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The email will try to sound authoritative and pressure you to quickly send out your personal information or transfer money.
Also be wary of being told to work with unknown booking sites. These sites can be fake and divert customers to scam online card payments.
Never feel pressured to reply to an email on the spot. Real businesses will always give you ample time to respond to any query
Never give out personal information without verifying the sender. Real businesses will often require you to fill in your personal data on a secure form on their website. Not in emails
Fraudsters contact your business with a request for a booking spanning a few weeks, usually 28 days.
They accept your booking cost and offers to pay by cheque. The fraudsters then send a cheque for a higher amount, usually £1,000 more. They claim it is a mistake and ask for you to refund the overpayment. Only after you send the refund do you realise that their cheque has bounced.
2. What to do if you receive a spam email or text?
Forward suspected scam texts to your business’s mobile network provider to 7726.
If a scam text claims to be from your business’s bank, then you should also report it to them.
3. Useful advice on these topics
Research tells us that the public and many small organisations often see cyber crime and fraud as a single issue. In practise, different criminal entities can be involved in different activities. Sometimes they can try to defraud you directly. Other times they can try to steal your clients' personal data.
In any case, a strong cyber security is key to both keeping criminals out and to deter them from attempting to target you in the first place. That's why we have provided some useful links to help you bolster your cyber security:
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https://www.visitscotland.org/supporting-your-business/digital-skills/digital-essentials/cyber-security-essentials
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You can be anyone on the internet. The possibilities are endless. Some people choose to be bloggers, others may choose to be trolls. For me, I choose to be a filmmaker. Who will you be on the internet?
“When I first started, my videos were pretty low quality and frankly not that good, so I got plenty of comments telling me to just stop or get a life. As I started getting better, my comments starting becoming more positive, although there would always still be the occasional troll. It used to bother me a lot whenever I got negative comments on my video, but now I just ignore or delete them. It’s the encouraging comments that really matter to me, which motivate me to get better at making videos. ”
Copy and paste the HTML code from the box below into Wordpress or other website platform.
If it ends up displaying the code on your website rather than the video you may need to use paste into Text mode rather than Visual mode.
Once your entry is approved and up on the site, share it with your friends and family and help get your entry into the finals.
And use the hashtag #HereIsMyStory2017 when sharing your entry.
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https://whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com/blog/entry/1-996a7/
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Amerant is committed to protecting customers’ personal information and providing them with the necessary security for the management of their online accounts. The Federal Trade Commission received fraud reports from more than 2.8 million consumers last year, with the most commonly reported category once again being imposter scams.
Phishing is a type of online scam where criminals impersonate legitimate organizations in order to steal your private information. Recently, Amerant customers are reporting seeing fake ads leading to fake websites impersonating Amerant Bank.
The ads pop up after “Treasury Connect Amerant” is typed into search engines like Google (see screenshot of a fake ad below). Do not click the ad or input your login information. Never click on a sponsored link, and always make sure when you click a link that you recognize the URL and that it does not contain any weird words or letters. In the case below, the URL contains “amenamtbark”, a clear indicator that this is not an Amerant webpage.
Here are reminders to better protect your information:
Always verify that the URL is https://www.amerantbank.com/ to access the main Amerant website and https://treasuryconnect.amerantbank.com/ui for Amerant Business Online Banking.
An easy and safe way to access Amerant’s digital platforms is by saving the official Amerant links in your favorites or bookmarks.
Amerant will never ask for your email credentials. Only your username and password are required to log into your account.
Amerant will never ask for your password or your security token over the phone.
The content of this blog reflects the views of the authors of the articles and does not necessarily reflect the views of Amerant or its employees, and we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information presented in the article.
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https://www.amerantbank.com/ofinterest/protecting-yourself-from-phishing-scams/
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Putting in Seceuroguard Security Grilles is a big decision, and you may want to consult with a qualified locksmith to determine if they are the right option for you and your home. You may have different types of windows and doors so getting some advice from a professional locksmith can be very beneficial as they can assist you with the right types of security grilles for certain windows. They can also give you different price options and specific instructions on how to customise your barrier for your exact needs.
Let’s try to envision your home with Seceuroguard Security Grilles. One of the main points of entry for a home intruder is the home patio door. Installing security grilles on the patio doors will greatly reduce the chance of a burglar attack. Furthermore, they can be customised to retract when you want to access your patio or clean the windows, only expanding when you are out of the house and need that extra safety. Being able to have that option of still fully utilising your patio door and protecting your home is a great advantage over robbers.
There should never be any weaknesses in your home when it comes to the security of your house. An alarm system may help with grabbing other people’s attention in the case of an intruder, but security windows will provide that physical fence that prevents entry in the first place. If business owners can trust their valuables under the protection of grilles, then homeowners can be satisfied with the guard’s place on their property. Consider what security grilles can do for you!
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https://www.alphasecurityinstallations.co.uk/access-control-systems/a-compelling-security-solution/
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This morning, Cisco announced its intention to purchase Sweden-based Tail-f Systems for about $175 million in cash and retention-based incentives. That seems reasonable for a software company that did about $30 million last year and is well aligned with the emerging SDN/NFV markets. Additionally, being headquartered in Sweden means Cisco can pay for this out of its foreign war chest instead of tapping into domestic cash.
While Tail-f does have some enterprise relevance, it's really more of a service provider product. The company is well known for managing and orchestrating multi-vendor environments and has many service providers as customers, including AT&T and Deutsche Telekcom AG. Having AT&T as a customer is of particular interest given all the news around Domain 2.0 and Cisco being left out of the initial six. Now Cisco has a foot in the door of Domain 2.0.
Service providers are searching for ways to increase profitability. One way of solving this is to simplify operations and replace the legacy, slow, high-touch provisioning model with something that's real-time, orchestrated and automated. SDN and NFV solve some of the problems, but neither addresses the big issue regarding streamlining operations, and that's OSS systems.
The problem with OSS systems is that they've been patched, amended, and altered over the years. Every time the network operator adds a new device or service, the OSS is modified. Sometimes new OSS systems would be brought in to handle certain vendors or because of mergers and acquisitions. Now most large service providers have overly complex provisioning processes that require lots of touch points and take months to complete because of the mess that is the current state of OSS systems. Hardly the on-demand environment service providers are looking for.
Tail-f solves this problem through a network service orchestration solution. The product provides a single pane of glass for infrastructure from layer 2 through layer 7 and includes hardware devices, virtual appliances, and OpenFlow switches. The solution can actually help bridge the gap between today's environments and SDN/NFV by making the provisioning across both environments easier.
Another interesting point regarding Tail-f is its multi-vendor capabilities. The company models native commands in Yang, enabling the products to interoperate with a number of Cisco competitors such as F5, Juniper, Riverbed, A10 and Alcatel-Lucent. Multi-vendor management isn't something Cisco is known for, but Tail-f can give Cisco greater control over the network no matter who the network vendors are. In a conversation with Cisco this morning, the company stated it fully intends to maintain the multi-vendor nature of the product. This is the right decision for Cisco as it gives the company control over the network regardless of the underlying hardware. Additionally, I believe Tail-f can help Cisco reduce the overall TCO of an all-Cisco environment while being able to maintain price points and current margin structure.
Long term I believe automation and orchestration and the ability to simplify operational processes will be a key point of differentiation for network solution providers. Tail-f gives Cisco a great set of tools to help service providers drive down the cost of running a network while enabling better service elasticity.
In pictures: Why you need to deliver a digital workspace now - ...
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https://www.cio.com.au/article/547804/why_tail-f_acquisition_big_win_cisco/
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Organizations have been warned that hackers are scanning the internet for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers affected by a series of vulnerabilities that were disclosed by researchers last week.
Orange Tsai, principal researcher at security consulting firm DEVCORE, discovered that Microsoft Exchange servers are affected by three vulnerabilities that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers for remote code execution.
The flaws have been assigned the CVE identifiers CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523 and CVE-2021-31207, and they are collectively tracked as ProxyShell.
Orange Tsai has been looking for vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server since October 2020, and he also informed Microsoft about the flaws tracked as ProxyLogon, which ended up being widely exploited by both profit-driven cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat actors.
The researcher said Microsoft released patches for the ProxyShell vulnerabilities in mid-April. However, the tech giant only published advisories for the flaws in May and July.
Microsoft described them as a medium-severity security feature bypass, a critical privilege escalation, and a critical remote code execution issue. Only one bug, CVE-2021-34473, was assigned an “exploitation more likely” rating by Microsoft.
The DEVCORE team used the ProxyShell exploit at the 2021 Pwn2Own hacking contest to take control of an Exchange server, which earned them a $200,000 bug bounty. However, details of the exploit were privately reported at the time to the vendor and were not made public.
Orange Tsai presented the technical details of ProxyShell and other Exchange vulnerabilities at the Black Hat and DEF CON cybersecurity conferences last week. Following the presentations, other researchers published a blog post detailing the vulnerabilities.
Shortly after, researcher Kevin Beaumont reported that one of his honeypots recorded attack attempts involving the ProxyShell exploit. “My Exchange honeypot has somebody dropping files and executing commands,” he said on Twitter on Saturday.
Beaumont and others have released indicators of compromise (IOCs) for these exploitation attempts. National cybersecurity agencies in Europe started issuing alerts in response to the reports.
While patches have been available for months, there appear to be many Microsoft Exchange servers that are still vulnerable to ProxyShell attacks, so it would not be surprising if multiple threat actors started exploiting the flaws in their operations.
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https://www.securityweek.com/internet-scanned-microsoft-exchange-servers-vulnerable-proxyshell-attacks
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This course will help you manage project risk effectively by identifying, analyzing, and communicating inevitable changes to project scope and objectives. You will understand and practice the elements needed to measure and report on project scope, schedule, and cost performance. You will be equipped with the tools to manage change in the least disruptive way possible for your team and other project stakeholders.
Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Define components of a communications management plan 2. Understand the importance of communications channels 3. Define the key elements needed to measure and report on project scope, schedule, and cost performance 4. Identify project risk events 5. Prioritize identified risks 6. Develop responses for a high priority risk 7. Identify and analyze changes to project scope 8. Describe causes and effects of project changes 9. Define the purpose of conducting a lessons learned session
This course took a lot of time, dedication and focus before attempting to answer the quiz and exam.
I am grateful for the opportunity to study this course because it was totally worth it.
Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:
The course may not offer an audit option. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid.
The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/project-risk-management?utm_campaign=become-super-productive&utm_medium=blog&utm_source=deft-xyz
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Despite the fact that malware wants to hide itself, let’s argue that there are secure ways anti-virus protectors could learn about all installations of software – good and bad – that any of their end-users perform. Let’s also assume that they could easily collect other data from these machines and users: geographic location, social networking information, type of operating system, installed programs and configurations.
If they could collect this information, it would enable them to quickly identify new malware strains without even looking at the code.
How is this possible?
We’ll argue that if you know the circumstances of software installations and executions, then you can often tell what kind of software it is without even looking at the code. This information can auto-inform anti-virus protectors. It can be used to provide immediate advice to a client machine, which turns to the “centralized [malware] nervous system” to ask whether a particular piece of code is safe to install or not. Let me provide a few examples of how this could work.
Geographic location. Consider a sequence of installations of some unknown program, performed over a short period of time within a small geographic area. Malware installation patterns, seen as a function of time, typically do not have a strong geographic component. But wait! Some malware does – for example, malware that spreads over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi channels, infecting machines close to them. Of course, if everybody in a large local company patched some software at once this would also show up as geographically correlated installations. But the same patch is likely to also be installed in many other places at the same time, and will not spread like rings on water.
Social graph. Now imagine a graph representing all the computers in the world, where two nodes are connected to each other if and only if the owners of the corresponding two machines know each other – or, more practically, if one of them lists the other in his address book. In plotting installations of new software, does it seem to spread along the vertices (the connections between the nodes) of the graph? Several infamous types of malware (like the Melissa virus) did just that, since they spread using the address books of infected machines. We don’t need to know what the software looks like or what it does to determine if it is good or bad – we only need to look at the pattern of installations.
However, a legitimate application – advertised on a social network and shared between friends – will also spread along social connections. But consider the speed at which the Melissa virus spread: a moment after a machine was infected, 50 emails were sent out to people in the address list. No matter how much users love the app their friends told them about, everyone is not likely to act that fast. And while malware writers can artificially slow down their spreads to avoid automated detection, that action helps anti-virus companies distribute patches in a timely manner.
Time. Automated patching occurs around the clock, and worms infect no matter what time of day. But a Trojan, for example, depends on its victim being awake – the user has to approve its installation. Roughly speaking, if the malware takes advantage of a machine vulnerability, it often will spread independently of the local time of the day (to the extent that people leave their machines on, of course), whereas malware that relies on human vulnerabilities will depend on the time of the day (as does most legitimate software).
Behavior. Malware typically behaves in a very static manner – either it uses the address book, or it does not; either it spreads over Bluetooth, or it does not; and so on. But legitimate software is different. Think of a game: a small number of enthusiasts play it, and tell their friends about it. Then, a local newspaper picks up a story about the game, and lots of people in the city where the newspaper is published – whether they know each other or not – start playing it. Some of them are in the same neighborhood, others are miles away from the closest person who also installed the game. The patterns change for many kinds of legitimate software, but not for typical malware.
Yield. This is the term used to measure the chances that a machine that could become infected actually does become infected. Or, for legitimate software, the chances that a person who is given the opportunity to install the software decides to do so. Well-crafted malware has remarkably higher yields than the most exciting legitimate programs (except programs that everybody needs). If you know what machines receive an “installation opportunity” for some software and what machines take it, you know the yield. Now, if you consider the yield in the context of what software a user has already installed, it gets very interesting. Some malware can only infect if it can take advantage of a vulnerability in some particular kind of legitimate software. Don’t have that software? Then you can’t be infected. There are fewer such dependencies for most legitimate software.
Change and speed. The best thing malware authors may do to hide from anti-virus software is to use polymorphism – code that changes itself as it moves from machine to machine. Each machine that receives it will see something new. But that shouldn’t mess up the automated detection if the system is immediately suspicious of all new code – which makes sense, since legitimate software has no reason to be polymorphic. Popular software that spreads at a reasonable pace is likely to be legitimate, but we can be suspicious of new software that spreads rapidly.
The insight is: let’s ignore what the malware does on a machine, and instead look at how it moves between machines. That is much easier to assess. And the moment malware gives up what allows us to detect it, it also stops being a threat.
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https://www.parc.com/blog/a-central-nervous-system-for-automatically-detecting-malware/
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CCSP stands for Certified Cloud Security Professional. It’s a vendor-neutral cloud security certification administered by (ISC)² and developed in partnership with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). It was first introduced in April 2015 at a security conference hosted by RSA.
Today, more than 10,000 security professionals hold the CCSP certification, and it’s considered one of the top IT credentials in the world. In fact, Certification Magazine consistently ranks it as one of the top certificates for IT professionals to pursue.
The CCSP certifies that you know how to design, manage, and secure cloud data, applications, and infrastructure. In the IT industry, it’s a badge of honor (quite literally). You can use it to prove your skills to potential employers and advance your career.
The CCSP is recognized and respected worldwide. Earning it will open up new job opportunities you wouldn’t have otherwise, including international ones.
This is because the CCSP is issued by (ISC)², the world’s leading cybersecurity professional organization. (ISC)² is an international nonprofit membership association founded in 1989 with over 168,000 certified members.
Companies and organizations that hire cloud security professionals look for job candidates that have the CCSP certification. It’s an easy way for them to determine your experience and skill level.
So if you want to take your IT career to the next level, the CCSP might be for you. Read on to learn more about it and what it takes to certify.
What Does a Certified Cloud Security Professional Do?
Now, you might wonder what exactly a Certified Cloud Security Professional does. This is a hard question to answer since the CCSP certificate can help prepare you for many positions.
The (ISC)² suggests that the CCSP is ideal for “IT and information security leaders responsible for applying best practices to cloud security architecture, design, operations, and service orchestration.” It then lists common CCSP positions:
If you want to become CCSP Certified, there are a few steps you need to follow. Here they are in order:
1. Meet the experience requirement.
To qualify for the CCSP certification, you must have at least five years of paid work experience in IT, three of which must be in information security and one of which must be in one or more of the six CCSP domains (cloud concepts, architecture, and design; cloud data security; cloud platform and infrastructure security; cloud application security; cloud security operations; legal, risk, and compliance).
(ISC)² counts work experience by month. To earn one month of full-time work experience, you must have worked at least 35 hours per week for four consecutive weeks.
Part-time work counts, too. Any work experience in which you work for at least 20 hours per week but no more than 34 hours per week is considered part-time. 1040 hours of part-time work is equal to 6 months of full-time experience, and 2080 hours of part-time work is equal to 12 months of full-time experience.
Internships count, too (both paid and unpaid). All you need is documentation from a supervisor confirming your position and the number of hours you worked.
That said, you can sometimes waive part or all of the CCSP work experience requirements. For example, having the CCSK certificate counts toward one year of experience in a CCSP domain, and having the CISSP certificate fulfills the entire CCSP work experience requirement.
Still don’t have enough work experience? That’s okay. (ISC)² will let you take the CCSP exam anyway, and if you pass, they’ll award you an Associate of (ISC)². You’ll then have six years to earn the required five years of work experience to obtain the CCSP certificate.
2. Pass the CCSP exam
Once you’ve met the CCSP work experience requirements, you’re ready to take the CCSP exam. This is a four-hour-long test with 100 scored multiple-choice questions and 50 unscored pretest items. Please note the number of unscored pretest items increased from 25 to 50 on August 1, 2022.
The scored questions test your knowledge across six CSSP domains. Here they are with the relative percentage of questions per domain:
Keep in mind that the weighting of domains on the CCSP exam also changed recently. On August 1, 2022, the proportion of cloud data security questions increased from 19% to 20%, and the proportion of cloud security operations decreased from 17% to 16%.
To pass the CSSP exam, you must score at least 700 out of 1000 points (i.e. 70%). The exam is available at testing centers across 882 locations in 114 countries and in six different languages: English, Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
To schedule the CSSP exam, create an account with Pearson VUE. From there, you’ll be able to select a location and time to take the test and pay the $599 exam registration fee.
3. Get endorsed by an (ISC)² certified professional
Once you pass the CSSP exam and meet the work experience requirements, you only have a few steps left to get your certification. One of them is to get endorsed by another (ISC)² certified professional in good standing.
If you don’t know any (ISC)² members, that’s okay. You can also get endorsed by (ISC)² itself. Either way, they will need to attest to your professional work experience. You have nine months from the time you pass the CSSP exam to have them do this, after which you must retake the exam.
It’s also worth noting that (ISC)² audits CSSP candidates at random. If you are chosen, you will be required to submit additional information for verification. So don’t try to fudge any numbers. Not only is it wrong, but you will be disqualified from earning the CCSP if you’re caught.
4. Agree to the (ISC)² Code of Ethics
Next, you must agree to the (ISC)² Code of Ethics before you can receive your CSSP certificate. This includes adhering to the following preamble:
The safety and welfare of society and the common good, duty to our principals, and to each other, requires that we adhere, and be seen to adhere, to the highest ethical standards of behavior.
Therefore, strict adherence to this Code is a condition of certification.
It also means you must commit to do the following:
Protect society, the common good, necessary public trust and confidence, and the infrastructure.
Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally.
Provide diligent and competent service to principals.
Advance and protect the profession.
If you don’t have a problem agreeing to the above, you’re in good shape to get the CSSP.
5. Pay your first annual maintenance fee (AMF)
Finally, you must pay your first annual maintenance fee (AMF), which is $125 per year. However, if you only get your Associates of (ISC)², it’s just $50 per year.
The AMF is due on the anniversary of your certification date (if you have multiple certifications, it’s the date of your earliest certification). You can pay it online via credit card, wire transfer, or a check in the mail. (If your employer gave you an (ISC)² training voucher, you can use that, too.)
That’s it! Once you complete the five steps above, you’ll get your CCSP certificate sent to you within a few short weeks.
To maintain your CCSP certification, you’ll need to continue paying the $125 AMF annually and recertify by completing 90 continuing professional education (CPE) credits every three years.
What Does the CCSP Certification Cost?
Earning the CCSP will cost you some money. For one, you’ll need to pay for the exam. The exam price (and taxes) will vary by location, but it’s 599 USD in the US, 479 GBP in the UK, and 555 Euro in other European countries.
That said, you also have the option to pay for the exam with an (ISC)² exam voucher. Your employer can buy them in bulk for employees and transfer them to anyone within the organization. But beware of non-official voucher providers as (ISC)² is the only organization authorized to issue them.
You can cancel or reschedule your CSSP exam within 365 days of registering, after which the exam fee won’t be refunded. To cancel or reschedule before then, contact Pearson VUE online within 48 hours of the exam or by phone within 24 hours of the exam. You can then reschedule for a fee of $50 or cancel for $100.
To maintain your CSSP, you’ll need to pay an annual maintenance fee (AMF) of $125. Taken together, the CCSP certification costs $724 the first year, and then $125 every year after that. When you consider the potential salary boost and career opportunities that come with having the CSSP certificate, it’s a small price to pay.
Which One Is Best in the Cyber Security Field: CCSP or CISM?
The CCSP isn’t the only certificate you can get to advance your cyber security career. The CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) by ISACA can also do the job. Let’s go over what the two have in common first:
The CCSP and the CISM are both vendor-neutral IT security certifications that require having five years of work experience and passing a 150-question exam. For each, you also need to adhere to a code of ethics and complete continuing education credits to maintain the certification.
That said, the CCSP and the CISM also have important differences. For example, the CISM focuses on information security more generally (including information security governance, risk management, program, and incident management), while CCSP is geared exclusively toward cloud security.
In addition, the CISM exam costs $760 ($575 for ISACA members), while the CCSP exam only costs $599.
So which certification is best? It really depends on your career goals. If you know you want to work in cloud security (a market expected to grow from $8.33 billion in 2020 to 36.43 billion by 2028), then the CCSP is the way to go. However, if you’re interested in IT security more generally or you’re not sure what to specialize in, getting the CISM could be the better route.
Ultimately, it’s up to you. Do your research, weigh your options, and pursue the certification that best suits your needs. And remember, there’s no harm in getting both. The CCSP and the CISM are more complementary than they are different.
The first step is to familiarize yourself with the CCSP exam format. Unlike the CISSP exam, for example, the CCSP is only offered as a traditional linear test, not a computer adaptive test (CAT) (though this may change in the future).
The CCSP is made up of 150 multiple choice questions, 50 of which are unscored. You have four hours to complete the exam, and you must score 700 out of 1000 points to pass.
As important as it is to study alone, sometimes it also helps to study with others, aka take an exam prep course.
CCSP courses come in many formats. Some are in-person, and others are virtual. Some are self-paced, and others follow a schedule (including intensive boot-camp-style schedules that last only a few days). The right course format for you will depend on your time horizon, budget, and learning style.
Let’s go over some of your course options. For one, you can take a CCSP course by (ISC)² itself. It offers classroom-based, online instructor-led, online self-paced, and private on-site CCSP courses.
Alternatively, there are many CCSP courses offered by third-party companies at affordable rates. For example, you can take the Certified Cloud Security Professional Course by Readynez.
It’s available in virtual format for $2,950 or in classroom format for $3,990. Both span four days and include all course materials and a certificate guarantee. The classroom course also includes accommodation and all meals. This is an especially great way to prepare for the CCSP if you are on a tight schedule or have little time left before your exam date.
4. Take practice exams.
You don’t know what taking the CCSP exam is like until you actually take it. But you can get a good taste with practice exams. Practice exams are just like the real thing, except that they don’t count toward your certification.
We recommend taking as many CCSP practice exams as you can to prepare. Simulate the real exam environment by giving yourself a four-hour time limit and removing any distractions. Then check your answers with a grading key and see how you did. If you notice that you struggle in particular areas, focus on them when you study.
You can find plenty of free and paid CCSP practice exams online. Just do a simple Google search.
5. Develop good test-taking skills.
As with any exam, much of your performance on the CCSP exam comes down to test-taking skills. Here are some good habits to develop as you take practice exams:
Read questions carefully. Pay special attention to words like “all” or “none” that change the meaning of a question.
Pace yourself. Remember, you have four hours to complete the exam. When you don’t know the answer, mark the question, move on, and return to it if you have time at the end of the exam.
Use the process of elimination. If you know some answer choices are wrong, cross them out so you can narrow down the right answer.
You should also arrive at the testing center early. Give yourself a good time cushion in case you run into traffic. You don’t want to be stressed before the exam even starts!
Come to the exam well rested and fed. Get a good night’s rest the night before, have a hearty breakfast, and bring some water. Four hours is a long time. So make sure you’ll have the energy and stamina to get through it.
6. Request special accommodations if needed.
Lastly, (ISC)² offers special exam accommodations to those that need them. If you have special needs, don’t hesitate to make it known by filling out an accommodation form before your register for the exam. Email it to [email protected] with the following:
Special exam accommodations are approved on a case-by-case basis. Once approved, (ISC)² sends them to Pearson VUE, whom you can contact after two to three business days to schedule your exam.
If you follow all the above steps, you’re much more likely to pass the CCSP exam.
Is getting Certified in CCSP worth It?
At this point, you may wonder if getting the CSCP is worth it. After all, it takes a lot of work, time, and even some money. But we’re here to tell you it’s definitely worth it. When you earn the CCSP, you get to:
Join a global community. There are over 168,000 certified (ISC)² members, over 10,000 of which hold the CCSP certification. This means you can network with other professionals in your field, share and learn the best IT cloud practices, hear about new job postings, and stay on top of the latest industry trends and developments. You can even join a local (ISC)² chapter in your area.
Earn member perks. As an (ISC)² member, you get a lot of member perks, including discounts on (ISC)² events, 50% off official (ISC)² textbooks, and a free subscription to the bimonthly InfoSecurity Professional e-magazine. These perks alone can be worth getting the CCSP.
Continue to learn. To maintain your CCSP certification, you must regularly earn continuing professional education (CPE) credits. This involves attending events and webinars, mentoring, volunteering, and taking classes through the Professional Development Institute (PDI). The PDI offers 35 express learning, immersive and lab-style courses—all of which will help keep your cloud security skills sharp and stay up-to-date on the latest industry trends and developments. There’s no better way to invest in yourself and your IT career development.
Advance your career. When it comes to landing IT jobs and promotions, having the CCSP certificate helps you stand out from your peers. Your CCSP certificate will signal to employers that you are an expert in cloud security. Plus, it’s a highly versatile certificate that can benefit you across other IT positions as well. You never know when it might come in handy!
Boost your salary. On average, (ISC)² members report earning 35% more than non-members. With that kind of salary increase, the CCSP exam and recertification fees will pay for themselves in no time. In the US, the average CCSP earns $138,610!
Ultimately, you must be the one to decide if the CCSP is worth it. But given what we know about the CCSP holders, it’s clear that certifying has some huge advantages!
How Important Is the CCSP Certification?
Getting the CCSP certification may not seem that important to you right now, but it’s becoming more and more important over time. Cloud computing is a giant market expected to reach $1.614.1 trillion by 2030! That means companies will need more CCSPs in the coming years. But that’s not the only reason the CCSP is important.
The CCSP certification is also an important sign of credibility. Organizations and companies around the world recognize and respect the certification and look for it in job candidates. The CCSP is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) under ANSI/ISO/IEC Standard 17024.
In addition, the CCSP plays an important role in offering cloud security professionals a common language for all things cloud security. Because CCSP is vendor-neutral, it helps everyone stay on the same page when it comes to cloud security terminology and methods.
All in all, there’s no better way to deepen your cloud security knowledge than by getting the CCSP. It’s a must-have for anyone working in (or interested in working in) the field.
CCSP Certification: Overview and Career Path
The CCSP is the most comprehensive vendor-neutral cloud security certification out there. The only other cloud security certification that comes close is the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
In fact, if you earn their CCSK, you can waive one year of work experience for the CCSP. That’s how you know the CCSP is the superior certification.
To qualify for the CCSP certificate, you must have five years of work experience, pass the CCSP exam, agree to the (ISC)² Code of Ethics, get endorsed by another (ISC)² member in good standing, and pay an annual maintenance fee (AMF).
Here are the six domains that the CCSP exam covers (and the proportion of questions they make up on the exam):
Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design (17%). This covers the background knowledge to understanding cloud computing systems.
Cloud Data Security (20%). This covers different strategies for protecting cloud data and implementing security programs and procedures.
Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Security (17%). This covers different components of a sound cloud infrastructure, including disaster recovery, business continuity, and more.
Cloud Application Security (17%). This covers applying the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and designing appropriate identity and access management (IAM) solutions.
Cloud Security Operations (16%). This covers operating and managing physical and logical cloud infrastructure, managing communication with third parties, and more.
Legal, Risk, and Compliance (13%). This covers all the legal requirements, unique risks, privacy issues, audit processes, and outsourcing that come with running a cloud environment.
Earning the CCSP will open a world of new opportunities for you. According to the (ISC)² website, the CCSP is ideal for those who want to work in the following positions:
Cloud Architect—This person is responsible for overseeing a company’s cloud computing strategy, including cloud application design, cloud adoption plans, and cloud monitoring and management.
Cloud Engineer—This person is responsible for all the technical aspects of cloud computing, like design, planning, management, and support.
Cloud Consultant—This person consults companies on the best cloud computing strategies and solutions. They are well-versed in the technical side of cloud security but also skilled at communicating cloud security concepts in layman’s terms.
Cloud Administrator—This person works to maintain the infrastructure of an organization’s cloud structure so that it continues to run well without disruptions.
Cloud Security Analyst—This person evaluates cloud security technologies and infrastructure and makes sure they conform to security standards. They also monitor and document cloud environments.
Cloud Specialist—This person helps organizations migrate their data and services to the cloud. They are instrumental in a company’s digital transformation.
Auditor of Cloud Computing Services—This person ensures that a company’s cloud data and services are protected with the appropriate controls.
Professional Cloud Developer—This person programs computer applications that operate in the cloud. The role is similar to that of a software developer, except that it involves developing cloud software exclusively.
As you can see, there are many different career directions you can take with a CSSP certificate. It will look good on your résumé no matter where you go.
In the final section, we’ll go over how much you can expect to make as a CCSP.
How Much Can Certified Cloud Security Professionals Make - 2022 Overview
On average, CCSPs earn 35% more than uncertified cloud professionals. And according to one estimate, the average salary for a CCSP is $138,610!
Of course, the amount you can make will vary by position. According to Payscale.com, you can expect your salary to be in the following ranges:
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2. Back up remotely to an encrypted system that you trust before you travel, both to and from your destination.
3. Only take the limited applications/files required to fulfill your needs abroad. Where possible, password-encrypt your files and documents. If possible, use loaner equipment instead of your everyday use devices.
4. Set a new password that you do not use anywhere else for all of the devices that you are traveling with.
5. For mobile devices, set your device to factory reset after 5 incorrect password entries.
6. If you are asked to hand over your device and refuse, you may be detained and/or your device may be confiscated. If you have a loaner device, you may hand it over at no penalty to you if you do not receive it back. Request documentation for any seized equipment.
7. If your device is returned after inspection, change the password.
8. If you are required to handover your password, change your password immediately after the equipment is returned 9. Unless using biometric login methods, if you log in at the airport, change your password immediately after leaving the international airport, regardless of whether you believe yourself to have been seen entering it.
10. LionMail users: If traveling to China or another country where VPN technologies and Google are not allowed, make sure to have an appropriate application (such as Outlook or Apple Mail) configured to connect with LionMail.
11. Never use general terminals, kiosks, or random WIFI networks.
If you arrive with an infected computer, or if it becomes infected after you're at Columbia, you may lose access to the Internet until your computer has been cleaned.
This can take hours, endanger your personal documents, and require you to reformat your hard drive and reinstall your operating system and all your applications from scratch. Although CUIT is here to help you should it be necessary, it's up to you to take the necessary precautions to secure your computer.
Precautions to Take:
Turn on your operating system's automatic updates feature. Don't ignore it when it notifies you to install an update, especially security updates.
Select a secure password for your computer that is different from the password you set on your UNI.
Make sure the built-in firewall is on at all times.
Scan for and remove any viruses found on your computer.
Develop a strategy for backing up your files regularly.
Educate yourself about safe computing practices.
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On a perfect sunny afternoon on June 27, 2017, while travelling on a train from Schiphol Airport to Dan Hague, I was on a conference call with my Maersk team. Suddenly, someone said their screen went blank, and others faced the same issue. As a tech leader with a cybersecurity background, I knew it was severe. I hurriedly contacted IBM, telling them to shut down some data servers. We were under attack by Not Petya, a ruthless ransomware. More than 750 ships were stuck at sea without data or direction. Chaos gripped our 75 terminals worldwide. It was a nightmare, and my heart was racing. My phone kept ringing with urgent calls from London. I assured them I was on my way back to face the crisis. The damage was enormous, with Maersk facing over $300 million in losses.
But we wouldn’t give up. We’d fight back, rebuild, and come out stronger. We were ready to turn the tide in this defining moment. It was one of the best first-hand experiences with remediating a large organisation from ransomware and building up one of the most secured, reliable, available platforms post not-Petya at Maersk.
The rapid advancement of technology has brought immense convenience and innovation to our lives, but it has also exposed us to unprecedented cyber threats. The demand for robust cybersecurity solutions has never increased as the digital landscape becomes increasingly complex and interconnected. Enter cybersecurity Startups, small and agile companies that aim to tackle the evolving challenges cybercriminals pose. While these startups present promising opportunities for addressing cybersecurity risks, they also face several hurdles on their journey to success. This article delves into cybersecurity startups’ challenges and opportunities in their quest to secure the digital world.
Startups in the cybersecurity domain are venturing into unexplored territories and optimising their operations. It’s impressive to witness the focused efforts of some startups from IIT Kanpur.
One of the startups stands out for combating complex mobile app cyber threats using the power of AI and behavioural biometrics. Their solution addresses various threats, including account takeovers, mobile emulators, malware, VPN and proxy use, social engineering, device theft, and synthetic identity tracking.
Another noteworthy initiative involves tokenising SME assets and providing software and financial services to enhance operational efficiency and transparency. Their scalable protocol enables SMEs to monetise assets while offering low-risk liquidity options.
Not stopping there, startups offer optimised solutions for IoT devices with limited resources, like RFID tags and smart cards. These solutions efficiently authenticate and encrypt sensitive data, catering to devices with low memory, processing power, network bandwidth, and energy.
Among these startups is one specialising in digital forensics and cyber technology, offering comprehensive services ranging from setting up advanced labs to conducting thorough investigations and specialised training. Their innovative approach assists organisations in handling cyber threats and constructing secure infrastructures.
Furthermore, startups are delving into IT risk assessments and digital security services, combining manual and automated vulnerability assessments. Their thorough evaluations help organisations monitor and enhance risk management practices.
In addition, a notable SIEM (Software Incident and Event Management) tool has been tailored specifically for SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses). This user-friendly, automated tool with rich graphical interfaces features a security data lake for analytics.
The company leverages deep learning models, aligning with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and cyber kill chain frameworks. This results in real-time visibility, secure data retention, and improved incident response for regulatory compliance, strengthening overall security defences.
Moreover, startups are tackling fraud with patented technologies like the One-Touch authenticator. This technology helps banks and enterprises authenticate genuine users, preventing fraudulent logins and payments by enabling only verified users’ login forms, payment forms, ATM, and POS machines.
We are truly amazed by the excellent work accomplished by these startups, with support from IIT Kanpur’s startup ecosystem. However, despite their remarkable achievements, startups face a variety of challenges:
Funding and Resource Constraints:
Securing adequate funding and resources is one of the most significant challenges for cybersecurity startups. Building cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions demands substantial research, development, and talent acquisition investments. However, many startups struggle to attract the necessary funding, particularly early. They face competition from established cybersecurity firms and may find it challenging to convince investors of the potential value of their innovative ideas.
Opportunity: Despite the funding challenges, cybersecurity remains a priority for organisations and governments. Startups can capitalise on this growing demand and explore various funding options, such as venture capital, government grants,
Cyber threats are continuously evolving, becoming more sophisticated and elusive. Startups must constantly adapt to new attack vectors and emerging risks to offer relevant and effective cybersecurity solutions. Failing to keep pace with the threat landscape could leave their clients vulnerable and diminish their market credibility.
Opportunity: The rapidly evolving threat landscape allows startups to develop niche solutions tailored to cybersecurity challenges. Specialised products and services that address unique threats can set them apart from larger, more generalised
Attracting and retaining top cybersecurity talent is an ongoing challenge for startups. The cybersecurity industry is highly competitive, with larger companies often offering more substantial salary packages and benefits. This makes it difficult for startups to assemble a team of experts with the necessary skills and experience.
Opportunity: Cybersecurity startups can offer unique incentives, such as a more flexible and innovative work environment, opportunities for professional growth, and a chance to work on cutting-edge technologies. Cultivating a solid company culture promoting collaboration and creativity can attract top talent.
Opportunity: Startups can gain trust by showcasing the effectiveness of their solutions through pilot projects, case studies, and customer testimonials. Building partnerships with established organisations or obtaining certifications from recognised industry bodies can also enhance their credibility.
Compliance and Regulatory Challenges:
Complying with ever-changing cybersecurity regulations and standards can be daunting for startups. Non-compliance can lead to significant legal and reputational consequences, making it essential for startups to stay up-to-date with the latest requirements.
Opportunity: Startups can turn compliance challenges into opportunities by developing solutions that help businesses navigate complex regulatory landscapes. Providing tools and services that facilitate compliance can set them apart and attract organisations seeking to meet their regulatory obligations efficiently.
Both challenges and opportunities mark the world of cybersecurity startups. While funding constraints, the rapidly evolving threat landscape, talent acquisition difficulties, and building trust present hurdles, these startups are not deterred. They exhibit remarkable innovation and determination, addressing specific cybersecurity challenges with cutting-edge solutions. Their work combating mobile app threats, tokenising SME assets, optimising solutions for IoT devices, and providing digital forensics services is commendable. Additionally, their efforts in IT risk assessments, SIEM tools for SMBs, and fraud prevention technologies demonstrate the vast potential for growth in the cybersecurity domain. Despite the challenges, cybersecurity startups can capitalise on the high demand for secure solutions by exploring various funding options, adapting to evolving threats, and offering unique incentives to attract top talent. By establishing trust through a compelling showcase of their solutions and navigating complex regulatory landscapes. These startups can pave the way for a safer digital world. The support from IIT Kanpur’s startup ecosystem has been instrumental in nurturing their success. As these startups continue their journey to safeguard our digital landscape, we look forward to witnessing further innovation and collaboration in the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity.
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Asynchronous/synchronous education models became a defining cornerstone of life amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the Professional Institute at the School of Computing and Information had utilized the same framework for an entire year before asynchronous/synchronous slipped into the cultural lexicon.
Why? To cater to the working professional, whose job demands make it difficult to maintain a work-life balance while obtaining a graduate degree. When designing an answer to the cybersecurity skills gap, Leona Mitchell — director of the Institute and SCI professor of practice — wanted an educational model that suited the needs of the working professional.
“In the tech industry, it isn’t so much about what graduate degree you have, but what skill you have,” Mitchell says. “We knew we needed to build flexible, customizable, and quality offerings that helped people rapidly gain skills, at their pace, and without a huge financial investment.”
The number of cybersecurity job openings currently exceeds 500,000, but universities across the United States graduate less than 400,000 computer scientists each year. The obvious way to meet this continuous demand is to educate the working professional. Launched in 2019, the Professional Institute helps technical working professionals gain the skills needed to fill these cybersecurity roles and advance their careers.
The Institute works to promote a variety of programs, including a Master of Science in Information Science (MSIS) with an information security specialization, two graduate certificates — Cybersecurity, Policy, and Law, and Information and Network Security — and three pathways for micro-credentials: Cyber Essentials, Cyber Management, and Cyber Boot Camp.
Whichever program someone chooses, the Institute aims to empower working professionals to enter the cybersecurity workforce with a curriculum taught by both PITT faculty and industry professionals recognized for their cybersecurity expertise. In addition, the Institute formed a Workforce Advisory Council — which includes executives from companies like Eaton Corp., Allegheny County and Federated Investors — to stay aligned with and design offerings specific to today’s workforce demands.
Mitchell says a skill gap lies in just about every technology discipline — such as software development, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. While each specialization would benefit from increased training in their respective discipline, all of them benefit from increased cybersecurity training.
“Fifty percent of all technology jobs out there today require some cybersecurity background,” Mitchell says. “People may not necessarily want to change their career path, but having cybersecurity in their existing skills portfolio makes them more competitive in today’s market.”
Currently, the Professional Institute is focusing its efforts on increasing diversity in the cybersecurity industry. Men outnumber women in the field by 3 to 1, and other underrepresented groups consist of approximately 26% of the field. To help address these efforts, the Institute is working closely with RedChair PGH to provide scholarships to underrepresented groups. The first scholarship, Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Regulations, starts June 24.
“Diversity creates a better workforce,” Mitchell says. “Diverse thinking enables better problem-solving, which is ultimately what we need to meet today’s cybersecurity challenges.”
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• 64% think the threat of physical war is more of a concern in their country than cyber warfare.
“Cybersecurity has always been intertwined with international politics, but the data demonstrates that this fact has a direct impact on security strategy,” said Kevin Bocek, vice president, security strategy and corporate intelligence. threats at Venafi. “We have known for years that state-sponsored APT groups use cybercrime to enable their nations to achieve their broader economic and political goals. Recent attacks, such as the one that hit SolarWinds, as well as recent geopolitical shifts have clearly demonstrated that frequent risk assessment of attacks by nation states should be part of every organization’s security strategy.”
Venafi’s study of methods used by nation-state threat actors shows that the use of machine identities is increasing in cyberattacks orchestrated by nation-states. Digital certificates and cryptographic keys that serve as machine identities are the security foundation for all secure digital transactions. Machine identities are used everywhere from physical and software devices to containers to authenticate and communicate securely.
Venafi’s study also showed that Chinese APT groups conduct cyber espionage to advance China’s international intelligence, while North Korean groups funnel cybercrime proceeds directly into nations’ weapons programs. The SolarWinds attack — which compromised thousands of companies by leveraging machine identities to create Trojan horses and gain reliable access to key assets — represents a key example of the scale and scope of attacks by Nation states that use compromised machine identities. The recent Russian HermeticWiper attack, which breached many Ukrainian entities days before Russia invaded the country, used code signing to authenticate malware in a recent example of machine identity abuse.
“Nation-state attacks are highly sophisticated and often use previously unknown techniques. This makes them extremely difficult to counter,” Bocek continued. “As machine identities are routinely used as part of the kill chain of nation-state attacks, every organization must strengthen measures to manage these critical security assets. Exploiting machine identities is becoming the modus operandi for many nation-state threat actors
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GlobalPlatform’s Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms (SESIP) methodology has been adopted as the basis for a European Standard (EN) by the European Committee for Standardisation, CEN and CENELEC. The standard is working to help the IoT ecosystem address regulatory fragmentation and better understand, deploy and explain security.
“This is all about raising the bar for IoT security,” comments Eve Atallah, GlobalPlatform SESIP Sub-Task Force Chair. “Security in IoT is a problem as a myriad of national and regional regulations have emerged in recent years. We are asking device makers and non-security experts to firstly identify relevant security requirements, implement technology to address them and then demonstrate the security features of their products. This is complex, costly and unsustainable.”
Value for all IoT stakeholders
The World Economic Forum (WEF) reported in 2022 that cybersecurity threats have increased by over 358% in recent years, outpacing societies’ ability to effectively prevent or respond to them. A year on the challenge persists, with WEF noting cybersecurity as a constant concern and listing as a top 10 global risk for 2023.
The SESIP methodology provides a standardised approach for evaluating IoT security implementations, tailored to the unique requirements and challenges of the evolving ecosystem. The methodology has analysed and mapped regulatory and industry requirements from leading organisations such as ENISA, ETSI, IEC and NIST. The IoT community therefore has a single, accessible reference point for assessing IoT cybersecurity in line with these and other requirements, reducing fragmentation, complexity and cost from security certification processes for stakeholders.
Additionally, the SESIP methodology also supports composition and reuse of certificates. This enables previously certified components to be used to build a device with in-built security assurances, without having to repeat a complete evaluation of the same component in each and every targeted market. This drives greater efficiency, security, innovation, and cost-savings across the certification process.
Importantly, both national and private certification bodies are creating and managing certification schemes based on the SESIP methodology. One recent example is Taiwan where the methodology is being assessed by the Institute for Information & Industry.
A rapidly growing ecosystem
SESIP has rapidly grown into an internationally recognised standard for security evaluation, supported by a large community of security providers, industry bodies, security laboratories and other stakeholders.
The GlobalPlatform community is responsible for maintaining the methodology, enforcing a governance model with an associated quality brand between CBs, product vendors and laboratories. The longstanding certification body (CB) TrustCB has already licensed 10 laboratories and certified 28+ products from industry-leading companies including Amazon Web Services, Microchip Technology, STMicroelectronics, NXP Semiconductors, Renesas, Secure Thingz, Silicon Labs, Trusted Objects and Winbond Electronics Corporation. Most recently, SGS Brightsight CB has joined the program to become a GlobalPlatform SESIP CB.
“SESIP is a result of the expertise of the GlobalPlatform community and its work to drive more cybersecurity into IoT devices without adding complexity,” adds Gil Bernabeu, GlobalPlatform CTO. “By giving stakeholders a single point of reference for IoT cybersecurity, regardless of their security expertise, we can collectively raise the bar for security. When everyone can understand, better decisions can be made faster. When better security decisions are made, confidence both within industry and among end users grows. We believe in a digital society, but that goal is only achievable if we have trust in digital devices and services. Standardisation, evaluation and certification are fundamental to this trust.”
More than 200,000 experts from industry, associations, public administrations, academia, and societal organisations are involved in the CEN and CENELEC network, that reaches over 600 million people in 34 countries. The development of a European Standard is based on the so-called National Delegation Principle and is governed by the principles of consensus, openness, transparency, national commitment and technical coherence.
“CEN and CENELEC, as two of the officially recognised European Standardisation Organisations (ESOs), have a strong commitment to making the digital transition in Europe a reality, working together with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that new technologies are safe, trustworthy and beneficial for all,” comments Cinzia Missiroli, Director, Standardisation and Digital Solution. “In this context, our collaboration with GlobalPlatform is key. The work on the European standard based on their SESIP methodology is a good example of what can be achieved in working together for an inclusive and safe digital society for Europe.”
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A vulnerability in the storage of proxy server credentials of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to view credentials for a configured proxy server.
The vulnerability is due to clear-text storage and weak permissions of related configuration files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the CLI of the affected software and viewing the contents of the affected files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view the credentials that are used to access the proxy server.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Only products listed in the Vulnerable Products section of this advisory are known to be affected by this vulnerability.
Cisco has confirmed that this vulnerability does not affect Cisco Firepower Threat Defense.
When considering software upgrades, customers are advised to regularly consult the advisories for Cisco products, which are available from the Cisco Security Advisories page, to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.
In all cases, customers should ensure that the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and confirm that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or their contracted maintenance providers.
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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Cyber Security Strategy for 2020 to 2024. The strategy seeks to lift cybersecurity standards further and introduce heightened accountability where companies fail to meet their legally binding requirements. Most notably, it also aims to extend APRA’s reach beyond its regulated entities to influence the broader eco-system of suppliers and providers they rely upon.
In a speech to the Financial Services Assurance Forum, APRA Executive Board Member Geoff Summerhayes stated: “To date, no APRA-regulated bank, insurer or superannuation fund has suffered a material cyber breach, but our view that it’s only a matter of time until a major incident occurs hasn’t changed. Although the financial industry takes cyber risk seriously, there is room for improvement. For example, too many boards still lack visibility or understanding of the problems, while internal audit functions can lack the specialist skills to challenge boards and management to plug urgent gaps.”
The new strategy builds on APRA’s previous strategic initiatives including the delivery of its information security prudential standard and prudential guidance, and establishing a notification and response process for material cyber incidents.
“The Strategy has been informed by extensive consultation with the Department of Home Affairs, as well as Treasury, ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia, and is designed to complement Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020,” explained Summerhayes. “Our mission is to make a step change in Australia’s financial system cyber resilience. Our vision is for a financial system that can stand firm against cyber-attacks.”
The Strategy comprises three primary focus areas. First is to establish a baseline of cyber controls by reinforcing the embedding of non-negotiable cyber practices. The second priority is to enable boards and executives of financial institutions to oversee and direct correction of cyber exposures. The final branch of APRA’s new strategy is to rectify weak links within the broader financial eco-system and supply chain by fostering the maturation of provider cyber-assessment and assurance, and harmonising the regulation and supervision of cyber across the financial system.
“As the threat posed by domestic and international cyber adversaries grows, along with the potential impact of a successful attack, we must remain on guard and continue to build our defences,” concluded Summerhayes. “In an environment where an attack on one of us could be an attack on any of us, we are all – governments, regulators, organisations and individuals – links in a chain – and we are in this battle together. By sharing information and expertise, pooling resources and taking prompt action to plug gaps and fix weak links, we create a community of cyber defenders that is greater than the sum of its parts. In doing so, we help to keep the chain as strong as possible, and lock out those who would do us harm.”
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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, with a share of 15%, emerged as the top cybersecurity-related job roles within the healthcare industry in Q3 2023, with new job postings drop by 24% quarter-on-quarter. Protective Service Occupations came in second with a share of 12% in Q3 2023, with new job postings dropping by 31% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent cybersecurity roles include Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 10% share in Q3 2023, Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 8% share of new job postings.
Albany Medical Center posted 600 cybersecurity-related new jobs in Q3 2023, Western Maryland Health System 236 jobs, UPMC Health Plan 209 jobs, Your World Healthcare 115 jobs, and Noblis 113 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with an 87.51% share of total new job postings, Q3 2023
The largest share of cybersecurity-related new job postings in the healthcare industry in Q3 2023 was in the US with 87.51% followed by the UK (6.69%) and Australia (1.19%). The share represented by the US was four percentage points lower than the 91.62% share it accounted for in Q2 2023.
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Though often discussed in highly technical terms, cybersecurity and safeguarding patient data are arguably more human-centric than anything. The root cause of breaches is usually human error — an employee who falls for a phishing scam or shares a password, for example. Research from IBM shows 95 percent of all security incidents involve human error.
No organization is immune to a cyberattack, but hospitals and healthcare organizations are elevating discussions of how to best safeguard data. On a panel at the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual CEO Roundtable + CFO/CIO Roundtable in Chicago, healthcare IT leaders shared their thoughts on cybersecurity, consumer expectations and the human element as it relates to security efforts.
Panelists included Sabi Singh, co-COO of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City; Jaime Parent, vice president of IT operations and associate CIO of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago; and Gib Sorebo, chief cybersecurity technologist for Leidos. Ayla Ellison, editor with Becker's Hospital Review, moderated the panel.
Here are six key thoughts on the intersection of human behavior and cybersecurity.
1. Healthcare has been hit hard by the consumerization of IT. Just like consumers have come to expect Wi-Fi in their favorite coffee shop, patients and providers have the same expectations for Internet access and ease of use in a healthcare setting. "People at my hospitals, whether patients, students or faculty, all expect the same kind of Internet experience they get at Starbucks," Mr. Parent said. Users want to log on quickly, safely and securely without the burden of multistep authentication, and they want to come and go as they please. This means IT leaders face a delicate balance of serving their consumer base while commanding privacy and security.
"I've got patients, I've got staff, I've got faculty, I've got students, I've got people watching Netflix at night while they visit [their] grandpa, and that's what they demand," Mr. Parent said. "The days of quiet bandwidth at night are far from gone, and I still need to protect those threats on devices that I don't own." 2. Enabling security stewardship is as important as systems engineering. "Regardless of the type of healthcare environment we work in, we are all stewards of security," Mr. Parent said. Reinforcing security as a component of workplace culture personalizes the responsibility, rather than relying solely on electronic security solutions that employees don't interact with directly. By making security stewardship a priority for employees at all levels, more eyes and ears work to keep data safe, and the team works together to develop better systems.
A high portion of system security relies on vigilant protection of log-in credentials and access to networks. Part of this type of empowerment is fostering a culture of security around data. When employees are sharing passwords with one another or writing them down on sticky notes posted to computers, it can undermine other security protocols.
3. A lack of standards leaves security up to third parties. "The standards and policies [regarding cybersecurity] are not there. So if they're not there, guess who kicks in? The vendors," Mr. Parent said. The healthcare industry shouldn't rely solely on technological solutions for data security. Empowering staff and employees creates a culture of security stewardship and helps heighten awareness. Mr. Parent mentioned HHS' "Wall of Shame," where organizations that experience breaches affecting 500 or more individuals must publicly report the incident. Programs such as this, which focus on fostering the transparency required by the HITECH Act, have the added element of playing on the human factor. They aim to build accountability and help guide attitudes toward security by focusing on transparency, he said.
Additionally, Mr. Singh mentioned vendor agreements and vendor management. Some vendors cannot provide the level of security an organization requires, or they do not demonstrate how new systems interact with existing ones. "We do not build security. It's built in an ex post facto manner," he said. "We have vendors who tell the physicians all the capabilities, the physicians are all excited about it and want to buy the product, but nobody knows how the interfaces work or what security controls are there." 4. Commercial hacks, for better or for worse, set an example for healthcare organizations. Learning of breaches at other organizations reinforces the fact that a breach can happen to anyone at any time and can initiate discussions around defensive measures. Privacy and security experts say the new question in healthcare isn't if an organization will be breached but rather when.
When large companies are attacked, people suddenly feel as though the hackers are in their own backyard. "When Target got breached — my board of trustee members are Target shoppers. They have credit cards. They came to me and they said, 'Could my credit be at risk?' Yes. 'Could my identity be at risk?' Yes. 'Could this happen here?' Yes," Mr. Parent said. "That creates the focus that we need to put security on the front burner rather than the back burner." 5. In a threat-filled environment, providers must protect health information to the best of their ability. Mr. Parent said the wide variety of actors in today's healthcare environment makes it difficult to implement a comprehensive security policy. Patients, their families, physicians and various staff are in and out of hospitals each day, creating security vulnerabilities as they come and go. While CIOs have the technology to try to deter breaches, the culture doesn't always support it, and they don't have the operational command and control to be on top of every single security risk. "Oftentimes there are operational security issues and not just IT [lapses]," Mr. Parent said. "I cannot stop anybody from taking a medical record and faxing it to The Chicago Tribune. I can't stop anyone from taking a picture of a celebrity when they go in. These two are also big breaches."
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Do you know what Otherhomepage.com is?
Otherhomepage.com or the term Otherhomepage, refers to an internet hijacker that promotes the download and sell of rogue anti-spyware programs such as Antivirus 2009. We have discovered that you may be redirected to the Otherhomepage.com website if you have a Trojan infection such as Zlob on your computer. Once you visit the Otherhomepage.com site you may get fake security warnings or popups.
Otherhomepage.com might closely resemble other malicious websites that have a sole purpose for spreading fake anti-spyware programs. Sometimes you may find that your home page is set to Otherhomepage.com every time you try to access the internet through your favorite web browser. If this happens to you then you must avoid clicking OK on the warning message or it could prompt the download of rogue anti-spyware programs such as Win Spykiller or Antispyware Shield.
In non-techie terms: Hackers use web pages just like Otherhomepage.com to target computer users to get them to install and purchase their malicious programs. Sometimes you cannot help that you are redirected to Otherhomepage.com but you can take the extra step to cancel out of popups or warning messages. Otherhomepage.com's infection may be difficult to manually remove but you must make an attempt to take some type of action for the sake of your safety and personal data on your computer. Do not ever voluntarily visit Otherhomepage.com under any circumstances.
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The term software as a service (SaaS) refers to software packages and applications that are delivered as a service instead of having users buy them outright, which is the traditional route. With continuous improvements to hardware and connectivity, it’s become a popular method of offering software that often involves pricing tiers and subscriptions depending on the level of service customers require.
End users choose SaaS for its convenience, whilst manufacturers enjoy the greater usage controls offered by this method. Although not a new concept, SaaS is now fairly commonplace across the IT and internet industries, with examples including Salesforce, Office 365, Gmail, as well as entertainment services such as Spotify and Netflix.
Essentially, SaaS products are remotely managed, owned and delivered by the service provider, often allowing end users to subscribe to a plan that meets their needs or to pay for only what they use. With this central control, the support and administrative side of things is usually carried out by the provider – resulting in less maintenance work for the end user.
SaaS also forms one of three key cloud service models alongside infrastructure as a service (IaaS) – which includes products such as cloud servers or storage – and platform as a service (PaaS), which includes products such as cloud-based software development platforms.
Who is it aimed at?
Many organisations that would have previously been forced to buy, own, maintain and manage numerous software packages obviously already favour SaaS. So do many consumers, so applicability runs the gamut from small home office user, to SMB, to business on the go, to public sector body or large enterprise.
Some users may not be aware they're consuming SaaS – for example those who confuse it with software pushed to them over the internet but which they’re still responsible for updating and “keeping the lights on” for.
Installed applications remain the preferred option in certain scenarios, however. For example, some organisations may fear a loss of control over their information or systems. Also, if internet connectivity is unreliable, fixes and updates may not be done in a timely manner, risking a breach of those all-important SLAs.
On-premise systems can also potentially be configured and customised exactly the way the customer wants, and may enable organisations to develop the most productive, efficient processes and policies for them.
How does SaaS affect the market?
Once upon a time, the end user had clearer choices when it came to software provision. Today, things are far less clear cut. As cloud services advance into every corner of the computing world, the lines between software as a service and in-house have blurred.
But more organisations are selecting SaaS, choosing from a wider range of options, not least because the possibility of making further cost reductions to boost margins is impossible for most to ignore.
While public investor interest in SaaS companies has ebbed and flowed over the last couple of years, this is not an omen of disaster—just a correction. The evidence in the market for the channel is that SaaS is very much here to stay, with little to no chance of turning back the clock.
By 2020, 60-70% of all software, services and technology spending and 60% of IT infrastructure will be cloud-based. Meanwhile the rise of cloud services brokerages is further streamlining the way end user organisations consume software and perhaps expanding a niche for the channel.
SaaS is ideal if your customer is targeting horizontal functions – such as office productivity suites, customer relationship management (CRM), payroll processing, human resource management, invoicing, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and more. Of course, there's no need to stop there – any kind of software has the potential to be developed or adapted to be offered as a service.
Channel Pro opinion
Although SaaS has been around for a while, it is time for the IT channel to step up its game when it comes to realigning itself and marketing this option – not least in the way that channel sales staff are managed and rewarded.
SaaS can help increase individual employee productivity, improve work/life balance and help hard-pressed organisations accelerate the mobilisation of the workforce, as well as cut back on non-core activities, and enable organisations to streamline in-house IT.
This is ultimately a vision for a more adaptable, agile way of doing business – although, as mentioned, SaaS should not be considered a panacea.
While a number of companies have started addressing the possibility of using SaaS as a disaster recovery option, it's something that hasn't become the norm for the channel to sell into their customers.
More education of the market is needed, with business benefits made clearer to customers and prospects throughout the sales process.
Channel companies also need to ramp up their efforts to demonstrate how they have and can continue to transform to add genuine, long-lasting value in a SaaS-oriented world.
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Cyber Risk Assessment: Businesses face a variety of threats from their use of computing and the Internet. There are many different controls and other activities that can help prevent an event or reduce the impact. William Prohn will show you how to complete an I.T. Risk Assessment, understand the threats your business might face, and choose a response that’s right for your business.
The Anatomy of a Cyber Claim: What should a business do after a cyberattack? Reggie DeJean will give you a detailed walk-through of the process to file a cyber claim. You’ll learn how to notify your insurance company and get an overview of the legal, forensic, notification, resolution, and mitigation services you can leverage in the aftermath of an attack.
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advancements thereof. The need for secure commercial and private communication has been led by the Information Age, which began in the 1980's. Although the Internet had been invented in the late 1960's, it did not gain a public face until the World Wide Web was invented in 1989. The World Wide
Web is an electronic protocol which allows people to communicate mail, information, and commerce through a digital medium. This new method of information exchange has caused a tremendous need for information security. A thorough understanding of cryptography and encryption will help people develop better ways to protect valuable information as technology becomes faster and more efficient.
Cryptography is the science or study of techniques of secret writing and message hiding (Dictionary.com 2009). Cryptography is as broad as formal linguistics which obscure the meaning from those without formal training. It is also as specific as modern encryption algorithms used to secure transactions made across digital networks. Cryptography constitutes any method in which someone attempts to hide a message, or the meaning thereof, in some medium.
to the message. Decryption is often classified along with encryption as it's opposite. Decryption of encrypted data results in the original data.
Encryption is used in everyday modern life. Encryption is most used among transactions over insecure channels of communication, such as the internet. Encryption is also used to protect data being
message was sent by the claimed sender. Digital signatures are very useful when sending sensitive email and other types of digital communication. This is relatively equivalent to traditional handwritten signatures, in that, a more complex signature carries a more complex method of forgery.
cipher usually depends largely on the use of an encryption key. The key may be any auxiliary information added to the cipher to produce certain outputs.
thereof. Cryptanalysis is the procedures, processes, and methods used to translate or interpret secret writings or communication as codes and ciphers for which the key is unknown (Dictionary.com 2009).
cryptanalysis. Throughout history many governments have employed divisions solely for cryptanalysis during war time. Within the last century, governments have employed permanent divisions for this
Khufu on the tomb of nobleman Khnumhotep II nearly 4,000 years ago. In about 1900 B.C.
Khnumhotep's scribe drew his master's life in his tomb. As he drew the hieroglyphics he used a number of unusual symbols to obscure the meaning of the inscriptions. This method of encryption is an example
cryptography is that the scribes wanted to give a formal appearance to their writings. This seems to be very similar to formal complicated language used in any modern legal document. Egyptian cryptography
In about 500 B.C. the Spartans developed a device called secret messages. The device was a cylinder message was then written length-wise on the parchment. The earliest recorded military use of cryptography comes from Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago. Caesar, being commander of the Roman army, solved the problem of secure communication with his troops.
There are several es why the Egyptians would use this encryption system. Egyptian cryptography
secret messages. The device was a cylinder in which a narrow strip of parchment was wound. The wise on the parchment. Once it was unwound the message on the strip of parchment became unreadable. It ly then that the letters would line up resulting in the original message.
The Scytale provided the Spartans a secure method of communication.
The problem was that messengers of secret military messages were often overtaken by the enemy.
Caesar developed a substitution cipher method in which he would substitute letters for different letters.
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As the Egyptian culture evolved, hieroglyphic substitution became more common. This method of tion was relatively easy to break for those who could read and write. There are several encryption system. It is likely that they wished to preserve
To receive the message an identical cylinder was needed. It
was relatively small. ere often overtaken by the enemy.
could decipher the secret messages. Now when the ken the secret messages were not exposed. This gave the Roman army a huge
disk. This was a mechanical device with sliding disks that allowed for many different methods of substitution. This is the base concept of a poly alphabetic cipher, which is an encryption method which switches through several substitution ciphers throughout encryption. In his book "The Codebreakers",
David Kahn calls Alberti "the father of western cryptography" (Kahn 1967). Alberti never developed his
came to be known as the Vigenere Cipher. The Vigenere Cipher works exactly like the Caesar except that it changes the key throughout the encryption process. The Vigenere Cipher uses a grid of letters that give the method of substitution. This grid is called a Vigenere Square or a Vigenere Table. The grid is made up of 26 alphabets offset from each other by one letter.
This method is repeated through all characters of the key word. After all characters of the key word are used, the word is just repeated.
rom one key to another follows one simple pattern. The encryption key was chosen as a special secret word. The first character of the plaintext can be substituted using the table as
The substituted letter for the first plaintext character is found by lining up the plaintext axis and the first letter of the special secret word on the y-axis. The corresponding letter is then substituted for the plaintext character. This method is repeated through all characters of e key word. except with higher security. His invention was 26 wheels with the alphabet randomly scattered on each wheel. The wheels were numbered and ordered with a specified order. This order is the key to the
present. The ciphertext is any other line besides the line containing the original message. The person decrypting the ciphertext must have the wheels in the proper order. As the ciphertext is made on the wheels, the plaintext is lined up somewhere else on the wheels. A visual scan can quickly result in finding the original text. There is an extremely small chance that two non-gibberish messages will emerge on the disk during decryption.
Similar to Alberti, Jefferson never developed his encryption system. During the early 1900's, the United
encoded telegram. This telegram is often referred to as the Zimmerman Telegram. These cryptographers were able to decipher the telegram, and in doing so they changed cryptanalysis history.
Using this deciphered message, they were able to convince the United States to join the war.
German cause. In spite of this offer, Mexico concluded that it would not be feasible or even desirable to take over their former territories.
At the time when the telegram was sent, World War I was at its height. Until that point, the United
States had attempted to remain neutral. British, and other allies, had begged for help from the U.S., and attitudes in the US were slowly shifting towards war. The British gave the U.S. the decoded telegram on
February 24, 1917 and on April 6, 1917 the U.S. officially declared war against Germany and its allies.
known to the Germans. Army commander, Captain Lewis devised a plan that utilized American Indian languages. He found eight Choctaw men in the battalion and used them to talk to each other over radio and phone lines. Their language was valuable because ordinary codes and ciphers of a shared language
that allowed up to 10114 possible configurations. The first commercially
It wasn't until World War II that the Enigma gained it's fame. Due to the Enigma's statistical security,
Nazi Germany became overconfident about their ability to encrypt secret messages. This overconfidence caused the downfall of the Enigma. Along with
The major weakness was
encryption machine called Purple. In contrast to the Enigma's rotors, Purple was switches commonly used for routing telephone signals. During the war, the Japanese were most efficient in destroying their encryption machines. Currently, not one complete Purple machine has been
was used for encryption and decryption of secret messages. The Enigma had several rotors and gears possible configurations. Because of the numerous configurations, the Enigma ly unbreakable with brute force methods. The first commercially available versions were
Along with numerous German operator errors, the
This allowed the Allied ers to decrypt a vast number of ciphered messages sent by Nazi Germans.
While the Allied forces were focusing on cracking the German Enigma, the Japanese developed an encryption machine called Purple. In contrast to the Enigma's rotors, Purple was made using stepping switches commonly used for routing telephone signals. Enigma had several built in weaknesses that Allied cryptographers exploited. The major weakness was allow any letter to be mapped to itself. This allowed the Allied
cryptographers had a hard time decrypting their messages. William Friedman, a renowned cryptographer, and his team built a replica of Purple based only on the encrypted messages recovered.
unbreakable. The one-time pad algorithm is derived from a previous cipher called Vernam Cipher, named after Gilbert Vernam. The Vernam Cipher was a cipher that combined a message with a key read from a paper tape or pad. The Vernam Cipher was not unbreakable until Joseph Mauborgne recognized
elements with key elements. An example of this is shown in Figure 11. The key used for encryption is also used for decryption. Applying the same key to the ciphertext results back to the plaintext.
Figure 11. Example of a One-Time Pad implementation using modular addition.
unbreakable. Numerous attempts have been made to create seemingly random numbers from a designated key. These number generators are called Pseudo-Random Number Generators (PRNGs) because they cannot give a completely random number stream. Even though the security of a PRNG is not 100% unbreakable, it can provide sufficient security when implemented correctly. PRNGs that have
the (k+1)th bit with probability of success higher than 50% (Knuth 1981). CSPRNGs must also withstand "state compromises." In the event that part or all of its state is revealed, it should be impossible to reconstruct the stream of random numbers prior to the revelation.
trivially related to the key used for decryption. An analogy of this is a typical mechanical lock. The same key that engages the lock can disengage it. To protect anything valuable behind the lock, the key must be given to each member securely. If an unintended person obtains access to the key, he or she will have full access to what is being secured by the lock.
of bits. When encrypting, a block cipher takes a set amount of bits (i.e. 128 outputs a corresponding same size (i.e. 128 cipher is controlled by the encryption/decryption
Many current methods of symmetric key encryption employ both stream and block schemes.
does for decryption. In comparison with symmetric key encryption, this system would compare to a lock that has one key for engaging the lock and a different key for disengaging the lock.
Figure 12. A lock that is engaged and disengaged by the same key.
. The exact transformation of a block cipher is controlled by the encryption/decryption key. Popular block ciphers include: Blowfish, Twofish,
DES, and AES . AES is an encryption standard adopted by the U.S. government and has been approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) for encryption of "top secret" information. Many current ods of symmetric key encryption employ both stream and block schemes.
decryption. bit) block of ciphertext. The exact transformation of a block key. Many current
cipher. The Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange was first published by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in
1976. Malcolm Williamson years before Diffie and Hellman's publication, but was kept classified.
1976. The GCHQ, the British signals intelligence, announced that this scheme had been invented by fore Diffie and Hellman's publication, but was kept classified.
Hellman Key Exchange relies on exponential functions computing much faster than discrete logarithms. When used properly, the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange protocol gives two parti key without actually transmitting it. The strength of this algorithm depends on the time it takes to compute a discrete logarithm of the public keys transmitted (Diffie, Hellman 1976).
Figure 14. Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange protocol.
shows the steps for establishing a key through the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange. Alice wanting to establish a key with Bob, first sets up the variables "a", "g", and "p." Bob decides "b".
sending the public keys, or numbers, each party can compute "K." Notice that "K" is never sent through
the medium. Also notice that "K" was not previously determined, rather it was a result to both Alice and
Bob's computations. This allows each party access to the same key without ever having to see each other. A disadvantage of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange is that it does not contain the function of encryption. A predetermined message cannot be inserted into the algorithm. The transmitted number is simply the result of computation, of which is purposely hard to decompose. In order for "K" to be discovered by someone besides Alice and Bob, a logarithm of "A" or "B" must be computed. When
being much faster than prime factorization. The entire protocol is built from two large prime numbers.
These prime numbers are manipulated to give a public key and private key. Once these keys are generated they can be used many times. Typically one keeps the private key and publishes the public key. Anyone can then encrypt a message using the public key and sent it to the creator of the keys. This person then uses the private key to decrypt the message. Only the one possessing the private key can decrypt the message. One of the special numbers generated and used in RSA encryption is the modulus, which is the product of the two large primes. In order to break this system, one must compute the prime factorization of the modulus, which results in the two primes. The strength of RSA encryption depends on the difficultly to produce this prime factorization. RSA Encryption is the most widely used asymmetric key encryption system used for electronic commerce protocols.
(numbers with exactly two prime factors) known as RSA numbers. Several of these numbers had cash prizes if they were successfully factored. Many of the smaller numbers were factored during the 1990's.
During the early 2000's, a few decently large RSA numbers were factored, one of which took 80 computers 5 months to compute, and had a cash prize of $20,000. Some of the numbers that were never factored were worth $100,000 and $200,000. These larger numbers are estimated to take billions of years to factor on a single computer. In contrast, they can be generated in less than a minute.
instead of employing encryption. Mediums used for steganography are typically human viewable objects such as picture, audio, and video files. Other steganographic mediums can include web pages, communication protocols, data streams, and many more. A very simple implementation of steganography could be invisible ink written between visible lines of text in a document.
Large scale steganography, performed with computers, is typically based on human undeterminable numbers. For example, the typical audio WAV file represents one audio sample with a 16-bit number ranging from 0 to 65535. A person could split up the secret message into it bits and embed them one at a time into each audio sample, thus only changing the amplitude of the sample by 1. This means that if an actual audio sample was represented by 12345 it could only change by one. The human ear is very far from hearing this change. In this way, the secret message is put into the audio file without noticeable change and without altering the file's size. A random person would not be able to tell that an embedded message even exists. This is where the phrase "security through obscurity" comes from. An encrypted message is easily seen as encrypted and a cryptographer can begin working on decrypting it.
work. Al-Qaeda would know that the U.S. could probably break any encryption they used, so the alternative method of steganography was a clever choice.
Figure 17. Before embedding of Figure 15. Figure 18. After embedding of Figure 15.
Figure 16 shows a sample top secret document that is wished to be hidden. Figure 17 is the original picture and Figure 18 shows that picture after is has been embedded with the top secret document. As can be seen, the picture looks exactly the same to the human eye. If an analysis of the pictures binary
understood. ECC is an approach to encryption that utilizes the complex nature of elliptic curves in finite fields. ECC typically uses the same types of algorithms as that of Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange and RSA
Encryption. The difference is that the numbers used are chosen from a finite field defined within an elliptic curve expression.
Figure 19. An elliptic curve graph
Figure 19 shows an example of an elliptic curve. This example could be used in conjunction with an RSA type algorithm in which two primes, "P" and "Q", are chosen. When the primes are chosen using a
entanglement. Modern computers store data using a binary format called a "bit" in which a "1" or a "0" can be stored. The computations in modern computers typically work in a bit by bit fashion. Quantum computers store data using a quantum superposition of multiple states. These multiple valued states are stored in "quantum bits" or "qubits." Depending on the quantum design, each qubit can store a set number values simultaneously (Jones 2009). This allows the computation of numbers to be several orders of magnitude faster than traditional transistor processors.
Figure 20. First commercially available quantum processor (D-Wave Systems)
Figure 20 shows the world's first commercially available quantum processor. It's capabilities are approximately 1000 times less than that of a modern transistor processor. Quantum computing is still in its infancy. Quantum processors manufactured today are very small and do not have the computational size that transistor processors have. Some fear that a successful and practical quantum computer would devastate the world's financial system by breaking every encryption system known (Jones 2009).
factorization on a binary formatted processor. Equation 2 shows the algorithm discovered by Peter Shor that computes a prime factorization on a quantum computer. In both cases, "b" is the number of bits in the number. It's easily viewed that Shor's algorithm runs much faster. To comprehend the power of a
less than 17 seconds. Numbers that would typically takes billions of years to compute could only take a matter of hours or even minutes with a fully developed quantum computer.
Conclusion There has been a historical pattern that shows the country with the strongest encryption has been a leader in military power. By studying cryptography and encryption, a country could strengthen its defenses and have the necessary means to survive in a hostile world. An understanding of encryption can also help individuals with securing private data and information. Even though it is severely unethical, our communication with one another is constantly being monitored. Those who monitor our communication can include governments, internet service providers, hackers, identity thieves, and more. By learning to use cryptography for secure communication, we can safe guard ourselves from being compromised by those who could steal our information. Cryptography is illegal in many countries because the local government wishes to be able to read any transmission sent. Many people speculate
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In the realm of modern cybersecurity, the protection of sensitive information and data is paramount. Asymmetric cryptography, also known as public-key cryptography, plays a crucial role in ensuring secure communication and data exchange.
Three widely used algorithms in this field are RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman), DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm), and ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography). Let’s explore each of these cryptographic techniques and highlight their differences.
RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman)
RSA, named after its inventors Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman, is one of the most widely adopted public-key encryption algorithms. It was introduced in 1977 and is based on the mathematical properties of large prime numbers. The RSA algorithm involves the generation of a pair of keys: a public key used for encryption and a private key used for decryption. The security of RSA relies on the difficulty of factoring the product of two large prime numbers.
In practice, RSA is often used for secure key exchange and digital signatures. However, it has the downside of being computationally expensive, especially for long key lengths. As a result, it is not suitable for all applications, especially those with resource-constrained devices.
DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm)
DSA, the Digital Signature Algorithm, is another widely adopted public-key cryptographic algorithm. It was introduced in the early 1990s as part of the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Unlike RSA, DSA is primarily designed for digital signatures, providing a way to verify the authenticity and integrity of messages.
The security of DSA relies on the discrete logarithm problem, which involves finding the exponent to which a given number (the base) must be raised to obtain another number (the result). DSA requires careful management of random numbers for generating signatures, as flawed random number generation can lead to vulnerabilities.
ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography)
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a more recent addition to the world of public-key cryptography. It is based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. ECC offers the same level of security as RSA and DSA but with much smaller key sizes, making it particularly appealing for resource-constrained environments such as mobile devices and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
ECC’s security is based on the difficulty of the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem, which is believed to be more resistant to traditional cryptanalytic attacks compared to factoring-based RSA or DSA. Smaller key sizes result in faster computation, reduced memory requirements, and lower power consumption, making ECC an attractive choice for modern cryptographic implementations.
Differences between RSA, DSA, and ECC
Key Size: RSA typically requires larger key sizes (e.g., 2048 bits or more) to achieve equivalent security compared to ECC, which can offer the same level of security with much smaller key sizes (e.g., 256 bits). Smaller key sizes are advantageous for efficiency and resource-constrained environments.
Performance: ECC outperforms RSA and DSA in terms of computational efficiency. The smaller key sizes lead to faster encryption, decryption, and signature generation, making ECC well-suited for applications that demand speed and low computational overhead.
Applications: RSA is often preferred for key exchange, while DSA is primarily used for digital signatures. On the other hand, ECC can be used for both key exchange and digital signatures.
Security: While all three algorithms are considered secure when used correctly, the security of ECC is based on a different mathematical problem, making it potentially more resistant to certain types of attacks. RSA’s security relies on the difficulty of factoring large numbers, and DSA relies on the discrete logarithm problem.
In conclusion, RSA, DSA, and ECC are essential components of modern asymmetric cryptography, each with its strengths and weaknesses. The choice of algorithm depends on the specific application’s requirements, the level of security needed, and the available computational resources. As technology evolves, ECC continues to gain popularity due to its superior performance characteristics and smaller key sizes, making it a promising contender for securing the digital landscape of the future.
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According to Check Point research, the number of organizations affected by ransomware has been growing at 9% monthly since the start of the year. From WannaCry, Petya, and SamSam to Ryuk, these ransomware attacks have caused huge financial and reputation losses for both public and private sector organizations – the recent attacks on Colonial Pipeline are just the latest example.
Organizations are in a tight spot to prevent these cyberattacks and safeguard what they have built over the years. While IT teams are already battling the challenges of securing remote endpoints in the changing work sphere, the rise in cyberattacks has added additional responsibilities on their shoulders.
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Fox News host Jesse Watters said a set of false, far-right conspiracy theories has “uncovered a lot of great stuff” while he railed against Twitter’s crackdown on thousands of accounts tied to the theory.
Watters was hosting Eric Trump on “Watters’ World” Saturday night when he gushed about the baseless theories that have been tied to violent incidents that contributed to warnings the theories pose a terror threat by the FBI.
The host brushed off “some crazy stuff” that has been tied to the theories, like a fake news story that inspired a man to fire an assault weapon in a Washington, DC pizza shop in the now-infamous Pizzagate hoax and a wave of unfounded theories that home goods retailer Wayfair is involved in child sex trafficking.
“Q can do some crazy stuff, with the pizza stuff, and the Wayfair stuff, but they’ve also uncovered a lot of great stuff when it comes to Epstein and it comes to the deep state,” Watters said. “I never saw Q as dangerous as antifa.”
NBC News first reported that around 7,000 accounts were immediately suspended and up to 150,000 were expected to be impacted by the new policy.
Trump likened the move to an attack on the upcoming presidential election, telling Watters the bans were violations of Americans’ “First Amendment right to freedom of speech.” “You have some little dweeb in Silicon Valley, who’s 22 years old, he’s a tech savant. He’s running Twitter or one of these companies. And he literally has his finger on the power of a presidential election,” Trump said.
The conspiracy movement first appeared in October 2017 on the anonymous 4chan forums, where a post claimed to be published by a government insider named “Q.” Followers of the theories have since aired false claims online that are centered on the belief that President Donald Trump is working to defeat an underground network of elite figures including Democratic Party leaders and the so-called “Deep State” that carry out a cycle of evil acts.
In the years since its appearance, the conspiracy movement has gone mainstream and been amplified by President Donald Trump and some of his allies.
Trump, the president’s second-eldest son and Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization, used a QAnon hashtag in an Instagram post ahead of a Trump 2020 campaign event last month. The president regularly retweets QAnon supporter accounts.
Watters has regularly aired out QAnon theories on air, recently repeating a baseless theory about George Floyd’s death in police custody on May 25.
Business Insider’s Jake Lahut reported last month that Watters speculated live on an episode of “The Five” that Floyd’s death was “not racially motivated at all,” but “a hit that was executed extremely poorly.” The claim matched up with theories that have been floated among Q supporters.
Despite Watters’ apparent interest in the theories, Fox News wrote last month that QAnon is a “baseless belief” that has gained traction with congressional hopefuls.
A Fox News spokesperson did not immediately return Insider’s request for comment.
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The National Health Service reacted strongly on Monday to allegations that its massive IT upgrade has been hit by security problems that threatened to compromise patient confidentiality.
The Sunday Times claimed this weekend that trials of a flagship project that allows patients to pick when and where they are treated, and by which medic, have been suspended.
According to the report, medical staff testing the "Choose and Book" appointments system had discovered that it allowed a doctor to view the medical details of any patient, and modify them. Choose and Book is an important part of the National Programme for IT.
But the NHS insisted on Monday that the pilot projects were ongoing, and accused The Sunday Times of "a most irresponsible piece of journalism".
"The Choose and Book project, part of the NHS National Programme for IT, has not been halted," said a National Programme spokesperson, who added that confidentiality and information security were top priorities.
"State of the art controls are being used to ensure that only the clinician directly involved in giving a patient care will be able to see their records. Even then the patient can chose to have certain sensitive medical information kept in so called "sealed envelope" which no clinician can access without the express consent of the patient," the spokesman said.
But The Sunday Times quoted a leaked memo that it claimed stated that doctors were refusing to take part in the trials, because of the "fundamental design flaws" in the project's software.
The NHS National Programme for IT has a controversial history. It is the largest IT project in the UK, and last month there were reports that its final cost could rise from £6bn to £30bn. Choose and Book has a reported budget of £65m.
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Sarment Holding Limited (TSXV:SAIS) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with BlackBerry to co-develop KEYYES CHAT, a highly-encrypted messaging application to provide identity and overall data security management for Sarment’s rapidly growing ultra-high, and high-net worth user base. The development of KEYYES CHAT will be in conjunction with a series of other security-focused applications which are anticipated to be launched starting in 2019.
The KEYYES CHAT application has been developed with the BlackBerry Spark Communications Services SDK, which provides end-to-end encrypted chat, voice, video and data transfer functionality. It includes FIPS-validated, app-level, AES 256-bit encryption to ensure data is always protected on a device, across the mobile network and into the enterprise infrastructure.
“Working in collaboration with BlackBerry was an obvious choice for Sarment, given they have long been regarded as a global leader in secured data and communications. Integrating this technology into Sarment’s digital ecosystem KEYYES is one of the steps we are taking to continue to provide our communities with useful tools they can trust. We started with bookings, purchases, deliveries and now we are adding communication to solve the issue of privacy and data security for our growing user-base. By leveraging BlackBerry’s Spark Communications Services SDK communication technology, KEYYES CHAT users can feel confident that their data and privacy are certifiably secured,” said Will Beattie, Chief Technology Officer of Sarment Group.
In 2018, Sarment launched a unique offering which has quickly garnered the attention of the luxury industry by migrating its network of consumers and luxury brand partners into a unique digital ecosystem named KEYYES. KEYYES works as a curator, service provider and experience planner. Users discover expert in sights, purchase curated goods and make bookings at featured lifestyle venues like restaurants, bars, art galleries, spas, wellness retreats, fashion houses, private clubs, automotive showrooms and designer’s workshops. KEYYES is currently available in 5 cities in Asia and the Company is targeting to be in over 20 additional cities worldwide in the next 3 years.
KEYYES CHAT will be integrated in KEYYES App but will also be available to the general public in a lighter format with the same level of end-to-end encrypted security. It will give users the possibility to discover and be informed about KEYYES world if they are not yet a member.
“We are extremely excited to be working with BlackBerry to address the cyber security and overall privacy of our users, and look forward to growing the breadth of our technology and specific application portfolio together in the coming months and years,” said Quentin Chiarugi, CEO of Sarment Group. “Sarment plans to migrate all its employees’ communications and its partners using KEYYES CHAT as the only communication tool when the application is launched. We want to showcase to our corporate partners how valuable KEYYES can be for their own employees and their customers.” “As more and more of our private lives are shared and conducted online, the need for secure communications is critical,” said Alex Thurber, SVP and GM of Mobility Solutions, BlackBerry. “KEYYES delivers a useful service for high-net worth individuals, whose data may be of value to those with malicious intent, and being able to trust in the integrity of the chat system will be a primary decision-making factor for them in considering the service. With the BlackBerry Spark Communications SDK, KEYYES CHAT will allow seamless communication between members, partners and employees while protecting the privacy and security of its users.”
Sarment is growing its user base by offering its services in targeted cities and by onboarding the world’s leading luxury brands ontotheir platform. For more information please visit www.sarment.com.
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U.S. Patent on Key Conversion Method for Communication Session Encryption and Authentication System
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Authernative, Inc., the developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company its patent for a key conversion method. The newly issued patent number US 7,299,356 titled “Key conversion method for communication session encryption and authentication system” describes a new encryption key management system integrated into an interactive mutual authentication protocol that accomplishes mutual authentication through a secure exchange of session-only random symmetric encryption keys without allowing authentication credentials to cross non-trusted communication media.
Security of key distribution is enabled with a new Key Conversion Array (KCA(TM) technology. It embraces sequential random number generators seeded with authentication credentials and arrays of veiling random bits and/or bytes. Furthermore, these veiling bits and/or bytes are replaced at certain session-only random positions in KCA with disassembled symmetric key’s bits and/or bytes. Key scrambling process of replacing veiling bits and/or bytes inside KCA with the actual key’s bits and/or bytes is reversed at the receiving end with a reciprocal key reengineering process according to one of patented Bit-Veil-Unveil (BitVU(TM), Byte-Veil-Unveil (ByteVU(TM), and Bit-Byte-Veil-Unveil (BBVU(TM) algorithms.
The patented technology provides secure mutual authentication and session-only random symmetric key distribution in client-server architecture, which eliminates asymmetric key usage and overcomes certain weaknesses and difficulties in implementation, administration, maintenance, and cost containment of public key infrastructure (PKI), Kerberos, and some other commercially available authentication and key distribution systems and protocols. Key Conversion Array technology allows for security scalable with CPU power and network bandwidth, while KCA is highly resilient against communication session eavesdropping attacks, replay man-in-the-middle attacks, online and offline computer-processing attacks, and session hijacking/phishing attacks.
KCA(TM) technology extends the end-to-end security capabilities of Authernative(R) AuthGuard(R) user authentication solution. AuthGuard(R) performs strong user authentication and client-server mutual authentication during the authentication stage of the communication session. The secure session-only symmetric random encryption key distribution having occurred during this stage can protect secure content delivery between client and server during the post-authentication stage of the same communication session.
The rise and sophistication of online attacks, tools and strategies to steal authentication credentials and sensitive data are rapidly growing. According to the September 17, 2007, Internet Security Threat Report released by Symantec Corp, cyber criminals are increasingly becoming more professional – even commercial – in the development, distribution and use of malicious code and services. Authernative’s Key Conversion Array technology gives end-users higher security and confidence when conducting Web-based transactions.
This patent issuance is a significant validation of the company’s intellectual property and business strategy to protect user access and security of proprietary or sensitive data, which is essential to successfully conducting electronic business on a global basis. The company also currently holds more than 28 issued and pending US and foreign patents relating to the front- and back-end of authentication and encryption key management technologies.
Authernative has been expending the vision of AuthGuard(R) and the addition of the Key Conversion Array patented technology is a significant milestone, allowing for new product lines, including secure content delivery, single sign-on, and federated identity.
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If Congress doesn’t take the lead on protecting consumers from data breaches, states are more than ready to offer their own fixes.
Legislative sessions will kick off in dozens of states this month, and in many of them, lawmakers are expected to introduce bills that would mandate free credit freezes for consumers affected by data breaches and impose strict punishments on firms that are hacked and fail to notify consumers in a timely manner.
In the wake of the hack at Equifax that compromised the personal data of some 145 million Americans, the American Bankers Association estimates that legislation toughening laws around data breaches will be introduced in at least half of all states this year. In North Carolina, for example, Attorney General Josh Stein, along with state Rep. Jason Saine, recently announced their intent to file a bill that, among other things, would require firms that are victims of breaches to notify affected consumers and the attorney general within 15 days.
Banks, by and large, appreciate states’ efforts to strengthen data-breach laws, but with so many banks operating in multiple states, they would prefer for Congress to pass a federal law that would override the patchwork of state laws.
“Trying to map out conflicting state laws can be an issue and it’s particularly significant in data security laws because of the reputation risk,” said Nathan Batts, senior vice president and counsel for the North Carolina Bankers Association.
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Mark Warner announced this week that they plan to introduce federal legislation that would impose heavy financial penalties on credit bureaus that fail to protect consumers’ personal information from data breaches.
That proposal would set mandatory fines of $100 for every person who has had a piece of personally identifiable information compromised in a breach, with another $50 levied for each additional piece of personal information compromised.
That proposal, though, is fairly narrow in that it only addresses breaches at credit bureaus. The ABA recently joined with 21 other trade organizations in calling for bipartisan legislation to address how companies prevent and handle data breaches. The groups proposed a “flexible, scalable” standard for data protection that would account for a particular organization’s size and complexity and a timely notification regime, and they said that a federal law should pre-empt existing state laws which are sometimes conflicting and contradictory.
"We think uniformity is very important because then at least everybody knows the rules of the game,” said Michael Affuso, director of government relations for the New Jersey Bankers Association.
Still, for New Jersey bankers, data security is likely to take a backseat to other issues this legislative session, including the legalization of marijuana for recreational use and the possible creation of a state-owned public bank, Affuso said.
While no bills have been introduced, newly elected Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, supports public banking and marijuana legalization, and if either were to become law there would be huge implications for banks, Affuso said. Marijuana is already legal for medicinal use in New Jersey.
In New Jersey and other states where pot is legal, bankers will be closely monitoring legislatures’ response to a recent directive from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Lawmakers and pot advocates were caught off guard last week when Sessions rescinded guidance from the Obama administration that instructed federal prosecutors to de-prioritize cases against pot growers and distributors that were operating within the confines of their states’ laws.
Even with that guidance, banks were wary of doing business with marijuana-related businesses and industry officials said that Sessions’ announcement will only further discourage them.
“I do think this is going to have a chilling effect,” Don Childears, the president of the Colorado Bankers Association, told American Banker last week.
In at least four states, bankers will also be keeping close tabs on bills that look to add more consumer protections to the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan program, while 16 states are mulling legislation aimed at curbing elder financial abuse.
PACE loans are not made by banks, but by private companies, contractors or not-for-profit organizations. These loans are used to finance an energy efficient upgrade to a home or commercial property, like solar panels or low-flow toilets, and are paid back as a line item on the owner’s property tax bill.
Bankers have two main issues with PACE lending programs. One concern is with the first-lien status that PACE lenders sometimes take when they make the loan. Because PACE loans are paid back through property tax rolls, they are often recorded as having a senior lienholder position.
Bankers say that can be a problem if the homeowner wants to sell or refinance their home, or if the bank needs to foreclose, because it means the PACE loan would have to be paid back before any mortgage debt. Bankers say they would prefer any PACE legislation to clarify that those loans take a subordinate position to any bank debt on the property.
A second concern is that PACE loans are generally not subject to the same kinds of consumer protection rules as loans made by banks.
In a December letter to the Council of State Governments, the ABA urged the organization to withdraw a resolution that would encourage states to emulate the California legislation adopted last year. California’s law puts some consumer protections around PACE loans, including an ability-to-repay requirement, and also requires that PACE lenders be regulated by the state’s department of business oversight.
Yet, the ABA, along with the Mortgage Bankers Association and the Credit Union National Association, said that the California law doesn’t go far enough. They would prefer to see federal legislation that applies Truth in Lending Act standards to PACE lenders and establishes that PACE loans not take lienholder status over lenders who hold the mortgage on a property.
Bankers in Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states are also supporting provisions in those states that would help financial institutions to do their part in preventing financial abuse of elderly customers.
The Ohio legislation would require accountants, real estate brokers, and employees of banks and credit unions to report suspected elder financial abuse to adult protective authorities. It would also require various state agencies to work together on developing a framework for combating elder financial abuse.
Though the Ohio legislation had its fifth hearing before the state senate’s judiciary committee before the winter break, Ohio Bankers League spokesman James Thurston said the organization is hopeful that the bill will come up for a vote this year.
Legislation pending in Pennsylvania would require that state’s Department of Aging to develop a model training program for financial institutions to use when they suspect an elderly customer is being financially exploited.
Dan Reisteter, vice president of government relations with the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, said that most of the organization’s member banks already provide similar training for their employees, following guidance issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on suspicious activity reports. Nevertheless, the association supports the proposal because it addresses some other concerns bankers have around that subject.
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Legislation proposed by Missouri's governor would allow children in foster care to open bank accounts without an adult’s signature.
“What we’ve heard is, you make a report and then you don’t hear anything. And then the financial institution is continuing to observe behaviors that would suggest continued financial exploitation,” he said.
In particular, the bill would also provide for better coordination and information sharing among local aging agencies, law enforcement, and mandated reporters, like bank branch employees. The proposal would also give financial institutions the authority to stop transactions they suspect to be the result of abuse or coercion.
Meanwhile, Missouri bankers are supporting a different kind of proposal aimed at helping financial institutions navigate tricky situations banking some of the state’s most vulnerable people. Banks in Missouri typically require a parent or guardian to also be listed as an account holder along with any customer under the age of 18. However, children in foster care may not have a parent or guardian who is able to co-sign on an account for them, or their parent may not be trustworthy.
The proposal would mirror a state law that allows minors in foster care who are 16 or older to obtain auto insurance without a parent or guardian named as an account holder. The Missouri Bankers Association supports the bill, saying it would help provide its members with clarity about how to bank this population.
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Once the alarm is triggered, anyone exiting the building is automatically sprayed with a marking dye that is invisible to the naked eye.
Under UV light this dye is not only clearly visible but has a unique colour which can be easily tracked by the Police to the source allowing easier convictions at trial.
The system requires minimal maintenance and is recognised to deter criminals.
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Police found the deceased body of Mr. Somchai tied with an electrical cable. He had been hit on the forehead, behind the right ear and on the mouth by a hard, blunt object. There was the evidence of a green and pink Honda Nova motorbike,and a one-meter long metal pipe on the ground.
Four motorbikes were stolen from the garage. One of them was a 1,000 C.C. Suzuki motorbike, which belonged to Mr. Graham Knight Richard (51), British racing instructor, which he had put ads for sale on the Internet for Bt800,000 was also stolen. The cost of all motorbikes was around 2 million baht in total. Pol.Maj.Gen. Bandit Kunajak, Chonburi Commissioner, assumed that there should be at least three people who had committed the crime.
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At 12.00, on December 4th, 2008, Pol.Maj.Gen. Bandit Kulajak, Chonburi Commissioner, and an investigation team obtained an arrest warrant from Pattaya court to arrest 4 criminals: Mr. Tosawat Gnern-meesri aka “Fluke” (23), Mr. Tosapark Gnern-meesri aka”Fern” (22), Mr. Benjarong Darajaroen aka”Aim” (15), a student from a school in Sriracha and Mr. Witawas Srirak aka”Gee” (17), also a student. All of them are from Chonburi. Police confiscated the evidence of two 1,000 CC Suzuki motorbikes, a 750 CC Kawasaki and a red Ford Ranger pickup truck.
All confessed to being in need of money for entertainments and girls. They maintained they did not intend to kill anyone but Mr. Somchai had caught them in the act of stealing, so they then decided to brutally kill him by using a metal pipe to beat Mr. Somchai to death and escaped with the stolen motorbikes.
Police also said they were a group of friends who play basketball together. Mr. Fluke and Mr. Fern were the ones who planned the theft. Mr. Fern was an organizer in Bhira Race Circuit who knew his way around and his father also works at the circuit.
Police had all of them re-enact the killing, with a number of angry people watching. They were all charged with stealing, using a vehicle to commit the crime and intentional murder .
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A phone call from a vendor of Enterprise Architecture software is another reminder to ask where the balance needs to lie between Enterprise, and Architecture.
Because I spoke in June at the Enterprise Architecture (EA) conference in London, I had a call this afternoon from Peter on behalf of a company that sells EA software tools.
My talk at the conference was about Breaking EA Out of IT (see my related blog True Enterprise Architecture, and the original article I wrote for the GEAO). It was founded on the observation that EA is massively more valuable as a tool for leading business change when it's not IT-centric. In most organizations, however, it has grown up within the IT department, and many of its traditional proponents find it hard to keep the technology elements of EA in proper proportion to the true Enterprise elements from which EA takes its name.
For the purposes of illustrating my message, I borrowed (or re-used, in EA language) the definition of Enterprise used in Economics: the 'animal spirits' of the entrepreneur, as it says in my Pocket Economist. Hence the Tiger, although on the day I offered a number of metaphorical animals to choose from. My favorite, albeit somewhat risky, was a Monkey with a Toolbox. After all, EA is primarily about driving business innovation and if nobody thinks you're crazy, you're not innovating. But a Tiger is a more orthodox metaphor for Enterprise, and anyway it alliterates with Toolbox.
Because of EA's traditions, there always a danger of it being not quite enough Tiger (or indeed Monkey) and a bit too much Toolbox. For example, it can end up concentrating more on frameworks, models, techniques and technologies than on being out there in the corporate jungle, helping to shape, influence and architect the collective Enterprise of the people running the company and investing in change.
So breaking EA out of a technically-focused environment such as IT and into the wider business often means rebalancing its focus, sometimes quite radically. The big benefits come when Enterprise drives the Architecture, not the other way around.
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https://www.cio.com.au/article/255466/blog_enterprise_architecture_tigers_toolboxes/
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PAN-OS 8.1, PAN-OS 9.0, and PAN-OS 9.1: Device visibility and manually configured Security policy enforcement
PAN-OS 10.0 or later: Device visibility and automated Security policy enforcement through Device-ID
Although IoT Security is a cloud app and is always running its latest software version, make sure the firewall models and PAN-OS versions on them support the level of functionality you want.
In addition, there are several prerequisites. For example, each firewall that integrates with IoT Security must have an IoT Security subscription. Not all firewalls on your network must subscribe to IoT Security; only those that collect network traffic and forward logs to it and those after PAN-OS 10.0 that receive policy recommendations and IP address-to-device mappings from it.
For IoT Security to discover network-connected devices and assess their network behavior patterns, it needs quality network metadata from next-generation firewalls. Therefore, it’s essential that firewalls are placed on the network and configured to collect metadata from traffic and forward it for IoT Security to access. In particular, DHCP traffic is important because it links dynamically assigned IP addresses to device MAC addresses, making them trackable over time.
Firewalls must also provide IoT Security with metadata for other types of traffic that devices generate. They do this by enforcing policy on network traffic, creating logs, and then forwarding them to the logging service, which then streams the metadata to IoT Security.
Logging service and device licenses permit next-generation firewalls to connect to the logging service and IoT Security. Logging service and device certificates authenticate these connections. Firewalls need these licenses and certificates to integrate with IoT Security.
Firewalls running PAN-OS 8.1–10.0 use logging service certificates to secure communications with the logging service so they can forward various logs to it. From PAN-OS 10.0, when Device-ID was introduced, firewalls use device certificates to secure communications with IoT Security to get IP address-to-device mappings and recommended policy rules. (Note: Panorama-managed firewalls can get recommended policy rules either directly from IoT Security or indirectly from IoT Security through Panorama.) From PAN-OS 10.1, firewalls use just one device certificate to secure connections to both the logging service and IoT Security.
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Water systems that must submit Vulnerability Assessments (VA) and Emergency Response Plans (ERP) to fulfill the state-mandated requirements can use the VA and ERP templates below. Additional information on New York State VA/ERP requirements can be found on the New York State Department of Health web site. (http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/water/drinking/preparing_emergency_response_plans.htm).
The new templates, revised in 2012, are a combination of templates that were previously developed by New York Rural Water Association (NYRWA), National Rural Water Association, and the Association of Safe Drinking Water Administrators, and modified by the New York State Department of Health to fulfill the state-mandated requirements.
These templates are intended for small and medium water systems serving populations up to 10,000. The templates have also been successfully used by some simple water systems with populations greater than 10,000 in close consultation with local health departments. If your system serves a population greater than 10,000 and you think the templates may be appropriate for your needs, please contact your local health department to discuss if this template would adequately address your VA/ERP requirements.
To download, click on the appropriate title below, and save it to a selected location on your hard drive or network. The files in MS Word format are intended to be completed electronically and PDF files are to be completed by hand. Please note that with older software versions the MS Word file may first need to be saved as .doc format in order to properly open.
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While many businesses are prioritizing their migration to the cloud, many are still hesitant because of security concerns. The common perception is that moving your data into a remote location and having a third party be responsible for its care is an inherently bad choice from a security and compliance standpoint.
These concerns tend to be overblown, but it’s also because there are dozens of subpar cloud providers that fail to meet their clients’ security requirements. To make sure a prospective partner is reliable and will keep your data safe, ask them the following questions.
What’s your backup plan?
The first thing to think about is data backups. There’s no such thing as a computing solution which is 100 percent secure. Fortunately, the cloud offers the potential to secure your digital assets in a way that simply isn’t possible when relying only on in-house resources. Most data kept in the cloud is stored in at least three different physical locations, complete with automated rollovers in case the primary system fails.
However, just because your data is stored in the cloud doesn’t mean you can take backup and disaster recovery for granted. What if your cloud provider often suffers from a widespread outage, or they charge exorbitant rates for backing up your data? This is why you need to ask for a detailed account of any breaches they’ve suffered in the past and how quickly they’re able to recover from one. The ideal provider also charges an affordable monthly fee for regular data backups and outlines their recovery procedures in their service level agreements (SLAs).
Is your data secure in transit?
When it comes to cloud computing, data tends to be most vulnerable while it’s being migrated to an off-site server. For example, wireless network eavesdroppers might be able to intercept data in transit and, in doing so, gain wider access to your computing environment. However, if the data is encrypted, it will remain unusable to any unauthorized party.
Because of the increased bandwidth and computing power required by encryption, however, some cloud providers limit its capabilities to reduce costs. Most public cloud storage facilities, while still secured behind login screens, do not encrypt data by default, so don’t assume that every cloud provider will offer safeguards that align with your security requirements. Some companies choose to encrypt their data on-premises before moving it to the cloud, while industry-specialized cloud providers might handle all of the security for you.
Generally, you’ll want a provider that offers end-to-end advanced encryption systems to keep your data safe in storage and in transit. This way, hackers won’t be able to access any mission-critical information you decide to store and share in the cloud.
How many layers of protection do you have?
Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google offer a level of protection that no small business can hope to achieve in-house. That’s why the world’s major data centers are some of the most secure environments on the planet. Yet we’re also hearing about cloud security threats and data breaches all the time, so what’s happening? The problem almost invariably comes down to phishing scams and mismanaged access rights, and that’s why every cloud security strategy should incorporate multiple layers of protection.
Cloud providers should offer multifactor authentication, single sign-on, security assessments, and encryption to keep your data safe. Cloud solutions must also enable you to set access restrictions to groups of employees so you can prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data. All in all, privacy and security must be baked in from the outset, rather than being tacked on later.
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The internet was designed more than 40 years ago and is showing dramatic signs of age. Critical internet services can be taken offline by straight forward attacks like DDoS, DNS spoofing and more.
The current internet architecture uses trusted approach at the transport IP level.
This is continuously exploited by criminals, allowing them to infiltrate millions of users and the most critical systems.
It is becoming harder and harder to secure digital assets, as all protective techniques built on top of the insecure IP foundation will always fail.
We need disruptive solutions that will create a shift in the balance of things — providing a vital lead over malicious factors, completely altering our approach toward cyber-security.
Required action
Internationally coordinated action is required in order to provide new foundation for a new "internetwork" solution, which substantially reduces ability to bring such network down or infect end nodes en large.
We call on the international bodies including IEEE and all Governments, to form a coordinated taskforce to save the existing internet (or rather services provided by the existing internet) from the imminent collapse due to rapidly raising cyber-security threads.
While the new solution shall be designed by a specialist teams, it is suggested that such new transport could be based on secure handshaking, not allowing for any further data packets exchange whatsoever between the sending and receiving endpoints in case the initial strongly authenticated handshake is not established between them.
All content of data packets other than headers shall be securely coded based on the initial handshake security, so there is limited need for higher level encryption solutions.
Endpoint security shall be provided by the hardware and embedded software of network interfaces rather than by the operating systems, not allowing any data from not authenticated senders entering the OS.
Senders and receivers of packets shall be clearly identifiable for strong authentication purposes.
Packets inspection will be available only at the level of their headers, as the content is always strongly encoded. Therefore universal system of packets marking shall be implemented for efficient routing and QoS purposes
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If we were to think about the major technologies driving change in today’s businesses, the four trends we have seen skyrocket over recent years include – the cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, and big data analytics.
In fact, a report from Gartner has forecasted that the public cloud services market will continue its rapid growth, expected to grow by 18 percent in 2017 alone. With this in mind, organisations in every sector are being tasked to keep up and this is evident in the financial services sector.
While digital business is simplifying life for the users of financial services, companies are being forced to deal with the impact of these trends on the makeup and footprint of their security solutions.
It is now paramount for financial services organisations to implement an architecture and strategy that has the capacity to support these trends. As a result, today’s financial services organisations are on the hunt for security solutions that address automation, control, consolidation and flexibility.
The growth of IoT devices now means there is an even larger attack surface for hackers. This incredible growth is a cause for concern for many CIOs, as they often struggle with knowing how and where to deploy security solutions.
Does the network need more endpoint protection? Are the attack threats occurring at the software-defined perimeter? Does traffic need to be segmented internally? What about cloud applications or IaaS? Does my security extend seamlessly to there? These are all questions that are being frequently asked across the industry.
Consolidation
As security devices are deployed into the stack, one of the biggest challenges is simply sorting through all the available data. As new devices are added, so too are additional reporting tools and management consoles, leaving the CIO and their team yearning for a unified view of what’s happening across the network.
Gathering intelligence and thwarting advanced threats in a complex, multi-vendor security environment is often reduced to hand-correlating data and manual threat analysis, paired with some blind luck. For this reason, it’s common for advanced threats to sit inside a compromised network for months before they are detected.
Flexibility
With the cloud comes flexibility and the opportunity for businesses to scale up and down with demand. However, this has pushed the challenge of consistent security beyond the tipping point with organisations now asking ‘do we adopt a public, private, hybrid, or mixed deployment?’ and issues around security play a role in that answer.
This decision is partly determined by the scale of the existing infrastructure but is also a prioritisation of what infrastructure is less critical and can therefore be in the public cloud vs. critical areas that need to be stored in a private cloud. Since cloud and on-premise security solutions rarely meet, organisations must evaluate how comfortable they are with reduced visibility and control over the data that is stored in the public cloud.
With the amount of sensitive financial data that is now hosted in cloud environments, more so than ever, the cloud is an attractive target for hackers.
Since these trends are not likely to change any time soon, organisations need a security architecture that is fast and flexible, has the ability to tie isolated security devices together to provide complete and adaptive security priced to value, and rich in functionality. If the financial services sector wants to defend against today’s advanced threat landscape, they require a scalable and easy-to-manage integrated security approach that a fabric-based framework can provide.
“TYAN servers with NVIDIA T4 GPUs are designed to excel at all accelerated workloads, including machine learning, deep learning, and virtual desktops.”
Worldwide spending on security to reach $103.1bil in 2019 - IDC
Managed security services will be the largest technology category in 2019.
Unencrypted Gearbest database leaves over 1.5mil shoppers’ records exposed
Depending on the countries and information requirements, the data could give hackers access to online government portals, banking apps, and health insurance records.
NetApp and allegro.ai showcase an integrated solution for deep learning
Unlike traditional software, in deep learning, the data rather than the code is of the utmost importance.
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Learn how the S2 NetBox has helped many industries improve their day-to-day business. Through their stories, learn how to reduce maintenance costs, upgrade your existing security system, improve security and customer support, have complete control over the entire area, and much more with a single security system.
S2 NetBox products are feature-rich access control system, that offers unmatched speed and reliability. The products centralize credential-based access control, intrusion detection, and video applications, for a unified, 100% web-based management experience. The ability of the system to work on existing infrastructure and peripheral devices makes deployment easy.
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In today’s interconnected world, cyber threats pose a significant risk to businesses of all sizes. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly vulnerable due to limited resources and a false perception of being low targets.
To safeguard your business’s sensitive data and financial stability, it’s crucial to start planning and developing a robust cyber security strategy.
1. Audit Assets, Network, and Data: Start by conducting a comprehensive audit of your business’s assets, network infrastructure, and data. Identify potential vulnerabilities and understand your current security posture.
2. Run a Full Vulnerability Scan: Utilise cutting-edge software tools to perform a thorough vulnerability scan. This will help identify weaknesses in your system, providing crucial insights to enhance your security measures.
3. Prioritise Data and Resources: Focus on safeguarding your business-critical data and resources first. Identify the most valuable assets and allocate resources accordingly to protect them effectively.
4. Patching and Remediation: Address any vulnerabilities discovered and be sure to set up regular patching and remediation processes. Establish an automated patching system to ensure prompt updates and stay ahead of potential threats.
5. Implement Endpoint Detection and 24/7 Monitoring: Enhance your security measures by implementing advanced endpoint detection systems. Partner with a Security Operations Centre (SOC) partner for round-the-clock monitoring, enabling rapid response to any potential threats within minutes.
6. Continually Train and Empower Employees: Recognise that your employees are a crucial line of defence. Conduct regular training sessions to raise awareness about cyber threats, promote cyber resilience, and ensure everyone knows how to respond calmly and swiftly in case of an attack.
Develop an incident response plan and make sure you rehearse it with your team.
By taking these proactive steps, you will significantly reduce the risk of falling victim to cyber-attacks. Prioritising cyber security ensures the protection of sensitive data, preserves business continuity, reassures your business partners that you are not a weak link in any supply chain, and builds trust with your customers.
Don’t wait until it’s too late – invest in a comprehensive cyber security plan to safeguard your business’s future success.
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FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS. An extensive research project on cybersecurity and data protection in Europe will be launched this week. Goethe University Frankfurt has assumed the leadership and co-ordination of the 43 total consortium partners from science, business, industry and society.
With a total grant amount of € 16 million, 'mega' is hardly an exaggerated designation for the project “CyberSec4Europe". The European Commission desires to set international standards in cybersecurity and boost the effectiveness of Europe's security capacities. The goal of the new “Horizon 2020" programme's initiative is to establish and operate a cybersecurity competence network and develop a strategy for cybersecurity and data protection as European branches (industries). The Commission selected a total of four projects for the pilot, of which “CyberSec4Europe", co-ordinated by business informatics expert Professor Kai Rannenberg from Goethe University in Frankfurt, comprises the most EU member states, and is concerned with domains that are relevant to every EU citizen such as banking, healthcare, identity management and smart cities.
“A flagship project like this is of great significance for Goethe University," comments University President Professor Birgitta Wolff with regard to the noteworthy achievement. “We have great expertise in matters of information security and data protection. It is wonderful that this now enables us to make a contribution within the European context." “Our main tasks are the strategic coordination and organisation of the project," explains Professor Kai Rannenberg, who holds the Chair for Mobile Business and Multilateral Security at Goethe University and who conceived this project. He will co-ordinate the consortium from Frankfurt. Staff has been and will continue to be recruited for the project, as the funding applies retroactively to 1st February 2019.
CyberSec4Europe's official two-day kick-off event starts on 28 February in Brussels. During the course of a public event on the evening of the first day, attendees will hear a panel of distinguished speakers representing stakeholder organisations expressing their expectations from the Cybersecurity Competence Network Centre pilot projects. The focus will be on cybersecurity and data protection in the economy, infrastructures, society and democracy.
CyberSec4Europe will build on existing structures such as “Trust in Digital Life" (TDL), the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) and the Council of European Informatics Societies (CEPIS), and brings experts together from various disciplines. The 43 consortium partners from 20 European Union countries, as well as from Norway and Switzerland, include research establishments from enterprises such as Siemens or ATOS in addition to universities and research institutes. Within the next 42 months they will all collaborate to strengthen the research and innovation competence of the EU in cybersecurity.
The question of “governance" is of primary concern: How can data protection be regulated, who has authority in which areas? Seven key demonstration cases will be investigated to ensure a close connection to real-world situations. “We want to use these real-life examples to investigate where structures, regulations and technology are lacking," says Professor Rannenberg, Lead Co-ordinator of the consortium. The Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2) is one example. PSD2 is intended to make the switch to a new financial service provider easier for customers by enabling the new provider to access the necessary bank data through interfaces. But what can be done to protect customer data from unauthorised access?
The Faculty of Law at Goethe University Frankfurt is also involved in the project in the person of data protection expert Professor Indra Spiecker. She heads the central subproject on the development of a European cybersecurity governance. “We will take up pertinent citizen-friendly regulations such as the European Data Protection Regulation and examine their implementation and management, applying what we learn to cybersecurity," says Spiecker.
The € 16 million will be distributed to the consortium partners from the central location of Goethe University. Approximately € 2 million will remain at Goethe University.
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http://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/76547344/Goethe_University_co_ordinates_mega_project_on_cybersecurity_and_data_protection
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DALLAS, TX—April 29, 2020—Appsian, the global leader in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data security, has announced an integration with Duo Security, now part of Cisco, a leading multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Zero Trust solution provider. The strategic integration enables PeopleSoft customers to implement adaptive multi-factor authentication at login, as well as at the field, page, and component levels of PeopleSoft applications.
According to IDC, “more than 64% of Oracle ERP systems have been breached in the last two years.” This spike in breaches is largely attributed to the increased sophistication of phishing and hacking attacks. This has led organizations to adopt Zero Trust authentication strategies, meant for ensuring the trustworthiness of both devices and user identities as they’re granted access to critical business data inside PeopleSoft. By leveraging Appsian’s integration with Duo, PeopleSoft customers can implement an authentication model that adapts access policies with a wide range of contextual attributes (ex. location, device, browser, role, etc.) With an adaptive strategy, access is granted only if the context of access is not indicative of a possible security threat.
“Appsian is proud to help enable Zero Trust for PeopleSoft customers who are using Duo for multi-factor authentication,” said Piyush Pandey, CEO of Appsian. “We have worked closely with Duo to develop custom requirements so that our context-specific algorithms can comprehensively measure security risk and deploy adaptive access controls. This allows PeopleSoft teams and cybersecurity teams to effectively manage data access at every level of the application – down to the transaction.”
The depth of Appsian’s MFA integration with Duo Security also enables organizations to align strict security policies to their most sensitive data elements. Thus, allowing users to access the rest of the application without requiring additional authentication steps.
This integrated solution is ideal for PeopleSoft customers across all industries in the public and private sectors – especially healthcare, federal, state and local government, and higher education. Appsian has grown to be the leader in data security solutions for the Oracle ERP market, including PeopleSoft and Oracle EBS, with more than 250 customers globally.
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Cyber crime is here. What can businesses do to protect themselves?
“Today there are two kinds of businesses, those that have been hacked and those that will be,” says Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer at Cybereason. Curry even goes so far as to encourage businesses to foster what he describes as a ‘healthy sense of paranoia’, and perhaps he’s right.
By next year, cyber crime is predicted to double. It’s time for businesses to accept that they are more likely to experience a cyber attack than to avoid one… But where do they begin when combatting cyber strikes?
In 2016, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NSCS) listed 10 Steps To Cyber Security to help organisations build up their cyber health. Here, we revisit the 10 steps in light of recent initiatives and innovations.
1) User education and awareness
According to Max Heinemeyer, Head of Threat Hunting at Darktrace, awareness is the most important part of building successful cybersecurity protocols. At the beginning of the year, the US National Counterintelligence and Security Centre unveiled a new corporate awareness campaign, sending information in the form of brochures and videos to privately held companies. Companies themselves have a responsibility to train their employees and customers to understand the threat from cyber criminals and to act in a way that reduces the chance of attack.
“The real weak link for any business is its employees that regularly fall victim to phishing scams, open attachments from unknown parties and visit suspicious websites,” says Curry.
Secure configuration refers to the security measures that are created when building and installing computers and network devices. Configuration management verifies that these systems and devices are performing as they should, ideally without interference from malicious influences. The UK government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme advises businesses to remove and disable unnecessary software, unused accounts, and any auto-run settings that don’t ask for user authorisation. That way, even if a system or device has not been developed in house, the user is informed about any background installations.
Secure configuration also necessitates user authentication, so that access to sensitive data is protected. As such, a major aspect of secure configuration is passwords. Regularly changing passwords, avoiding the same or similar arrangements, and limiting password attempts should be standard procedure.
Removable media like USBs, DVDs and hard drives present cost effective and convenient data storage options. However, this convenience comes at a risk. Each time data is copied to a removable media device, there is a chance that it will be infiltrated by an external party. Access to removable data, and the extent that it is used, should therefore be limited.
When it comes to digital media, malware can often hide in plain sight. Media files, such as photos or videos, should be scanned for malware before they are imported to a company’s system. Weaponised media content can take advantage of vulnerabilities in media players installed on target user’s computers.
Finally, companies must establish an incident response protocol and disaster recovery capabilities. This should be tested and tweaked, evolving in light of changing cyber criminal trends. If a cyber attack or breach does happen, it should be reported to the authorities to spread awareness and maintain transparency.
The NCSC’s 10 Steps to Cyber Security provide a good guide for cybersecurity improvement across the business landscape. The cybersecurity threat is expected to intensify, but placing these considerations at the core of corporate strategy will make life much harder for hackers.
“We live in a world where businesses today have a much harder task of keep adversaries at bay because of the increasing network attack surface that security teams have to monitor,” notes Curry. “As an industry we have come a long way and making cyber crime unprofitable for hackers is achievable if businesses use the right tools and deploy the right strategy.”
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https://disruptionhub.com/10-steps-to-secure-your-business-against-cyber-crime/
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Some 38 people in the U.S. and Romania were indicted by separate federal grand juries on racketeering, bank fraud and other charges related to allegedly running an international phishing expedition that stole online bank-account information from thousands of customers at hundreds of financial institutions, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In Los Angeles, 33 people were charged in a 65-count indictment in their roles in the Internet schemes. Seven more were indicted in a District of Connecticut indictment, which included two also named in the LA-based charges. According to indictment details, gang members in Romania got their mitts on thousands of credit- and debit-card accounts by massive phishing efforts—including one attack that involved 1.3 millions spams.
The Romanian gangs handed off the data to their U.S. contacts through Internet chat messages, who then used encoders to transpose the information onto credit and debit cards. Cards that proved successful in small-sum “test” runs on ATM machines or POS terminals were then used for large-scale withdrawals. A portion of the illegal gains was then wired back to the Romanian sources.
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Propakistani.pk reported on 7th August, 2013 stating that Indian Intelligence Agency (IIA) has claimed that Pakistan's Secret Service, better known as ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) has launched a cyber attack on BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd), India's state-owned telecom giant.
Indian secret agency, usually called the IIA, believes that somebody from Pakistan pretending to be one 'Major Vijay' from Indian Army headquarters had phoned up a BSNL worker in February this year, and followed it up by email communication with the employee to obtain crucial information.
The Indian Home Ministry believes that this communication via email caused successful installation of malware by ISI on BSNL's networks which may have infected the telecom giant's computers and hijacked the system's integrity as well as security.
According to IB (Intelligence Bureau), this malware could be used by ISI to identify and penetrate communications network of other organizations making them vulnerable to malicious cyber attacks.
BSNL being India's largest landline phone company with more than 46 million access lines covering most of India, is also equipped with key counterterrosim and cybersecurity projects implemented by the government including Central Monitoring System or CMS which is a security surveillance system launched in April, 2013.
IB is working with BSNL to clear its system of any spyware and has asked the company to initiate action against the employee for leaking sensitive data to an outsider.
Apparently, IB referred and briefed this unfortunate incident to the PMO's or Prime Minister's Office on 22nd July, 2013.
Tech2.in.com published a report on 7th August, 2013 quoting Shree Parthasarathy, Executive Director, Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte commented: "Social engineering techniques allow more access when an employee is not trained to screen calls and properly handle sensitive data.
Hackers have been getting blueprints of sensitive data through social engineering which is easier nowdays as people don't care about their privacy and personal data and they make these available to public in social media sites. If there was a standard process then I am sure the breach would have been caught and it is relatively easy to solve but poses a major threat at present."
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As more businesses transition to cloud-based services for better connectivity and collaboration, the use of Google Workspace has become increasingly popular. This suite of applications has transformed the way we work by integrating email, file storage, and document management on a single platform. Despite its numerous advantages, Google Workspace users still need a solid backup solution to ensure data security and recovery in the event of data loss.
This article discusses the importance of Google Workspace backups for businesses and how they can contribute to data security and recovery. Additionally, we introduce a simple-to-use solution from Slik Protect that automates Google Workspace backups, ensuring your data is always secure.
To enjoy the full benefits of Google Workspace backups, a reliable and easy-to-use solution is key. Slik Protect offers an automated backup solution that can be set up in less than 2 minutes. Once configured, your organization's Google Workspace data will be backed up at regular intervals, ensuring business continuity and data security.
Slik Protect encrypts your data during transfer and storage and provides an intuitive user interface for managing and monitoring backups. This makes the entire process seamless and hassle-free, giving you peace of mind knowing that your organization's data is always secure.
4. Conclusion
In conclusion, Google Workspace backups for data security and recovery are essential for businesses that rely on cloud-based collaboration and productivity tools. Backing up your data protects your organization from cyber threats, ensures seamless data access, enhances productivity, achieves compliance, and facilitates collaboration. By implementing an automated backup solution like Slik Protect, you can safeguard your business against unexpected data loss and maintain business continuity with ease.
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The Windows Sockets Library ws2_32.dll, is required by windows and applications to handle network connections. SophosLabs recently published a detection, named W32/Patched-D, for infected ws2_32.dll files which attempts to download files onto the compromised computer.
The interesting trick is that the malicious transfer code (called Payload) hides itself inside an export function named connect rather than the usual entrypoint of the infected files. When an application calls the connect API function of the infected ws2_32.dll, it executes the function Payload shown in the picture, which attempts to connect to the following URLs to download files:
The identity W32/Patched-D has the capability to disinfect infected ws2_32.dll files. While this technique (hooking the virus code within another function call) is not new, it does highlight one of the tricks malware authors sometimes use to infect files, and control when a payload may be executed.
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Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0994.html
Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60545
Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/3
Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2157
Url: https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-2157
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Sophos has announced its discovery regarding the role of research contests within cybercrime forums. These contests serve as a source of inspiration for the development of new attack techniques and methods to evade detection. Remarkably, these contests closely resemble legitimate security conferences’ “Call For Papers” and offer substantial financial rewards, peer recognition, and potential job opportunities to the winners.
Sophos X-Ops has detailed these findings in its latest report, titled “For the Win? Offensive Research Contests on Criminal Forums.” The primary objective of these contests is to foster innovation, and upon closer examination, the submitted entries provide invaluable insights into how cybercriminals strategize to overcome security challenges.
Interestingly, the landscape of these criminal forum competitions has evolved significantly over time. In the early days, cybercrime contests featured trivia quizzes, graphic design competitions, and guessing games. However, contemporary criminal forums are now encouraging attackers to submit comprehensive articles on technical subjects, complete with source code, videos, and screenshots. Following the submission, all forum users are invited to vote for the contest’s victor. Nevertheless, it’s worth noting that the judging process isn’t entirely transparent, as forum owners and contest sponsors also hold influence over the final decision.
“The fact that cybercriminals are running, participating, and even sponsoring these contests, suggests that there is a community goal to advance their tactics and techniques. There is even evidence to suggest that these competitions act as a tool for recruitment amongst prominent threat actor groups,” said Christopher Budd, director of threat research, Sophos. “While our research shows an increased focus on Web-3 related topics such as cryptocurrency, smart contracts and NFTs, many of the winning entries had a broader appeal and could be put to practical use, even if they weren’t particularly novel. This may be reflective of the priorities of the community but could indicate that attackers keep their best research to themselves as they can profit more from using them in real-world attacks.”
Sophos X-Ops delved into the examination of two notable annual competitions: one hosted by the Russian-language cybercrime platform Exploit, which offered a substantial prize pool of $80,000 to its 2021 contest winner, and another conducted on the XSS forum, featuring a prize fund of $40,000 in the year 2022. These contests have received sponsorship from influential figures within the cybercriminal community over several years, with notable contributors including All World Cards and Lockbit.
In the most recent iterations of these contests, Exploit centered its competition around the theme of cryptocurrencies, whereas XSS broadened its scope to encompass various topics, ranging from social engineering and attack vectors to evasion tactics and scam proposals. Many of the victorious entries concentrated on the exploitation of legitimate tools, such as Cobalt Strike. One of the runners-up even shared a tutorial on targeting initial coin offerings (ICOs) to raise funds for a new cryptocurrency, while another provided insights into manipulating privilege tokens to disable Windows Defender.
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http://arabianreseller.com/2023/09/04/cybercriminal-forums-host-adversary-backed-research-contests-on-attacks-and-evasion-sophos/
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Url: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5489
Url: https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/commit/b1d22047a2de382b99ef8fdb56e2be915731b6f0
Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5489
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Last month during Microsoft’s Virtual Summit, Communication Sites were unveiled to the world. This is something that had been on the table for some time, had always been mentioned as something that was coming no-one had ever really seen it.
Well at that event they were officially demonstrated allowing you to create internal-company campaign sites. These sites can be created using core templates that work well on PC. MAC and SharePoint Mobile App.
The user interface is very easy to use as you are simply dragging and dropping components on the canvas of the web page. The page design can be changed too, by selecting the column layout you wish to use for the pages of the site.
Web parts can also be added to the pages allowing you to create rich page experiences that not only display static content you have typed but also add other services to the page such, Events, Group Calendar, Hero Web Part, People and even content from Microsoft’s Stream service.
These communication sites will allow you to create and share recurring updates beyond using email. With the pages allowing you to embed documents, video as well as dynamically pulling real-time data from across Office 365 you can be assured that these will be the sites you will use all the time.
The sites and page construct is built in such a way that they render within the SharePoint Mobile App and function almost the same as if they were rendered within the full desktop experience. Along with this, Microsoft shared with us that there are even more capabilities available to enhance your use of these sites.
Make your home page and sub-pages look great
Full-width layouts—The Hero and Image web parts can be placed in a section layout that spans the page from left to right, giving you ways to emphasize your most essential information.
Enhanced title region with custom header image—Visually represent your home page, news and subpages with a compelling header graphic and title. You control what portion of the image is the most important, so it looks great, and as intended, across web and mobile experiences.
Continue the discussion in context to ensure reach, retention and engagement
Comments on pages—Each news article and page can have its own set of comments. It is possible to use the Yammer web part for broad discussion scenarios as well as targeted responses to engage your viewers on the sole message and content on the page—all keeping within the context of the page.
Share news via email—When you share news via email from a communication site, it’s not just a blue link; it’s a visual, informative preview that adds context to both the email and the news article itself. Within the email, the recipient(s) will see a thumbnail, title, description and an optional message from the sender.
Dynamically pull in and display data, documents and information via web part improvements
Power BI and Microsoft Stream—Bring in interactive reports using the Power BI web part, and embed single videos or full channels from Microsoft Stream—the single destination within Office 365 for your cross-company video management. Both Power BI and Microsoft Stream are now generally available.
GIF support—When you add an Image web part into a news article or page, you can now include animated GIFs in your layout.
New “See all” pages—When there is more content than can be shown within the first view the Highlighted content and Site activity web parts, you can click See all to go to a full-page experience to see all the content and activity.
Updated News web part—Showcase your news using multiple layouts to highlight what’s important with greater flexibility. You can use the default Top story layout, view news as a list or side-by-side.
Officially they started rolling out last night to first releases tenants, and will then be pushed to all tenants in the coming month.
Microsoft also have a few events coming up that are worth attending to share and explore the value of communication sites.
SharePoint communication sites AMA—On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 from 9–10 a.m. PDT, bring your questions and feedback to the SharePoint communication sites AMA within this dedicated SharePoint community space of the Microsoft Tech Community for SharePoint. We’re inviting our deepest business and technical subject matter experts for an active, informative hour—driven by YOU!$
Jeff Teper takes over @SharePoint—On Tuesday, July 10, 2017 from 9:30–10:30 a.m. PDT, Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for SharePoint, OneDrive and Office, will take over the @SharePoint Twitter handle. He’ll tackle your questions and feedback both with written responses and video snippets as only he can—no tweet left behind!
LIVE customer + MVPs panel webinar—On Wednesday, July 13, 2017 at 8 a.m. PDT, join in to hear how one of our customers, Shire, successfully planned and implemented their new digital workspace—inclusive of communication sites. You will hear both from Shire employees and Office 365 MVPs. Register today.
On-demand webcast—On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, Farren Roper and I present the “SharePoint: Inform and engage your employees” business webcast. Be the first to be notified when it’s available: sign up today. And in advance, read the new, related eBook, “4 secrets to a connected workplace.”
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engineering. Commonly centered around email, criminals use phishing to obtain access or information. Phishing attacks can be basic or customized toward the victim and their organization.
A phishing attack with a directed focus is called spear phishing.
the victim directly. Examples of common vishing attacks include
IRS scams and tech support scams. In both cases, the criminals are hoping to get personal information and money.
and detect the kits as soon as they are uploaded. That’s the exception and not the rule. Criminals register new domains by the
daily routine. Phishing, or social engineering really, is one of the quickest ways to compromise a network. Sometimes, the easiest
not logged in. Were you phished?
Yes, you were. But dealing with recruiting websites is simply
possible. Get an email from your boss asking for sensitive data?
Call your boss and confirm. That Indeed example from earlier?
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http://fraudalert.co.za/what-are-phishing-kits-web-components-of-phishing-attacks-explained/
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The internet knows no borders, neither do we. Our global team of cybersecurity response experts work across borders, combining data protection, privacy, regulatory, white collar and litigation expertise in order to deliver seamless crisis management and legal advice, whenever and wherever needed.
The digitalization and free flow of information has transformed global business. However, with increased opportunities have come new and increased risks, together with complex legislative regimes that can vary significantly by jurisdiction, and are constantly evolving. Even the most conscientious company can become the victim of a cybersecurity incident, such as the stealing of client or company information, or a ransomware attack. We work with a wide range of multinational companies to manage their cybersecurity risks, developing rapid response plans, providing time-critical crisis management advice, and working with clients to manage any resulting legal issues that may arise.
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In the past few years, cybersecurity has taken on increasing importance in the eyes of lawmakers and regulators.
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Organisations are facing increasing uncertainty in assessing global notification and disclosure obligations and making a determination of whether to notify or disclose a privacy violation or security incident in today's complex regulatory environment. This article offers six steps companies should consider when navigating this complex process.
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Imagine going through your Facebook feed and then suddenly seeing your photo and your name on the “People you may know” list. You know you don’t have another Facebook account and you click on your second profile.
You’re shocked by what you see. Photos from your original account are posted. Your friends are on the list and they’ve been commenting on the photos. And the person who’s impersonating you has been responding to the comments as though it was you!
There will come a time when you feel that your computer is slowing down, becoming less efficient than it used to be, and what comes to mind is to either recycle or sell off the parts to get a brand-new computer. However, is it safe to do so?
Most people would think that formatting the hard disk would completely clear the disk, so it would be safe to sell it off as a second-hand item. Unfortunately, with no proper precautions, someone can easily recover and extract personal or corporate data that was previously stored in the disk.
When we walk on sand, we leave a trail of footprints behind. Similarly, we leave footprints online; we leave records and traces behind as we use the Internet. Have you ever wondered what you may have left behind when you’re online? Should you care? The answer is yes!
Your digital footprint may contribute to your online reputation. It may benefit but also be a risk to you at the same time.
Most parents share photos of their children, especially their newborn, online. Some do it to simply share the growth of their children with relatives and friends who live far away.
The mistake parents fail to see is that they have created an online presence for their child without their consent. The photos may be cute now but in 10 years, what will your child think of the photo that you shared of them crying?
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https://secureverifyconnect.info/tags/identity-theft
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Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/53372
Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53061
Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026934
Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0583
Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0583
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https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-0583
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Cyber criminals are now using Windows Update false info to sell security products fake. Anti-malware products on offer is certainly a fake security products, such as the Anti-Malware Defender, as expressed Malware researchers from Webroot, Andrew Brandt. Cyber criminals are now commit fraud by using the dialog box about the information Windows Update, pop-ups and fake anti-virus scanner.
Internet users get an information about the Windows Update and then click the 'Install now' then the user will be directly connected to a link that requires the buyer to buy a license fake security products. One step to avoid this cyber crime, the user can empty the Temp folder on each computer so as not to get stuck with the information from the false security products.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that recent cyberthreats to Sony and the military’s U.S. Central Command are reminders of the serious threats facing the nation. But an Associated Press review shows that some of his plans are retreads from years past.
Obama laid out his plans this week as part of a push for new cybersecurity legislation — a week before his State of the Union address — that increases government information-sharing and protects businesses from lawsuits for revealing cyberthreats.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), co-chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, released the following statement in support of the cybersecurity initiatives:
I applaud the President for his enduring commitment to improving our nation’s cybersecurity. Cyber threats pose a significant risk to every part of our increasingly connected society and addressing the problem will require a unique, sustained collaboration between the public and private sectors.
I am especially pleased that the President’s announcement includes $25 million in grants to invest in cybersecurity education at 13 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and two national labs, including Norfolk State University. With these new grants, Norfolk State and other HBCUs will be better equipped to provide students with the training and skills necessary to combat current and future cyber threats, as well as meet the growing demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals in Virginia and across the country. I look forward to welcoming Vice President Biden and Secretary Moniz to Norfolk State on Thursday to announce these important investments and highlight the remarkable talent of Norfolk State University’s students.
However, the president’s proposals are similar to congressional legislation that has been languishing on Capitol Hill, in part over privacy concerns. The White House is hoping a recent spate of cyberattacks and data breaches — including November’s hacking at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the administration blamed on North Korea — will spur lawmakers to take up the issue.
Privacy advocates also criticized other elements of this plan this week, especially involving data-sharing between companies and the government, in light of an ongoing debate about the scope of U.S. government surveillance and bulk-data collection.
The president unveiled his plans Tuesday at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center just outside Washington, saying cyberthreats pose “an enormous challenge” in which the U.S. must be “upping our game.” He said cybercriminals are doing as much damage, or more, than traditional criminals.
“As a nation, we are making progress. We are more prepared to deal with cyberattacks, but attackers are getting more sophisticated,” Obama said. “All of us — government and industry — need to be doing better.”
A key part of the proposals, which have received support from some Republicans in Congress, would enablecybersecurity information-sharing between U.S. agencies and the private sector. But that sharing has already been taking place — with uneven results — for more than 16 years.
President Bill Clinton established the earliest Information Sharing and Analysis Centers in May 1998. These were intended to collect, analyze and distribute warnings about cyberthreats within eight of the most important U.S. industries, including banking, transportation, communications and energy.
In 2003, President George W. Bush moved responsibility for the warning centers from the FBI’s now-defunct National Infrastructure Protection Center to the Homeland Security Department. The warning centers have since been expanded to cover 16 critical industries, and others — such as one covering retail stores — have launched separately.
Some of the warning centers, such as the ones protecting banks and computer companies, are highly regarded. But others have been marked by uneven cooperation among members and confusion about roles during a cyberattack.
The government’s own $6.4 million Cyber Storm II exercise in March 2008, which simulated a large-scale cyberattack, revealed some confusion about alerts and fouled communications lines, such as when the Homeland Security Department shut off an encrypted message system over security concerns.
Obama’s plan would encourage the private sector to share cyberthreat information with the Homeland Security Department, according to a White House factsheet. Companies would qualify for targeted liability protection but would have to comply with certain privacy restrictions.
Some congressional leaders had been looking for more cooperation between U.S. businesses and the civilian outfit at DHS — as opposed to the military’s National Security Agency — that shares information about cyberattacks between the private sector and the government.
“This is the Wild West, without any rules to the game,” said Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee. “It’s a new frontier with regard to terrorism and warfare.”
The White House said this week that the proposals also would modernize U.S. laws to combat cybercrime, such as allowing for the prosecution of the sale of botnets, large numbers of hacked computers that can be directed remotely to attack targets and outlaw the sale of stolen credit card or bank account numbers.
But experts said such crimes already are covered under other existing laws, such as conspiracy to commit computer crimes.
“I don’t think there are prosecutions going down the tubes because of the lack of legislation on this,” said Mark Rasch, a former cybercrimes federal prosecutor.
Even with public-private information-sharing, such a program “isn’t a silver bullet,” said Mark Jaycox, a legislative analyst with the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group. “We need to tackle the low-hanging fruit, the basic security precautions,” he said, such as regularly updating computer servers and requiring robust passwords. Such issues could have played roles in recent high-profile breaches.
The group said Obama’s proposal “recycles old ideas that should remain where they’ve been since May 2011: on the shelf.” While it said the government should have appropriate tools to investigate cybercrime, recent domestic surveillance revelations show law enforcement “certainly doesn’t need more legal authorities to conduct digital surveillance.”
Disclosures by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden in 2013 showed the government was collecting phone records and digital communications of millions not suspected of a crime, prompting changes and calls from some lawmakers to curtail domestic surveillance programs.
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http://wwlp.com/2015/01/13/obamas-cybersecurity-proposals-part-of-decade-old-programs/
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The key to data integrity is reliability and trust at all times. Backups are a vital part of data and application recoverability and must always be secure.
Encryption is essential to data protection, and backups are no exception. Data backup encryption adds another layer of protection from major threats, including "unauthorized access, exfiltration and unauthorized data restores," said Christophe Bertrand, a practice director at TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG).
"Encrypting backups can aid in regulatory compliance and protect an organization from criminal activity. Many regulations discuss encryption in a broad sense, and the rule of thumb should really be that this applies to backups as well," Bertrand said. "As data is backed up from point A to point B, encrypting the data in flight is highly recommended so that it can't be intercepted."
Encryption in transit vs. encryption at rest
Encryption in transit involves encrypting data that is moving across the network, said Jack Poller, a senior analyst at ESG. Any web transaction using Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security, or SSL/TLS -- such as HTTPS -- is encrypted in transit. This protects the data from an attacker that can see data moving across the network, for example, via a Wi-Fi connection.
Encryption at rest involves encrypting data that is stored on disk or in the backup system. This protects the data if an attacker has access to the data storage system. While some backup applications create backup files in a proprietary format, additional protection is necessary to keep potential attackers from easily accessing and reading these files or repositories.
Protect backups from exfiltration and other attacks
If data backups are not encrypted, an attacker could gain access to the backup system and exfiltrate backup data, Poller said.
Exfiltrated backup data that is encrypted has no value to cybercriminals because malicious actors and the public can't read the data.
"This is a typical method of operation of ransomware actors who double dip by both preventing the organization from accessing their own data and holding exfiltrated data hostage. [It requires] a separate payment to prevent the public exposure of the data," he said.
If data is encrypted, only individuals who hold the keys can make sense of the data. This is a last layer of defense, protecting the organization in the worst case, and is part of a defense-in-depth strategy.
Typical data privacy regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA and HIPAA, which seek to protect personally identifiable information and personal health information.
Financial regulations including SOC 2 and others that protect financial and payment information.
Cybersecurity and insurance regulations, such as the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, or CIRCIA.
When it comes to hardening your cyber-resilience overall, there are no downsides, Bertrand said. Still, there might be tradeoffs. Encryption is computationally expensive, and it affects the time and possibly the cost of the backup and recovery process, he noted.
"In some cases, backup encryption can incur performance penalties, but modern solutions handle security by design in general, including encryption, at scale," Bertrand said.
In addition, encryption alone is not enough to protect data, so organizations must manage multiple encryption keys.
"It's not sufficient to protect all data in the organization with one key -- if an attacker gets access to the key, they get access to all data," Bertrand said. "The same for backups: Get access to the key, get access to all data in the backup data set. Therefore, organizations need to have separate keys for divisible, distinct chunks of data -- including distinct chunks of backup data."
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https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/tip/Use-backup-encryption-to-protect-data-from-would-be-thieves
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Cloud data protection startup Laminar Ltd. exited stealth mode today after closing on a new $32 million round of funding.
The company says it’s on a mission to prevent data leakage from everything that enterprises build and run in the public cloud. Today’s Series A round was led by Insight Partners and also saw participation from SentinelOne, TLV Partners and Meron Capital, bringing Laminar’s total amount raised so far to $37 million.
Laminar has built what would appear to be a straightforward cloud data security platform that offers three capabilities designed to help companies safeguard their cloud data.
First, it helps customers to discover all of their cloud-hosted data and classify it based on its sensitivity, providing complete visibility into what information is potentially at risk. Second, it enables users to secure and control that data to improve overall risk posture. Third, in the event data leakage does occur, the platform helps users detect and remediate the issue without interrupting the flow of data within the organization.
Laminar admits that none of these capabilities is especially unique, but it reckons it has solved the challenge of how to do all of them in a way that’s simple and without causing any friction. Legacy data protection tools typically make use of agents or filter data traffic through proxies, slowing things down. So Laminar has created a novel agentless and asynchronous approach that it says has no impact on performance or data flow.
The approach allows Laminar to provide continuous monitoring of both managed and unmanaged data stores, enabling sanctioned data movement and providing alerts when something else happens.
Laminar is led by its co-founders and lifelong friends, Chief Executive Amit Shaked and Chief Technology Officer Oran Avraham.
“As organizations transition to the cloud and build applications cloud-fist, businesses are moving at record pace,” Shaked said. “These transformations often make life easier, however for chief information security officers and data security professionals, their job is more difficult than ever before as data protection teams are left in the dark.”
Josh Jaffe, president of the Global Center for Cybersecurity and longtime Fortune 500 CISO, said Laminar has created some promising technology.
“Data protection teams are blind to where sensitive data resides in the cloud, and legacy data protection solutions are no longer keeping pace with evolving cloud environments,” he explained. “Laminar is launching at a time when these teams are in desperate need of cloud-native data security platforms purpose built for cloud environments.”
Laminar said it will use today’s funding to expand its engineering and go-to-market teams. It also plans to establish a new data security research team.
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https://siliconangle.com/2021/11/17/public-cloud-data-protection-startup-laminar-exits-stealth-closes-32m-funding-round/
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Amazon Web Services offers cloud web hosting solutions that provide businesses, non-profits, and governmental organizations with low-cost ways to deliver their websites and web applications. Your customers can be anywhere in the world. With AWS you can have a datacenter or CDN hosting your website in any geography you choose with just a few mouse clicks. Website traffic can fluctuate a lot. From quiet times in the middle of the night, to campaign driven, social media sharing traffic spikes, AWS infrastructure that can grow and shrink to meet your needs. AWS only charges you for the resources you use, with no up-front costs or long-term contracts. AWS has web hosting options that offer pay-as-you-go pricing or fixed monthly pricing. The software makes it easy to build, update, manage, and serve the content of your website. Simple websites are best for low to medium trafficked sites with multiple authors and more frequent content changes, such as marketing websites, content websites or blogs.
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Configure a relational and tile cache data store with one of your federated GIS Server sites and set that site as the hosting server for your ArcGIS Enterprise portal to allow members to do the following:. The hosting server needs to access the data used by the hosted layers published to ArcGIS Enterprise. You need to configure storage locations for this data. At minimum, you must configure storage for hosted feature layer data. Depending on what other types of layers you and members of your organization will publish to ArcGIS Enterprise , you may need additional storage. The following is a list of hosted layer types and where data is stored for each:. Disk space on the hosting server machines to store caches. In addition, if members of your organization will publish ArcGIS Server web services to the hosting server in essence, using the hosting server as a federated server , you may need to configure additional disk space to hold content for those layers.
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apache, a versatile high-performance HTTP server. In some situations a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.
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http://www.vulnerabilityscanning.com/DSA1132-DSA-1132-1-apache2-Test_22674.htm
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Carberp, a banking trojan that recently hit over 150,000 Australian PCs, is taking a second bite at Australia through spam email loaded with malware.
Following a recent rash of infections in Australia of malware that locks files until a payment is made, an older banking trojan that hails from Russia may be poised for an Australian comeback.
According to researchers at Symantec, the chief target of a new variant of Carberp are Australian PCs, with over half of infections across the globe located in Australia.
Dubbed “Carberp.C”, the malware steals banking credentials from infected PCs and is currently being spread via email that contains an attachment posing as an invoice in a .zip file. Needless to say, the .zip file actually contains malware. So, recipients still need to open the attachment to become infected as opposed to malware that infects a PC simply by visiting a booby-trapped website.
Designed for 32-bit and 64-bit machines, the malware casts a wide net, and has a number of tricks, employing a legitimate troubleshooting tool called "Sysinternals" that can trigger a Windows “blue screen of death”. This may falsely suggest a system error to the victim. The malware also has features to hide itself from antivirus detection and to download separate components.
While Carberp.C’s infection methods and features aren’t particularly novel, it is notable due its long and storied history, which includes an Australian chapter of some significance.
Carberp first made its mark in 2009 as malware that stole banking credentials almost exclusively in Russian-language nations. It caused enough trouble for Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to arrest eight hackers in 2012 who’d used the malware to pilfer millions of dollars from bank accounts in the country.
Slovakian security firm ESET detailed Carberp’s place as one of a small group of elite banking trojans that dominated Russian cybercrime targeting online banking systems between 2009 and 2011. Back then, Australia was off Carberp’s map.
Initially reserved by a single operator, Carpberp transformed into a monthly-fee based service after its source code was leaked online in June 2013, leaving its wares open for anyone to apply to their own enterprise. Rental prices ranged from $2,000 a month for features to $10,000 for a fuller set.
Ahead of the source code leak, however, a major Carberp campaign targeted Australian banking customers using “web injects” within the victim's browser to spoof the websites of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo Bank, Adelaide Bank and ANZ, infecting as many as 150,000 Australian PCs between 2012 and 2013. The same malware was previously used against customers of Sberbank in Russia.
Banking trojans that quietly steal the keys to online bank accounts have taken a back seat to in-your-face crypto-ransomware, such as Cryptolocker, which operate more like a shakedown and test how much victims value their information and hardware.
As cso.com.au reported in December, researchers at ESET discovered that nearly 10,000 PCs in Australia had been infected by TorrentLocker malware, which demanded between $760 and $1520 in Bitcoin for the key to unlock their encrypted files. Australia was the second largest target in the world behind Turkey.
Despite the high number of TorrentLocker infections in Australia, ESET's researchers found that fewer than two percent had actually paid. The good news Australians so far in terms Carberp's return is that Symantec has detected fewer than 50 infections across the globe. Still, the high proportion of Australian infections may signal an emerging threat and a good reminder that it's a bad idea to open attachments from unfamiliar senders.
This article is brought to you by Enex TestLab, content directors for CSO Australia.
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https://www.csoonline.com/article/3502931/after-torrentlocker-new-carberp-banking-malware-takes-stab-at-australia.html
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Cybersecurity can be described in many different ways, however, the general overview is that it prevents sensitive data from being accessed by unwanted users, such as hackers or criminals, by safeguarding it through a range of different methods.
The most popular and strongest security precaution a business can take is hiring a cybersecurity specialist who will ensure the computer system and networks are well-protected by analysing the company’s vulnerabilities and ensuring they are improved, alongside offering constant reviewing of the systems in place.
Why Is Cybersecurity Important?
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are often prone to cybersecurity attacks because they are known to have weaker security safeguards in use. Some of the benefits of enhancing your company’s cybersecurity are:
Data Protection: To minimise the risk of data or identity theft, ensuring a strong front against the misuse of your data.
Improved Client Trust: People want to know that their data is secure and if it is compromised, your business’s reputation will decrease.
Minimises the Likelihood of Financial Loss: The financial repercussions of a data breach can be significant for some businesses, with the average cost of a data breach in the UK rising to £3.93 billion.
Where Can I Get Business Cybersecurity?
Now that you know the benefits of improving your business’s cybersecurity, you can begin to understand some of the practices that you can implement immediately. There is no need to be an IT specialist to start the process of advancing your cybersecurity and below is a comprehensive guide to get you started:
Staff Training: According to the 2020 Cyber Security Skills in The UK Labour Market report, only 11% of UK organisations offered cyber training to non-cyber employees. Although it might not seem relevant, it’s fairly common practice that businesses lose data due to staff errors, which results in staff downtime while they wait for the issue to be resolved. Some top things to cover should be:
Reviewing safe email practices and how to detect scams or ‘phishing’ emails.
Ensure Your Networks Are Secure: With remote working so popular, it leaves businesses in a more vulnerable situation and at a higher risk of encountering a data breach- through the use of unsecured networks. One way to tackle this is to ensure they use a Virtual Private Network (VPN), which means that they can connect to the workplace’s WIFI network. You should also encrypt information and use a Firewall.
Keep Tablets and Smartphones Secure: The UK’s National Cyber Security Center has a whole manual on how small businesses can protect themselves from online attacks, and this one states that you should not only implement strong passwords but make sure that a device which stores sensitive information can be wiped if stolen or lost.
Backup Sensitive Data: Ensuring that sensitive data, such as spreadsheets, databases, financial files and accounting documents are backed up into the Cloud means that if any data loss occurs, you will have peace of mind knowing they’ve been saved. Refer to the next point if your business uses the cloud.
Using The Cloud: Be sure your business uses encryption to add extra security measures in the cloud- this means that your data will be transformed into code, making it more difficult for it to be accessed and read. It’s important to not disclose passwords in the cloud and it’s always a good idea to frequently run tests to see where you might need improvement- you can hire a hacker to do this for you!
However, to ensure maximum protection, hiring a business cybersecurity specialist is the best way forward. While taking the above steps will undoubtedly take your business in the right direction, outsourcing an IT support company who specialises in this area will guarantee your busiess is completely protected.
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https://lucidica.co.uk/blog/internet-security/how-can-i-get-cybersecurity-for-my-business/
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Failed to load https://www.mapquestapi.com/directions/v2/routematrix?key="key value": Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'https://<URL>/' is therefore not allowed access.
When we plug in the keys that our development team uses, everything works. While using our development's teams keys provides a workaround, we need to fix our account keys.
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https://www.developer.mapquest.com/forum/all-sudden-no-access-control-allow-origin-header-present-requested-resource
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Per the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014, HHS underwent its annual independent evaluation of its information security program and practices.
The audit found HHS continues to implement changes to improve its information security program. The audit also identified opportunities for HHS to strengthen its security program.
Currently, HHS is inching toward implementing a department-wide continuous diagnostics and mitigation program with the Department of Homeland Security, which the auditor predicts will improve HHS' information security maturity.
Weaknesses were found in the agency's risk management, configuration management, identity and access management, data protections and privacy, security training, information security continuous monitoring, incident response, and contingency planning.
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https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/hhs-continues-to-deploy-strong-cybersecurity-solutions-report-finds.html
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Defiant’s Wordfence team warns of a critical-severity vulnerability in the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards premium WordPress plugin being exploited in attacks.
The YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards plugin allows online merchants to create gift cards that their customers can purchase for their friends to use on the ecommerce store. The premium plugin has more than 50,000 installations, its developer says.
Tracked as CVE-2022-45359 (CVSS score of 9.8), the exploited vulnerability was reported in November and a patch for it was made available soon after.
The issue is described as an arbitrary file upload, allowing attackers to upload executable files to the WordPress sites that use a vulnerable version of the plugin. No authentication is required for successful exploitation, Wordfence says.
According to the WordPress security firm, an attacker can exploit the vulnerability to place a backdoor on a vulnerable installation, gain remote code execution (RCE), and potentially take over the site.
“We were able to reverse engineer the exploit based on attack traffic and a copy of the vulnerable plugin and are providing information on its functionality as this vulnerability is already being exploited in the wild and a patch has been available for some time,” Wordfence warns.
The security defect was found in an import function running on the admin_init hook, which runs for all pages in the /wp-admin/ directory.
Because the impacted function lacks cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and capability checks, an unauthenticated attacker could trigger the flaw by sending special requests containing specific parameters and payloads.
“Since the function also does not perform any file type checks, any file type including executable PHP files can be uploaded,” Wordfence underlines.
Site admins can identify signs of an attack by checking their logs for POST requests to wp-admin/admin-post.php.
According to Wordfence, observed attacks came from hundreds of IP addresses, but only two IPs were responsible for the majority of exploitation attempts. Most of the attacks occurred one day after the vulnerability was publicly disclosed, but they continue.
“As this vulnerability is trivial to exploit and provides full access to a vulnerable website, we expect attacks to continue well into the future,” Wordfence concludes.
Site admins are advised to update to YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards premium version 3.20.0 or newer, which contain patches for this vulnerability.
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https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-premium-gift-cards-wordpress-plugin-exploited-attacks/
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https://bulgarianmilitary.com/tag/cyber-intelligence-solution/
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i recently bought the HP probook from the HP store and put in a password encryption.
i have now forgotten the password, so cannot use my laptop with the password.
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https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-Notebooks/Forgot-HP-encryption-Password/td-p/6978487
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The Pentagon is investing millions of dollars in research to improve the department’s air-gapping methods, which would better protect the sensitive data flowing between military IT systems.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on Wednesday awarded General Electric a $8.6 million contract to prototype hardware and software designs that would help keep highly sensitive data physically isolated from other parts of the Pentagon’s tech infrastructure. The award was made under the Guaranteed Architecture for Physical Security program, which aims to improve the department’s physical IT security controls.
Specifically, the program is focused on securing “high risk” data flows between the Pentagon’s classified and unclassified IT systems, and allowing officials to better monitor the movement of information, officials said in the original solicitation.
The Pentagon relies on a series of “air gaps” within its IT infrastructure to ensure information can’t inadvertently cross over from one system to another. The gaps serve as physical breaks between different systems, ensuring highly classified IT remains separated from less sensitive pieces of tech.
According to DARPA, the department uses a combination of technical tools and human analysts to regulate the flow of information across those barriers, which are often retrofitted onto existing IT systems. But as the Pentagon’s tech ecosystem becomes increasingly complex, DARPA worries those controls aren’t scalable or reliable enough to ensure data doesn’t leap the air gap and fall into the wrong hands.
“The ability to verifiably and securely establish communication between multiple security levels is inherently too complex to implement for many [Defense Department] platforms where such communication is desired,” officials said. If the GAPS program is successful, “the barrier to safely enable these high-risk transactions will be substantially lowered,” they added.
Participants in the program will explore novel hardware and software strategies for air-gapping systems down to the individual computer chip. In the future, developers would be able to build those physical controls directly into new IT systems instead of adding them after the tech is already are deployed, leading to significant improvements in their efficiency and effectiveness.
Ultimately, the improved system architectures would make the Pentagon less reliant on clunky digital moats, and also allow personnel share data faster and more reliably, DARPA said.
GE is the third vendor to join the GAPS program: DARPA awarded Galois Inc. a $7.3 million contract on Aug. 27 and inked a $12.7 million deal with Northrop Grumman in May. According to the solicitation, the agency plans to invest a total of $54.4 million in the program.
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https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/08/pentagon-exploring-new-ways-isolate-its-networks/159544/?oref=ng-category-lander-river
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Our Ministry advises the President and Vice-President’s Office. The Bureau for Information & Technology is responsible for all technical issues.
Currently our focus is on security issues. We want to increase user compliance to our policies. Secondly, we are trying to put firm Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place for all ministries and divisions.
We are also working to increase security awareness in our staff across all levels.
What will be the priority areas in the longer term of around 2-3 years?
It will be the same. It’s a continuous process. Security and compliance will continue to the main area of focus. In parallel, we will also develop our technology compatibility and also the technology for the applications. Interoperability and standardisation is the primary concern for us.
At the national level, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics is responsible for formulating policies, including plans for continuity.
Do you work with other ministries or government agencies?
Yes, we have to co-ordinate with other ministries for sharing data.
Data is very important for us and we want to move towards informed policy making based on collection and analysis of data. We are working to improve openness and willingness of the ministries to co-operate with us from the older mindset of proprietary ownership and siloed storage of data within divisions and ministries.
It is more difficult in some of the ministries but things are changing. I am confident that in the future, we will achieve the desired results and data sharing will happen the way it should between parts of the government.
We heard about centralised data collection from across ministries. Could you tell us about it? Is your division involved in it?
There is an ongoing data collaboration project to collect data in a central location. It is led by the Kantor Staf President or the President’s Staff Office. It is also under the Ministry of State Secretariat but is different from my division. While, the aforementioned project is all about how to collaborate and share data for public purposes, we work on analysing the data and obtaining insights for internal use only.
We are also considering Big Data tools. We have already developed system software and an application using in-house programmers. We have an in-house development and deployment team. This application has already been delivered to the various ministries. Sometimes, there is resistance to adoption.
It is not just about the national ministries but we also need to implement at the provincial level. Indonesia has 34 provinces and tens of thousands of regencies, cities, district and village level administrative units. It’s a big country with a huge population.
What are your concerns regarding cybersecurity and what steps are you taking to mitigate the risks?
We are concerned about security attacks from outside and also internal threats. The biggest challenge is to avoid attacks from the inside. That’s why we must build our security foundations during this next year.
Especially when we are collaborating with the other ministries, the risk increases. We cannot afford to compromise confidential information. We need to be able to trust the IT infrastructure that we implement.
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https://www.opengovasia.com/articles/7127-exclusive-focus-on-cybersecurity-and-compliance-at-the-ministry-of-state-secretariat-in-indonesia
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Nokia has announced the Lumia 620, its most affordable Windows Phone 8 device yet. With an estimated pricing of $250 contract-free, the Lumia 620 is the company’s budget Windows Phone 8 smartphone, although for just $50 more you might have better options.
The specs on the Lumia 620 are in line for a budget phone: it has a 3.8-inch display with 800-by-480 pixel resolution, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor. It has 512MB of RAM and 8GB of built-in storage (expandable up to 64GB via MicroSD), and 7GB free Microsoft SkyDrive storage.
Nokia said the 5-megapixel camera with flash on the Lumia 620 shares the same lenses with the higher-end Lumia 920 and 820. Meanwhile, the front-facing camera is a standard VGA sensor, and this phone also has NFC connectivity on board for accessories such as portable speakers and payment apps.
As with most Windows phones, the Lumia 620 comes in a range of colors, including lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white and black. Nokia used a new dual-shot color technique that adds a second layer of colored, transparent or translucent polycarbonate on top of a base layer to produce secondary color blends and depth effects.
The Lumia 620 is estimated to cost $250 unlocked and contract-free. It will begin selling in January 2013 in Asia, followed closely by Europe and the Middle East before expanding further.
Although at $250 the Lumia 620 is the cheapest Windows Phone 8 by far, if you have $50 extra, you could get a higher-end phone, unlocked. The Google Nexus 4 is $300 contract free, has a larger 4.7-inch high-resolution screen, a better camera at 8MP, 2GB of RAM and a quad-core processor – so unless you want a Windows Phone 8 specifically, the Nexus 4 is a better option for a just that extra $50.
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The attackers are sending out Direct messages (DMs) with a link that send users off site to a fake log-in page. Unsuspecting users then log-in to that page in turn handing over the log-in credentials to the phishers. They then use those log-ins and accounts to send more DMs creating a vicious cycle.
Avoiding phishing scams is just a matter of a little common sense.
Phishing is nothing new, people have been scamming users for years with these techniques and they are almost always the same. It usually involves a very well copied log-in page, a poorly copied URL and a few unsuspecting users to get it all started. Once one user sends out a message to a trusting friend then it begins to spread like wildfire.
Here are a few tips that are very helpful in avoiding these scams.
Pro-Blogger Chris Brogan was scoffing at the idea of having to unfollow 25k Tweeters. While most of us are no where near that level I'm sure we all have Tweeters on our page we don't know and probably don't need. Now would be a good time to click through some of those followers and check them out. Contact and or remove anyone that looks suspicious.
For those of you unlucky enough to have already been hit by the phishing scam don't fret there is hope for getting your account back. Follow the steps outlined in the Twitter blog post for having your password reset. Once that is done I'd suggest doing some serious makeup with everyone on your follow list!
You can follow updates on the attack by subscribing to the Twitter topic #phishingalert as well as the Titter topic #phishing.
Update - Information regarding the iPhone DM scam is now available.
Twitter users are reporting that they are receiving direct messages with links for a chance to win an Apple iPhone. The links in the DMs are sending Twitter users to two different sites suggesting that visitor sign up for a chance to win a free iPhone.
You’re asked for your gender, your mobile carrier and eventually your mobile number. Reading the fine print however shows you that by signing up for this promotion, you’re also signing up for a third party text messaging service which starts at $5.99 a week. For more details checkout Venture Beat's post "You don’t want that free iPhone — another Twitter scam breaks out".
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Advanced cyberthreats and new data protection regulations have made data security more important than ever. As a security professional, one of your major concerns is ensuring that there’s no unauthorized access or disclosure of personal data in your organization—this is big for things like the GDPR. Then, there’s ransomware—every security professional’s worst nightmare. If you’re looking to achieve and maintain data confidentiality and integrity, you need to audit your file servers in real time. Auditing not only allows you to generate the reports you need for compliance audits, but it also helps you detect and shut down ransomware infections in real time.
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Today’s columnist, Pieter Danhieux of Secure Code Warrior, writes that Gartner reports that later this year, vulnerabilities involving APIs will become the most frequent attack vector, but with adequate training, solid planning and a focus on best practices, companies can control the vast majority of vulnerabilities. (Credit: Gartner)
While cybercriminals have been going after credentials for several years, we now see attackers target the credentials held by application programming interfaces (APIs). In fact, research by Akamai found that almost 75% of attacks directly target such API credentials.
It’s no wonder APIs have become such popular targets. They are a critical component of most cloud-based services, which are rapidly taking over the functions of on-premises assets at most companies, organizations, and government agencies. It’s not possible to run any sort of business or task these days without the cloud, especially those that are public-facing. And that means APIs are the glue that holds quite a few services together in every network.
APIs are mostly small and unobtrusive in terms of network resource allocation. And they are completely flexible so that security teams can task them to perform almost any job. At their core, APIs are individual pieces of software tailored to control or manage a particular program. Security teams can use them to perform very specific functions, like accessing data from a host operating system, application, or service.
Unfortunately, it’s this very same flexibility, and the fact that they are often small and overlooked by security teams, that makes APIs attractive targets. Most APIs are designed by developers for total flexibility so that they can continue to function even if the core program they are managing becomes modified or changed. And there are few standards. Almost like snowflakes, many APIs are unique in that they are created to serve a particular function with a single program on a specific network. If they are coded by developers who aren’t very security-aware, or who are not concentrating specifically on security, then they can and likely will have any number of vulnerabilities that attackers can find and exploit.
Sadly, the problem has quickly gotten out of hand. According to Gartner, during 2022, vulnerabilities involving APIs will become the most frequent attack vector across all cybersecurity categories.
Attackers look to compromise APIs not so that they can take over whatever specific function the API performs, but to steal the credentials associated with it. APIs often are way over-permissioned in regard to their core functionality. For simplicity’s sake, most APIs have near administrator-level access on a network. If an attacker gains control of one, they can often use its permissions to launch deeper and more substantial incursions into a network. And because the API has permission to perform whatever tasks the attacker redirects them toward, their actions can often bypass traditional cybersecurity monitoring because the API does not break any rules thanks to its access-all-areas VIP backstage pass.
If organizations are not careful, the rise of APIs within their network and their clouds can also spell big trouble if they are targeted by attackers.
Defending APIs
As dangerous as the situation with APIs has become, it’s far from hopeless. There’s a big effort through movements like DevSecOps to help make developers more security-aware, and to bring security and best practices into all aspects of software creation from development to testing and deployment. It’s important to include API security as part of developer training for any organization that wants to buck the trend of API exploitation through 2022 and beyond. There are a few really good best practices that organizations can use to secure APIs:
Include tight identity controls for all APIs.
Consider APIs like human users when assigning permissions. Just because an API has been designed to do a specific function, think about what could happen if an attacker can compromise it. Consider using role-based access control. Ideally, organizations should also apply zero-trust principles to APIs and users. It’s also important to include APIs as part of the identity management program.
Tightly control the various calls made by APIs.
By limiting those calls to very context-centered requests, then it’s much more difficult for an attacker to modify them for nefarious purposes.
Use a layered approach.
Start by having an initial API making a highly contextual call to another API that knows exactly what to look for, and what to ignore. That’s an effective way to limit the functionality available to a threat actor even if they can exploit and compromise an API within that chain.
The threats leveled against APIs can certainly appear overwhelming. But by implementing best practices along with assisting and rewarding developers who become security champions, the situation can seem a lot less hopeless. With good training and practice, companies can erect a robust security program that gives attackers little room to maneuver even if they should somehow compromise one of the organizations, tiny, yet essential APIs.
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https://www.scmagazine.com/perspective/application-security/three-ways-to-lock-down-apis
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A new CUNA survey finds that security should continue to lead the way in credit union IT budgets over the next three years.
Forty-seven percent of 581 respondents cited IT security as one of their top three technology spends, followed by business continuity planning at 39% and risk management compliance / automation and expanding e-commerce activities tied at 34%.
The responses to the 2008-2009 CUNA Technology and Spending Report came from 3,000 credit unions with $1 million or more in assets invited to participate in the survey, conducted online and by mail from November 2007 to January 2008.
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MPs and peers have called for “major changes” to the draft Online Safety Bill to “call time on the Wild West online”.
The Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill said more offences needed to be covered, including paid-for scam and fraudulent advertising, cyberflashing, content promoting self-harm and the deliberate sending of flashing images to people with photosensitive epilepsy.
The committee’s report said the Bill needed to be clearer about what is specifically illegal online and proposed that pornography sites should have a legal duty to keep children off them regardless of whether they host user-to-user content.
It also said that Ofcom, which is set to become the regulator for the sector, should be given more powers to investigate, audit and fine tech companies, and it should draw up mandatory codes of practice for internet service providers, with named senior managers at firms designated the “safety controller” and made liable if a service is found to fail to protect users.
The Government has two months to respond to the committee’s recommendations, with the Bill due to be put to Parliament next year.
Damian Collins, chairman of the joint committee, said the Bill would bring an end to the “era of self-regulation for big tech”.
“The committee were unanimous in their conclusion that we need to call time on the Wild West online,” he said.
“What’s illegal offline should be regulated online. For too long, big tech has gotten away with being the land of the lawless.
“A lack of regulation online has left too many people vulnerable to abuse, fraud, violence and in some cases even loss of life.
“The committee has set out recommendations to bring more offences clearly within the scope of the Online Safety Bill, give Ofcom the power in law to set minimum safety standards for the services they will regulate, and to take enforcement action against companies if they don’t comply.
“The era of self-regulation for big tech has come to an end. The companies are clearly responsible for services they have designed and profit from, and need to be held to account for the decisions they make.”
Damian Collins (PA)
The report also recommended an automatic exemption for recognised news publishers as part of protections for freedom of expression and said journalism and “public interest speech” should be acknowledged as crucial to democracy.
The report’s publication follows a lengthy inquiry into online safety, which heard from victims of online harms such as Ian Russell – whose daughter Molly killed herself after viewing harmful content online – as well as Government ministers, Ofcom and social media and tech giants.
Responding to the committee, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said the Bill will “require tech firms and social media companies to take long-overdue responsibility to protect their users” and would “hold big tech to account if they fail to act”.
“I’d like to thank the Committee for its work.
“The Government will consider its recommendations carefully and incorporate them where we feel the Bill can be strengthened further to make Britain the safest place to go online, while protecting free speech,” she said.
The report has already received backing from others in Parliament, with Mel Stride, chairman of the Treasury Committee, welcoming the recommendation to add fraudulent advertising to the scope of the Bill.
“The Treasury Committee has repeatedly called for the Government to include fraudulent advertisements within the scope of the Online Safety Bill,” he said.
“While it’s reassuring that some online platforms are taking action to remove scam adverts from their sites, it’s clear that not enough is currently being done to combat online fraud.
“We support the joint committee’s recommendations in this area and call on the Government to act and stop these criminals in their tracks. Without a decisive response from the Government and the tech giants, many more individuals will sadly fall victim to these scammers.”
Consumer champion Martin Lewis said he was “delighted” with the committee’s decision to include scam adverts within its recommendations.
“Scams don’t just steal people’s money, they can take their self-respect too.
“As well as damaging the mental health of victims, it disproportionately hurts those with existing mental health problems who are three times more likely to be affected.
“Scams and fraud aren’t just a financial issue, they’re a core wellbeing issue,” he said.
“We are desperate for the Government to listen to the joint committee on this and change its plans.”
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Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and clients right to privacy.
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The Organic Law 15/1999 of 13 December on the Protection of Personal Data (LOPD), is a Spanish Organic Law whose purpose is to guarantee and protect, with respect to the processing of personal data, public freedoms and the fundamental rights of natural persons, and especially their honor, privacy and personal and family privacy.
Its main objective is to regulate the processing of data and files of a personal nature, regardless of the medium in which they are treated, the rights of citizens over them and the obligations of those who create or treat them.
The control body for compliance with data protection regulations within Spanish territory, in general, is the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), and there are other Data Protection Agencies of an autonomous nature, in the Autonomous Communities of Madrid , Catalonia and in the Basque Country.
The sanctions have a high amount, being Spain the country of the European Union that has the highest penalties on data protection.
These penalties depend on the offense committed.
Light penalties range from € 900 to € 40,000.
The severe sanctions range from 40,001 to 300,000 €
The very serious sanctions range from 300.001 to 600.000 €
Despite this high amount, there are many companies in Spain that have not yet adapted to the same, or have done so in a partial way or do not periodically review their adequacy; so it is essential to maintain and review the adequacy.
In the public sector, this Law also regulates the use and management of information and files with personal data used by all public administrations.
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When you look at the past few years our business has really started with an idea and developed into something meaningful. It was designed to make a difference to the security industry and post-startup we have began to see the fruits of our labour. At the start of this year we formalised our business aim:
The AntiSocial Engineer Limited wants to reduce victims of cyber-enabled crime, focussing on a reduction of malicious social engineering attacks.
To reach this gargantuan goal we always knew strong partnerships with all sectors would be essential. So we have formed bonds with regional cyber clusters such as the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster and we have ensured our services can be obtained direct to central government via GCloud. We have had the pleasure to be part of the Cyber Security challenge and other events aimed at inspiring the next generation workforce. Along side this we work to foster bonds with the NCA, The Metropolitan Police and Westminster.
On the topic of collaboration we are ever so pleased to announce a rather special partnership with the London Digital Security Centre (@LondonDSC). This will help strengthen our bonds with the big city and its thousands of businesses that are just starting to understand cyber security and need high quality solutions to the ever growing epidemic of ‘internet enabled’ crimes.
The LDSC is a not for profit organisation launched by the Mayor of London as a joint venture with the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police. They work with academia and specialists from private Industry to help businesses innovate, grow and prosper through operating in a secure digital environment.
In our partnership we have agreed to directly help London based SME’s receive the security testing they might not be able to obtain elsewhere, we will test businesses that can’t afford testing and we will try to educate a variety of businesses about the increasingly popularity of cyber crime. Having a look at our pioneering SMShing service would be a first step if you are interested in seeking our help through the LDSC or feel free to reach out directly to them (LondonDSC.co.uk) other services we will support with are Phishing and OSINT control – Have a look on the marketplace!
So it’s early days, but we are ready to help make a positive change. You can find out more about the London Digital Security Centre by visiting their website over at LondonDSC.co.uk they are a highly recommended organisation to be part of – especially if you are based in London!
To discus what we can do to help your organisation defend against cyber crime please Contact Us.
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This course, updated for 2018, is now aligned to the PCI Security Standards Council PCI-P exam syllabus. The exam cost and voucher is not included in the course, delegates wishing to take this exam should book this exam independently via the PCI Security Council Standard website.
This two day course, fully updated for the recently released PCI DSS v3.2 standard, provides a comprehensive introduction to the PCI DSS, and provides practical coverage of all aspects of implementing a Payment Card Industry Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance programme.
There are no pre-requisites. However, we recommend that all delegates read the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) document downloadable from the PCI SSC website.
We further recommend that delegates familiarise themselves with standard, so that they come armed with questions about the control groups, and how they may be applied to their organisation.
PCI DSS objectives and intent. Related PCI standards and programmes.
How PCI DSS compliance is enforced by the payment brands.
Compliance needs for merchants and service providers.
Explanation of the different levels.
How compliance must be reported by merchants and service providers.
In April 2016 version 3.2 was finalised to include the revised migration dates and address changes in the threat and payment acceptance landscape. Whilst Version 3.1 was retired on 31 October 2016, all of the new requirements within PCI DSS 3.2 have a longer grace period, taking effect Feb. 1, 2018.
Within the update includes emphasis to ensure that relevant application security training is given to any software developers involved in developing & maintaining financial applications and services within scope of the PCI-DSS standard.
Organisation will need to provide evidence that software developers have had the relevant security training before Jan 2018.
QA have two security courses from within its 10 Cyber Domains that can support this need, one specifically aimed at PCI-DSS practitioners and audit teams (QAPCIDSS) and the other an application security course for developers (QAAPPSEC).
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Should you thought ransomware forcing folks to do good deeds was weird – wait till you hear about WannaFriendMe. To get the decryptor for this newly found ransomware (opens in new tab) pressure, victims want to purchase a sport cross on the Roblox Recreation Go retailer.
Roblox is a gaming platform the place customers get to construct and play video games. Recreation builders can monetize their creations by requiring sport passes earlier than taking part in. These passes will be purchased with the platform’s native forex, Robux.
Within the ransom notice despatched to the victims, it says they should purchase a selected sport cross, costing 1700 Robux, or roughly $20. After buying the sport cross, they should contact a selected e-mail deal with their username, and a screenshot to show the acquisition.
Chaos? Or Ryuk?
The attackers are warning the victims to not delete the sport cross as that can render the method invalid.
Should you thought $20 was pocket change in comparison with different malware (opens in new tab) operators whose calls for attain tens of hundreds of {dollars}, do take into account that the targets for this marketing campaign are principally players.
One other attention-grabbing level is that the menace actors are utilizing Chaos ransomware, which tries to cross itself off as Ryuk. In mid-2021, somebody began promoting a Chaos ransomware builder, permitting just about anybody with just a few further {dollars} to spare, to construct their very own ransomware pressure.
The primary distinction between Chaos and Ryuk, is the truth that the previous is understood for overwriting massive information with gibberish.
In different phrases, as soon as encrypted, any information bigger than 2MB in measurement can by no means be retrieved. This can be a identified truth for Chaos, and may postpone some those who thought of paying the ransom demand.
The researchers that found the marketing campaign, MalwareHunterTeam, stated that the Chaos ransomware builder pretends to be Ryuk by default, by utilizing the .ryuk extension for all the encrypted information.
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As a WordPress user or developer, you already know that one of the biggest challenges you face is fully securing your site from vulnerabilities and the threat of malicious attacks.
In an uncertain world where website and online security is under constant attack, all WordPress site owners need to take their security protocols more seriously than in the past.
The data just released in our first ever 2021 WordPress Vulnerability Report not only shows you the entire year of reported 2021 WordPress vulnerabilities, it also reveals the specific vulnerabilities that hackers most often exploit.
For example, did you know that 97.1% of total 2021 WordPress vulnerabilities were due to plugins? That’s important to know if running a secure WordPress site matters to you.
Here at iThemes, we don’t want to just point out problems. We also want to give you proven solutions that work to keep your WordPress website site fully secure from vulnerabilities. And you’ll learn exactly what to do to fully secure your WordPress site after reviewing this data.
But what’s most concerning is that, of the 1581 plugin vulnerabilities that were reported in 2021, 23.2% of them had no known fix. This means that, as we move forward into 2022 and beyond, we need to be all the more vigilant on the plugins we download and use.
For example, while you may be able to get a free plugin solution from an unknown plugin developer, do you fully trust its security? As the data shows, 29% of reported plugin vulnerabilities have yet to be patched by their developers.
Whenever possible, stick with the plugin developers that you trust and never use nulled WordPress plugins and themes. And, of course, keep your plugins and themes updated with available patches whenever they are released.
But even when you do that, vulnerabilities will still be exploited by skilled hackers and malicious attackers before plugin developers can create patches to fix them.
This is exactly why your WordPress site needs rock-solid security protection, as we’ll discuss in a minute.
For now, it’s important to know that the iThemes Security Pro plugin has a built-in site scanner that pairs with the Version Management feature to automatically scan for known vulnerabilities and auto-update any vulnerable plugins so you don’t have to worry so much about your site security.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of website security vulnerability that is found in many WordPress applications, such as plugins and themes.
These XSS attacks enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into WordPress web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to bypass access controls, and fully access the back end of your site.
Cross-site scripting carried out on WordPress websites in 2021 accounted for 54.4% of all WordPress vulnerabilities. And that was a total of 885 total vulnerabilities.
Another 10.2%, or 167 vulnerabilities, stemmed from Cross-Site Forgery Requests (CSFR).
Cross-site request forgery, also known as one-click attack or session riding, is a type of malicious exploit of a website where unauthorized commands are submitted from a user that the web application trusts.
It doesn’t take long to see that, without proper WordPress security protocols in place, your WordPress website is wide open to cross-site attacks of all kinds.
But those aren’t the only types of vulnerabilities that you should be concerned about. Beyond them, there are seven distinct types of vulnerabilities that were reported in 2021.
And don’t dismiss the 281, or 17.3%, of reported vulnerabilities that are labeled in the report as “Other.”
Often, these types of attacks are the ones that aren’t yet understood by theme and plugin developers, and require a powerful WordPress security plugin to keep them from damaging or hacking your site.
As a WordPress site owner, you probably already know the importance of keeping your plugins updated at all times to avoid potential attacks.
After all, the vast majority of vulnerabilities are exploited through plugins.
But, as the 2021 numbers indicate, plugins aren’t where your security protocols begin and end. Even if you’re 100% vigilant with the plugins you use and keeping them updated, your site can still be exploited by vulnerabilities in your theme.
It can also be exploited through the core WordPress software. Last year, we saw a total of 47 vulnerabilities that were exploited through WordPress core and various themes. That number accounts for about 2.5% of all 2021 WordPress security vulnerabilities.
And while that may not seem like much, it only takes one exploited site vulnerability to completely ruin the reputation of your website and business.
Of course, the first solution is to keep WordPress core and your theme fully patched and updated at all times. But as we stated regarding plugins, that only helps solve past known vulnerabilities.
For the new ones, you need to run security software that knows how to detect when malicious attacks are happening in real time.
Make Sure to Keep Website Security a Focus in 2022
This is where the iThemes Security Pro plugin steps in to help keep your WordPress site secure. With our easy-to-use, straight forward WordPress security solution, you’ll immediately be able to sleep better at night knowing that your site is fully protected from hackers and malicious attacks.
The first step is understanding the bombardment of security threats your site is constantly under. After that, it’s time to get iThemes Security Pro and get serious about your WordPress website security protocol.
With a built-in WordPress site scanner to scan for known WordPress vulnerabilities, paired with layers of protection for your login page like brute force protection, as well as file change detection and user logging, your site has a strong defense against hacks and security breaches.
WordPress currently powers over 40% of all websites, so it has become an easy target for hackers with malicious intent. iThemes Security Pro takes the guesswork out of WordPress security to make it easy to secure & protect your WordPress website.
Kristen has been writing tutorials to help WordPress users since 2011. As marketing director here at iThemes and Restrict Content Pro, she’s dedicated to helping you find the best solutions to build and run effective WordPress websites. Outside of work, Kristen enjoys journaling (check out her side project, The Transformation Year!), hiking and camping, cooking, and daily adventures with her family, hoping to live a more present life.
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https://wpguynews.com/read-the-2021-wordpress-vulnerability-annual-report/
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02 Navigate to SQS dashboard at https://console.aws.amazon.com/sqs/.
03 Select the SQS queue that you want to examine.
04 Choose the Encryption tab from the bottom panel and verify the Server-Side Encryption (SSE) configuration for the selected SQS queue. If the SQS SSE configuration is not available, instead the following message is being displayed: "Server-side encryption (SSE) is disabled. SSE lets you protect the contents of messages in Amazon SQS queues using keys managed in the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)", the selected SQS queue does not have the SSE feature enabled, therefore the messages managed by the SQS queue are not encrypted.
05 Repeat step no. 3 and 4 for each Amazon SQS queue available in the current AWS region.
06 Change the AWS region from the navigation bar to repeat the audit process for other regions.
04 The command output should return the requested KMS CMK ID. If the get-queue-attributes command executed at the previous step does not produce an output, the SQS queue does not use an AWS KMS CMK key, therefore the SQS SSE feature is not enabled for the selected queue.
05 Repeat step no. 3 and 4 for each AWS SQS queue provisioned in the current AWS region.
06 Change the AWS region by updating the --region command parameter value and repeat steps no. 1 - 5 to perform the entire process for other regions.
To use the AWS-managed CMK key for SQS SSE select (Default) aws/sqs option. The KMS service creates the AWS-managed CMK key the first time when you request it using the AWS Management Console.
To use a custom KMS CMK key provisioned within AWS account (or another account), select Enter an existing CMK ARN option and type or paste the custom key ARN into the Enter a CMK ARN box.
(Optional) For Data Key Reuse Period setting, provide a value between 1 minute and 24 hours. The default value for this setting is 5 minutes (suitable for most configurations).
Click Save Changes to apply the new configuration changes and enable Server-Side Encryption for the selected SQS queue.
06 07 Change the AWS region from the navigation bar and repeat the process for other regions.
--queue-url https://us-west-2.queue.amazonaws.com/123456789012/WebWorkerSQSQueue --attributes file://enable-sqs-sse.json 03 Repeat step no. 1 and 2 to enable Server-Side Encryption (SSE) for other SQS queues available in the current AWS region.
04 Change the AWS region by updating the --region command parameter value and repeat the entire process for other regions.
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