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The Netizen team sharing expertise, insights and useful information in cybersecurity, compliance, and software assurance.
Category: CyberSecurity
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There is a long list of common problems that plague CISOs and their enterprise security teams. But compliance requirements, patch management and basic password hygiene are just some of the widely-known CISO challenges. There are many more cybersecurity blind spots that lurk under the radar. At RSA Conference 2016, several CISOs and security experts discussed…
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Cloud-first strategies have become a focal point for state and local governments over the past few years. With today’s tightening IT budgets and a growing number of legacy application modernization projects, state and local government CIOs are being pressed now more than ever to accelerate adoption. Quick wins have included email, web portals and collaboration…
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Forward looking IT security pros need to better address known risks, monitor closely the value of shadow IT devices and solve the inherent weaknesses introduced by the internet of things, Gartner says. The consulting firm has taken a look at five key areas of security concern that businesses face this year and issued predictions on…
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A university study that focused on the practices of health-care workers showed just how vulnerable the industry is to cyberattacks due to information security policies that lag behind clinical practice. Professors from University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College and University of Southern California studied the work of nurses, doctors, IT specialists and chief information officers in clinics and…
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An Upper Macungie Township cybersecurity company has been chosen to advise researchers at Lehigh University, other colleges and collaborators on a large-scale federal project to thwart cyberattacks on the nation’s energy grid. Netizen Corp., which provides software and cybersecurity guidance for government and business, is part of a team including Lehigh that is involved in…
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Welcome to the Netizen IT Threat Intelligence Newsletter. A complimentary service of Netizen Corporation, intended to help protect your business from the ever growing and ever changing threat of cyber attacks. ZERO DAY VULNERABILITY ALERT Microsoft Office – OLE Packager Allows Code Execution In All Office Versions, With Macros Disabled And High Security Templates Applied…
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Welcome to the Netizen IT Threat Intelligence Newsletter. A complimentary service of Netizen Corporation, intended to help protect your business from the ever growing and ever changing threat of cyber attacks. ZERO DAY VULNERABILITY ALERT HP Drops The Hammer On Unpatched Internet Explorer 11’s Zero Day Vulnerability ” Last year HP’s highly regarded Zero Day Initiative group found…
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Welcome to the Netizen IT Threat Intelligence Newsletter. A complimentary service of Netizen Corporation, intended to help protect your business from the ever growing and ever changing threat of cyber attacks. Massive Data Breach Puts 4 Million Federal Employees’ Records At Risk “(Office of Personnel Management) says people’s names, social security numbers, dates…
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