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By Rick Vanover, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Veeam Often, when a citizen interacts with a government agency, a piece of personal information is provided and stored. This means ransomware attacks threaten the exposure of both internal government data as well as citizen information. Being the proprietor of citizen data – from motor vehicle records to photo identification documents – puts government agencies in a more precarious position than private companies. According to a…

On the third and final day of InfoSecurity Europe 2022, Ian Hill, director of cyber security at BGL Insurance, hosted a roundtable discussion on disinformation warfare, exploring the relationship between the subjective truth and objective facts in the context of fake news. The role that psychology, social media and culture play in contextualizing and interpreting information was discussed, as well as the increased need for AI-based cybersecurity techniques and technology to detect and mitigate such…

OT:ICEFALL Research from Forescout Explores Insecure-by-Design State of Operational Technology The latest research from Forescout’s Vedere Labs explores the state of risk management in operational technology through the lens of 56 insecure-by-design vulnerabilities. Background On June 20, Forescout’s Vedere Labs published their latest research findings into operational technology (OT) vulnerabilities titled OT:ICEFALL. This group has been examining vulnerabilities affecting OT security for a few years now and has produced notable findings including: NUCLEUS:13, NAME:WRECK, NUMBER:JACK…

Today’s work from anywhere culture, escalating ransomware, and an explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are among the trends that are driving enterprises to rethink their approach to secure network access. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have long been the go-to method for providing remote users secure access to the corporate network. But time has shown that VPNs have serious limitations and are not the most secure option. IT leaders are rethinking their strategies and…

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps of transferring Authy from one phone to another. Image: Miha Creative/Adobe Stock Authy is a two-factor authentication app that makes it possible for you to easily work with 2FA codes for the apps and services you use. Two-factor authentication adds a layer of security to the sites and services you use. Once you’ve added 2FA to a site, it will not only prompt you for your account credentials…

Image: everythingpossible/Adobe Stock The world’s largest nonprofit association of certified cybersecurity professionals, (ISC)2, estimates we’ve had a YOY increase of 7,000 cybersecurity professionals and that currently, over four million people work in cybersecurity worldwide. And yet shortages remain. The workforce gap is increasing everywhere, including the Asia-Pacific region, which at nearly 1.5 million cybersecurity professionals short, has the lowest talent gap. Elsewhere in the world, the need far outweighs the supply. What happens when companies…