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8 Trends Driving Cybersecurity in the Public Sector

10/20/2022
CISOs and security leaders in state and local governments are dealing with increasing threats like ransomware — with varying degrees of cyber maturity.

Microsoft Customer Data Exposed by Misconfigured Server

10/19/2022
The data exposure was the result of an "unintentional misconfiguration on an endpoint" and not a security vulnerability, Microsoft said.

Emotional Toll From Cyberattacks Can Linger Among Staff for Years

10/19/2022
Research shows 1 in 7 employees involved in a cyberattack exhibits clinical trauma symptoms months after the incident.

Security Awareness Urged to Grow Beyond Compliance

10/19/2022
Increasingly vendors are looking for ways to take security awareness beyond checkbox compliance courses to more context-dependent interactions — a "shift left" to the average worker.

Scammers Targeting Those Seeking Student Loan Forgiveness

10/19/2022
FBI warns that cybercriminals are stealing personal information by posing as administrators of the Student Loan Debt Relief Plan.

Apache Commons Vulnerability: Patch but Don't Panic

10/19/2022
Experts say CVE-2022-42899 is a serious vulnerability, but widespread exploitation is unlikely because of the specific conditions that need to exist for it to happen.

SBOMs: An Overhyped Concept That Won't Secure Your Software Supply Chain

10/19/2022
We need more than the incomplete snapshot SBOMs provide to have real impact.

Zscaler Advances Enterprise Data Security With Zero-Configuration Data Protection

10/19/2022
New data-protection innovations mitigate security risks by expediting deployment cycles and simplifying operational complexity.

Kaspersky Launches New VPN to Amplify Speed and Convenience

10/19/2022
New version boosts VPN tunnel performance and lets users prioritize secure connection traffic for certain services.

GroupSense Delivers New Ransomware Negotiation Training Service

10/19/2022
Training service prepares ransomware response teams for successful threat actor engagement to mitigate damage, protect brand reputation, anticipate emerging threats, and more.

DigiCert Appoints Industry Veteran Amit Sinha as Chief Executive Officer

10/19/2022
Former Zscaler president to lead DigiCert's next stage of growth as the company accelerates its strategy, expands its product offering, and works to become the de facto standard for digital trust.

Revelstoke Teams Up With BreachRx, Offering Users Automated Incident Response and Compliance Solutions

10/19/2022
New partnership gives security analysts simplicity when sifting through data, thorough readouts of compliance options, and streamlined response to incidents.

A New Solution to the Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Building Security into Operational Teams

10/19/2022
Why — and how — companies should consider shifting day-to-day security responsibilities out to operations teams. The move would elevate the team's level of decision-making and help address the challenge of finding professionals with security-specific credentials.

RCS Secure Catches Its Next Big Wave

10/19/2022
Cybersecurity company RCS Secure announces round of Series A funding and name change as it rebrands to Third Wave Innovations.

China-Linked Cyber-Espionage Team Homes In on Hong Kong Government Orgs

10/19/2022
The Winnti APT was spotted dropping several variants of Spyder Loader and other malware as part of the so-called Operation Cuckoobees.

GitGuardian Extends Code Security Platform, Adding Infrastructure-as-Code Scanning for Security Misconfigurations

10/19/2022
The extension allows cloud security teams to protect their organization's infrastructure at the source and collaborate with developers.

Patching-as-a-Service Offers Benefits, Challenges

10/18/2022
Organizations without the time or talent to patch may find patching-as-a-service to be a way to improve security.

What Is the Difference Between Identity Verification and Authentication?

10/18/2022
Identity verification and identity authentication are neither synonymous nor interchangeable, and implementing both is essential to fighting fraud.

Gen Z, Millennial Workers Are Bigger Cybersecurity Risks Than Older Employees

10/18/2022
Younger workers surveyed are less likely to follow established business cybersecurity protocols than their Gen X and baby boomer counterparts, a new survey finds.

German Cybersecurity Boss Sacked Over Kremlin Connection

10/18/2022
Head of German national cybersecurity agency was fired over ties to a member of Russian intelligence once honored by Vladimir Putin.