In today’s school environment, everyone and almost every piece of equipment talks to the internet and run on your network. Your HVAC system, security cameras, phones, bus cameras and communication, attendance, payroll, and many of your teaching tools are all connected to the internet.
The Internet is everywhere – Cybersecurity should be too
Special Session with the former White House CISO about the Ukraine War – Recording Available
This month we talked about how the Ukraine situation affects the cybersecurity landscape for the US and what it means for network security. Leading this discussion was Jason Whitehurst, a cybersecurity professional of over 20+ years, and Vince Crisler, former White House CISO and DarkCubed founder and CEO. Scott Quimby had the opportunity to listen […]
Ransomware and Incident Response: How Security Controls Help Districts Reduce Risk and Prepare for Action (and achieve Ed Law 2-d Compliance) – Recording Available
Speaker: Alan Winchester, Chief Development Officer, Caetra.io Alan Winchester is the Chief Development Officer and creator of CyMetric™. His vision is to enable customers overwhelmed with the issues surrounding legal compliance to meet their obligations intuitively and simply, reducing the need to incur the expenses of consultants and lawyers.
A discussion of MITRE ENGENUITY 2022 independent testing results – Recording Available
Mitre Engenuity has released its 2022 fully independent evaluation of 30 of the most common cybersecurity endpoint protection platforms. Why does this matter? The 2022 assessment and results are particularly interesting because the payload they used is the most common, and nefarious, ransomware and malware variants in use today.
U.S. cyber bill would shift power away from spy agency
Reuters reports, “A bill proposed in Congress on Wednesday would require the U.S. National Security Agency to inform representatives of other government agencies about security holes it finds in software like the one that allowed last week’s “ransomware” attacks.
22-year-old spends $11 to thwart global cyber attack
This is so cool. This guy really did save a big part of the world. A 22-year-old British cybersecurity researcher thwarted yesterday’s “Wanna Decryptor 2.0” cyber attack that affected computers worldwide by spending nearly $11, the Washington Post reports.
How To Manage the Weak Link in Cybersecurity: Humans
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Obama Officials Press for Cybersecurity Bill in Classified Briefing
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Federal Agencies Report Cyber Attacks Increased 650% in Five Years
As the internet and the cloud is leveraged more and more it is no surprise that federal agencies are reporting a dramatic increase in cyber attacks. Here is a an excellent article discussing the issue: https://tiny.cc/ix1ry