your valuables but only this time, it’s happening in the digital realm. These devices may contain malware or be under surveillance, posing a risk to your sensitive information. Stick to trusted and secure devices whenever possible.

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Browser Isolation: The Missing Piece in Your Security Puzzle

SecureWorld News

Cyberattacks such as malware infiltration and vulnerability exploitation continue to make headlines, attacking companies of various sizes. In some modifications, such as Document Object Model (DOM) mirroring, this approach filters out harmful elements to ensure they are invisible to the end-user.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

It turns out the system had been hit by malware , and had gone into a fallback mode in which the lights never turned off. As a result, the agency spent $15 million over the past three years on software it may not be using, but didn’t want to risk a software audit from Oracle that might end in a fine that’s even more costly. Lawyer Steven A.

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The BYOD Problem

Cloud Musings

20% of surveyed organizations have suffered a mobile security breach, primarily driven by malware and malicious WiFi. Despite increasing mobile security threats, data breaches and new regulations, only 30% of organizations are increasing security budgets for BYOD in the next 12 months and 37% have no plans to change their security budgets.

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InfoSec Policies and Standards: Some strategic context for those just diving into this world

CTOvision

Management will study the need of information security policies and assign a budget to implement security policies. Security policies need to be properly documented, as a good understandable security policy is very easy to implement. Version – A version number to control the changes made to the document. Implement policies.

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Developing Your Business Email Compromise (BEC) Incident Response Plan

SecureWorld News

Unless you're in a special situation, it can be as simple as stating: "The Business Email Compromise Incident Response Plan (BEC-IRP) documents the strategies, personnel, procedures, and resources required to respond to a BEC incident. Your escalation procedures for BEC may be slightly different than for malware or other incidents.