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Why Traffic Signal Industrial Edge Applications Require Ruggedized Power Protection Systems

Credit to Author: Jamie Bourassa| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The digitization of everyday processes means that data that was not accessible before can now be both gathered and analyzed in an affordable manner. In many cases, the computation of… Read more »

The post Why Traffic Signal Industrial Edge Applications Require Ruggedized Power Protection Systems appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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How the government shutdown is influencing cybersecurity jobs

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:16:00 +0000

As of this writing, the government shutdown of 2019 is the longest ever in America. Will the government’s stable of cybersecurity talent be the next casualty—now and in the long run?

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Microsoft gains strong customer and analyst momentum in the Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) market

Credit to Author: Yinon Costica| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:00:20 +0000

Microsoft jumped to the Challenger position in the Gartners 2018 Magic Quadrant for CASB and solidified its Leadership position in KuppingerColes 2018 Leadership Compass in the same product category.

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Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:37:32 +0000

Seldom do people responsible for launching crippling cyberattacks face justice, but increasingly courts around the world are making examples of the few who do get busted for such crimes. On Friday, a 34-year-old Connecticut man received a whopping 10-year prison sentence for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a number of hospitals in 2014. Also last week, a 30-year-old in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 32 months in jail for using an army of hacked devices to crash large portions of Liberia’s Internet access in 2016.

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A week in security (January 7 – 13)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:45:37 +0000

A roundup of last week’s security news from January 7 to 13, including breaches, takedowns, bug fixes, and social media issues.

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Government shutdown impacts .gov websites, puts Americans in danger

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Today, TechCrunch posted a concerning story about the shutdown and most importantly, they covered the reporting of NetCraft, a U.K. internet service company, about how numerous US government websites are now inaccessible due to expired security certificates. This is going to be a quick post to help explain what happened and more importantly, how cyber criminals will use this situation to their advantage.

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