Should government officials complete basic cyber security training?
Venafi announced the results of a survey of 515 IT security professionals’ views on the cyber security literacy of government officials. The survey was conducted August 4-9, …
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Implications of the NIS Directive for the industrial sector
On July 6, 2018 the NIS (Network and Information System) Directive was enacted as the first EU-wide legislation that provides measures to boost security across the region. …
Ensuring election integrity: The overlooked last mile of securing voter data
With 99 percent of America’s votes counted by computers, security experts agree that our elections remain extremely vulnerable for a cyberattack. Fourteen states are …
Damaging cyberattacks surge ahead of 2018 U.S. midterm elections
Carbon Black released its Quarterly Incident Response Threat Report (QIRTR) aggregating key findings from IR partner investigations during the last 90 days. Key findings …
2018 US voter records offered for sale on hacking forum
Somebody is selling US voter registration databases on an English-language speaking dark web hacker forum and the offer comes with the promise they will be updated every week, …
Legacy government networks stifle cloud migration
67 percent of government agencies’ legacy network infrastructures are simply not prepared to handle the cloud migration lift or keep pace with the changing demands of cloud …
Hackers steal Pentagon personnel’s PI and credit card data
The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed on Friday that personal information and credit card data of some 30,000 U.S. military and civilian personnel has been compromised in a …
Every month should be Cyber Security Awareness Month
In 2004, October was deemed National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). This was an initiative promoted by the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) within the …
California Governor signs strong net neutrality protections into law
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 822, the strongest and most comprehensive state-level net neutrality bill in the country. The bill passed the state …
Election infrastructure security: Should we use Internet voting?
To protect the integrity and security of U.S. elections, all local, state, and federal elections should be conducted using human-readable paper ballots by the 2020 …
