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From the desk of Thomas F. Duffy, MS-ISAC Chair
Safeguard your data and your privacy!
In the past year, we saw a significant number of data breaches impacting the privacy of individuals. According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, in 2018, 807 publicly disclosed breaches exposed 1.4 billion records. While this is a decrease from 2017's 2 billion records exposed, the problem remains enormous because so many websites, social media outlets, and devices contain our information.
With January 28 being National Data Privacy Day, take some time to consider what types of personal information you should be protecting, and how to do so in a few different ways.
General Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information or (PII) can be any data that identifies you as a specific individual. This information should be kept private and not shared with others. Examples of PII include your Social Security Number, or your name in combination with your date or place of birth.
Recommendations: Be aware of what you post publicly or submit through applications or services. Consider with whom you share your PII, and give extra scrutiny and consideration as to whether you really need to share this information. If someone contacts you requesting PII through email, social media, or a phone call, do not ...
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NextGov
The Homeland Security Department issued an emergency cybersecurity directive to all federal agencies warning of a critical weakness and giving departments less than two weeks to act.
The newly named Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — formerly the National Protection and Programs Directorate — issued a sweeping emergency directive requiring agencies to take several steps to secure web traffic routing through the Domain Name System, which manages internet traffic flow worldwide.
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Network Computing
Change may be hard, especially when modernizing legacy systems, but naturally it is crucial to explore "transformative measures" to keep enterprises competitive. Moreover, this can be a turning point for IT departments to prove how they can be part of businesses' evolution — or risk seeing the transformation process handled by another party.
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InformationWeek
As enterprises travel on a digital transformation path, they need to stay current with analytics, but it's not a linear journey. Static reporting and dashboards aren't enough to stay competitive anymore. The problem is insight limitations. Specifically, you need to know (or more precisely, you apply what you consider to be) the variables and correlations that matter. Enter augmented analytics.
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A modern cloud platform. What if your cloud was truly personalized to your business? What if it seamlessly connected your entire organization from anywhere and from any device? What if you were confident that your cloud data was more secure than ever? It can be with Oracle’s modern cloud.
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GCN
Over the past month, several states, local governments and federal agencies have started to explore blockchain’s capabilities through pilot projects, legislation and research.
Two Nevada counties, for example, are using blockchain to secure public records. Washoe County has been issuing digital marriage certificates through a contract with Titan Seal, a company that uses the Ethereum platform to certify the documents, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
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Forbes
As a woman in tech, it's undeniable companies are struggling to attract and recruit women for tech roles in their field. The challenge to balance out diversity increases turnover with 41 percent of women quitting their jobs. Compare this to the 17 percent of men who quit and it clearly shows the gender disparity and how underrepresented women are.
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D Magazine
Concern about digital crime is at an all-time high in local C-suites, with major data breaches at giants like Sabre and GameStop keeping cybersecurity top of mind. Large players like AT&T have come forward with insurance to offer protection and help companies recover in the wake of data disasters. But the relative novelty of the policies can make it difficult to know what they will and won’t pay for.
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NextGov
Here are three ways to better manage your users.
In a recent poll of federal IT security professionals, the most frequently cited identity management nightmare was a disgruntled employee as the biggest threat when it comes to leaking information.
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Forbes
We all know about the malware attacks on Iranian nuclear plants and Ukrainian power grids, but what if the next target was your smart home, office, school or hospital? Researchers at enterprise security vendor ForeScout have warned that malware specifically targeting smart buildings is an inevitable next step given the rapidly expanding attack surface that building automation systems expose.
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Business 2 Community
A great IT leadership is essential in every business. Companies benefit from an executive who can make the most of the industry's technical advances and motivate people within and beyond the IT department. Technology needs to be the heart of a business, and the CIO must have a place on the board with a voice as loud as any head in the company.
Today, more IT leaders are making that move to the top of the business. Instead of accepting the task for internal concerns, a smart CIO will engage with the rest of the business and take the lead to bring the organization into a technology-equipped future.
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