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As the year comes to a close, we hope you will have some well-deserved time off to rest and maybe catch up on some reading. We’ve asked some of our friends and colleagues to recommend a favorite book, new or old, fiction or non-fiction, to help give you a few good options. Enjoy. Set Phasers on Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error, by Steven Casey The Atomic Chef: And Other…

The Clop ransomware gang has published confidential data held by UK police on the dark web, according to reports over the weekend. The Mail on Sunday reported that the notorious cybercrime group accessed the information following a successful phishing attack on IT services provider Dacoll in October 2021. This provided Clop with access to vast amounts of material, including data held on the police national computer (PNC), which Dacoll manages. According to the Mail on Sunday, the attackers…

Hundreds of Ukrainian cyber experts have taken part in a large-scale incident response exercise against the country’s energy grid as geopolitical tensions with Russian continue to escalate. President Putin on Friday issued a series of security demands, including that NATO limits deployments of troops and weapons to Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia and that the country commits to never joining the military alliance. It warned of a military crisis in the region if its demands weren’t met….

Every year has its twists and turns, but 2021 — like its predecessor — was filled with more than the usual number of memorable events and seismic changes, from inflation and supply chain issues to the Great Resignation and the ongoing effects of the pandemic. So, after another turbulent year, we asked a handful of CIOs to look back at what the past 12 months have taught them. Here they give their top takeaways from…