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Published on July 21, 2022

via Security Intelligence The beauty of having different climates around the world is that there is always somewhere we can travel for leisure all year round. These are times when we tend to relax and let our guard down. The reality, though, is that cyber…

Published on July 8, 2022

via CIO According to recent data from the Identity Theft Resource Center, there was a 14% increase in data breaches and compromises in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. What’s more — this is the third consecutive year where breaches have increased in Q1.…

Published on July 5, 2022

Via WMAR According to data compiled by the university of Maryland, there’s a hacking attack on computers with internet access every 39 seconds. These attacks affect one in three Americans each year. One of the biggest ways hackers break into accounts is through unsecure passwords.…

Published on June 27, 2022

Via CIO When people hear the term mainframe they typically think of a tall, black computer in a storage closet or some 2000’s pop culture reference (e.g., The Matrix). In reality, people are engaging with technology that relies on the mainframe every day, like when…

Published on June 22, 2022

via Dark Reading The fact that we continue to rely on passwords this deep into the digital age is more than a bit jarring. These alphanumeric scraps, the equivalent of digital skeleton keys, once served as a valuable tool. Unfortunately, passwords are now far more trouble than…

Published on June 16, 2022

via Bleeping Computer Ever since 2004, the payment card industry has required merchants who accept credit card payments to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS, often shortened to PCI). This requirement doesn’t just apply to merchants, but is applicable to…

Published on June 7, 2022

via Dancing Dinosaur To respond to the ongoing pressures of the global pandemic and more, IBM observed that businesses around the world have turbo-charged their digital transformations.   At least some of these priorities are companies looking to take advantage of cloud computing.   Strategically, they…

Published on May 23, 2022

Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG, Inc.) is delighted to announce a new alliance partnership with Sheltered Harbor, the financial industry-established and industry-led not-for-profit organization whose mission is to protect public confidence in the U.S. financial system if a cyberattack causes an institution’s critical systems and…

Published on May 18, 2022

via UK National Cyber Security Centre One of the most popular pages on the NCSC website, nearly 5 years after its first publication, is 'Three random words or #thinkrandom'. It explains how - by combining three random words - you can create a password that's…

Published on May 13, 2022

via UK National Cyber Security Centre Balancing cyber risk and defence The threat an organization faces may vary over time. At any point, there is a need to strike a balance between the current threat, the measures needed to defend against it, the implications and…