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Trump Fires Top U.S. Cybersecurity Official Over Election Statements

Chris Krebs, the first director of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been fired by President Donald Trump.

November 18, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Chris Krebs, a career cybersecurity and risk management expert and first director of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been fired by President Donald Trump. Krebs, a former Microsoft executive, had been actively refuting claims – including those by Trump – that the 2020 elections were subject to widespread voter fraud and […]

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Insurance Chief: Cybersecurity Now the #1 Business Risk

The CEO of insurance brokerage March & McLennan Companies, Inc. says cybersecurity is now the top risk of doing business.

November 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages, cybersecurity is the most pressing risk for businesses, topping even the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. Dan Glaser, CEO of March & McLennan Companies Inc., said at the Reuters Events Future of Insurance USA conference Monday that the security of their network should now be the […]

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Top U.S. Cybersecurity Officials: No Widespread Election Hacking, Fraud

Top U.C. cybersecurity officials in a joint statement called the Nov. 3 election “the most secure in American history" as fraud claims persist.

November 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Top U.C. cybersecurity officials have refuted President Donald Trump’s claims of a fraudulent election in a joint statement, calling the election “the most secure in American history.” The Nov. 3 election – which dragged on for several days until former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winter by media organizations – was thought to […]

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Schools Have to Address These Distance Learning Cybersecurity Threats

As administrators struggle to ensure connectivity and accessibility, many aren’t addressing distance learning cybersecurity threats.

October 22, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Perhaps no single industry has struggled to adjust more to COVID-19 than education. The pandemic has greatly accelerated the broad adoption of e-learning solutions. Those school districts that invested in robust IT systems have been validated and are continuing to build out their resources. Meanwhile, those districts that did not already have e-learning technologies in […]

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Cybersecurity Is No Longer an Option

In the face of growing threats and an increasingly advanced hacking community, organizations need to take their cybersecurity seriously.

October 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, cybercriminals and nation states are crafting their attacks to take advantage of the news cycle and the weakened defenses of a dispersed workforce. This uptick in cyberattacks is coupled with a hacking community that is growing more advanced by the day, with new tools and elegant attack methods that […]

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Next Generation of Hanwha Wisenet 7 Focused on Image Quality, Cybersecurity

Updated Wisenet 7 system on a chip from Hanwha offers end-to-end cybersecurity and high-quality images in any lighting conditions.

August 5, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Hanwha Techwin announces its next Wisenet 7 system on a chip, focusing on image quality and cybersecurity. New key features include industry-leading cybersecurity features, clear images in all lighting conditions, improved lens distortion correction and more, according to the company. “Hanwha Techwin concentrated on image quality and cybersecurity when developing Wisenet 7. This enables us […]

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Windows 10 Vulnerability

US Cybersecurity Officials Warn of Windows 10 Vulnerability

U.S. officials are warning of a Windows 10 vulnerability and proof-of-concept code that could allow a bad actor to execute code on compromised device.

June 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning of a three-month-old Windows 10 vulnerability and proof-of-concept code that could allow a bad actor to execute code on a compromised machine. Malicious cyber actors are targeting unpatched systems with the new proof of concept code, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says in […]

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Cybersecurity Skills Gap

How COVID-19 is Changing the Cybersecurity and IT Workforce

The COVID-19 is changing how organizations should recruit, hire and train IT and cybersecurity professionals to help the overburdened workforce.

May 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you’re an IT or cybersecurity professional, you’ve been very busy over these last few months dealing with a gigantic jump in remote work and the increasing security challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Almost overnight, IT and security staff had to figure out how to help the entire office work from home and […]

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