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Compromising vital infrastructure: water management

April 1, 2019 admin awwa, Business, BYOD, city of atlanta, crashoverride, emotet, insider threats, ransomware, SCADA, Security world, stuxnet, vital infrastructure, water management, water plants

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Water management is an essential part of our infrastructure. Loss of it can lead to service outages, diseases, and famine. So the cybersecurity should be top notch.

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Tackling the shortage in skilled IT staff: whole team security

February 15, 2019 admin Business, BYOD, byos, empowerment, enablement, IT, it staff, Security world, shortage, skills shortage, volunteers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:40:23 +0000

Is whole-team-security, or empowering tech-savvy volunteers to help, a good solution to the shortage of skilled IT staff? It could be, if you keep certain ground rules in mind.

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Out-of-office security

December 25, 2018 admin Business, BYOD, christmas, confidential data, mobile devices, New Year, SMB, the human factor

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 14:43:42 +0000

Employees going away for the winter break? We explain what to do to keep trips from turning into corporate data leaks.

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Bring your own security (BYOS): good idea or not?

October 3, 2018 admin bring your own device, bring your own security, Business, BYOD, byos, Policy, Technology, VPN

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We know about BYOD. What about BYOS? Is it a good idea to Bring Your Own Security, or use your own security solution on devices that you use for work? What if they are company owned? We walk companies and employees through the pros and cons of each.

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Use Windows Information Protection (WIP) to help make accidental data leakage a thing of the past

May 15, 2018 admin BYOD, data leakage, Data Privacy, mobile application management (MAM), Mobile Device Management, Tips & Talk, Windows Information Protection (WIP)

Credit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 16:00:24 +0000

Have you always wished you could have mobile application management (MAM) on Windows? Now you can! Windows Information Protection (WIP) is an out-of-the box data leakage prevention feature for Windows 10 that can automatically apply protection for work files and data to prevent accidental data leakage. With 600 million active Windows 10 devices, corporate customers

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Physician, protect thyself: healthcare cybersecurity circling the drain

February 15, 2018 admin 101, Business, BYOD, cybersecurity, EHR, electronic health record, health apps, Health Care, healthcare, healthcare cybersecurity, HIPPA, mHealth, security training

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Study after study reveals that healthcare cybersecurity breaches are on the uptick. In this blog series, we’ll look into the reasons why healthcare cybercrime is trending, understand the motivations of threat actors behind it, and discuss what the healthcare industry can do to care for itself and the people they swore to protect.

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QuickHeal Security

A massive security flaw discovered in Skype. Fix not coming anytime soon.

February 14, 2018 admin adobe, Adware, Android, apple, Applications, Blackberry, BYOD, Computer Security Terms, Cyber crime, Cyber safety, cyberwar, data breach, email, enterprise, Facebook, google, Hacker, Hacktivism, Infographic, iOS, LinkedIn, Location tracking, Mac OS, malware, microsoft windows, Mobile Security, news, Online privacy, Password, phishing, privacy, Safe Banking, Security, Security patch, skype, Tech Terms, Threat Report, Tips, Twitter, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, WhatsApp, WhatsApp scam, Windows XP, Youtube

Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:10:30 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has recently learned about a serious vulnerability in Skype’s update installer – that’s the bad news. The worse news is, Microsoft is not going to patch the vulnerability anytime soon as this would require the updater to go through a ‘large code revision’. What is this…

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A week in security (October 16 – October 22)

October 23, 2017 admin 419 scam, BYOD, coinhive, culture of security, dynamic data exchange, fake elmedia player, KRACK, magniber, ransomware, recap, Security world, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:24:14 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from Monday, October 16 to Sunday, October 22. We talked about adware and malware in Google Play, a ransomware exclusively targeting South Korea, BYOD, a new 419 scam, cyptocurrency mining, and more.

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BYOD, why don’t you?

October 19, 2017 admin 101, bring you own device, Business, BYOD, Management, Policy, rules

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:16:16 +0000

Allowing your staff to BYOD has mutual benefits for employees and company, but to keep everyone happy and safe, there are some precautions you should be taking.

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Sophos Mobile 7.1 – secures company data and guards user privacy

October 11, 2017 admin BYOD, Corporate, Enduser, Sophos Mobile

Credit to Author: Petter Nordwall| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:14:49 +0000

Sophos Mobile 7.1 is now available and, with new features, it’s an even better Enterprise Mobility Management solution<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=43369&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/8w-JJgjT-4M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>