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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since this is a cybersecurity blog, we will focus on cybersecurity but let’s take a moment to talk about the important topic of breast cancer. On September 30th, President Biden proclaimed October 2021 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Biden’s proclamation states that 1 in…
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Last year, Humble Bundle teamed up with the great tech publisher, No Starch Press, to offer deeply discounted hacking ebooks for as little as one dollar with the Hacking 101 By No Starch Press Humble Bundle of ebooks. This year, on Giving Tuesday, No Starch Press has a new Hacking Book Bundle. The regular cost…
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Last Update: December 28, 2021 If you are reading this, you likely have heard about Log4Shell, the December, 2021 critical zero-day remote-code execution vulnerability, and subsequent vulnerabilities in the popular Log4j software library that is developed and maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. Apache has patched these vulnerabilities in version 2.17.1, however vendors who use…
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[Links and resources updated on October 4, 2022] If you told me a year ago that I would meet a cold war hero at a birthday party, I wouldn’t have believed you. And I would be even more skeptical if you told me she would be an unintimidating, approachable music professor with an infectious smile.…
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So, here’s something that blew my mind: I decided to test Google’s NotebookLM AI tool. I casually uploaded the URLs for my LinkedIn page and my blog, not expecting much more than a basic summary. After about 3–4 minutes of AI whirring away, I had…a podcast in the form of a WAV file. Curious, I clicked…
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Check out the best practices cyber agencies are promoting during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, as a report warns that staffers are feeding confidential info to AI tools. Meanwhile, a study highlights how business decisions can derail OT security. Plus, get the latest on Active Directory security, CISO salary trends and ransomware attacks! Dive into six things…
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‘So much of Tableau’s success is thanks to our partners’ investment in our customers,’ says Tableau CEO Ryan Aytay. Salesforce plans to roll out a Tableau Einstein Alliance partner community in February with the goal of furthering artificial intelligence and AI agent creation and delivery through access to experts, marketing materials and product road map…
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“The cultural fit of our two companies will enable our mutual success going forward,” CACI CEO John Mengucci said. CACI International has bought fellow solution provider Applied Insight in an all-cash deal that should boost its capabilities in Amazon Web Services, cloud migration, cybersecurity and productivity for government agency customers. CACI, No. 19 on CRN’s…
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‘I will continue to cheer you on and be here for you always!’ Tony Safoian wrote on LinkedIn. SADA CEO Tony Safoian–whose family founded the solution provider in 2000–announced his upcoming retirement from the company Tuesday, with Chief Operating Officer Dana Berg set to take the top spot. Safoian’s last day with Los Angeles-based SADA–No.…
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As the number of IoT devices deployed globally continues to rise, cyber-physical systems and business operations are exposed to greater risk. Improving asset visibility, monitoring and risk management are critical steps to preventing breaches. As businesses continue to embrace digital transformation, the proliferation of internet of things (IoT) devices across industries has resulted in unprecedented…
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