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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: If You Connect IT, Protect IT.
This week’s blog post highlighting Cybersecurity Awareness Month is from NIST’s Katerina Megas, program manager, Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT) program. In this post, Ms. Megas discusses how technological innovations, such as 5G, might impact the online experiences of consumers and businesses, how IoT is changing security risks,…
Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers. Source : https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/10/28/ransomware-activity-targeting-healthcare-and-public-health-sector Date : October 29, 2020 at 01:58AM Tag(s)…
CyberWeek: Working Together to Improve Cybersecurity
The annual CyberWeek festival, hosted by CyberScoop, brings together people and organizations within the cybersecurity community, as well as C-suite leaders from technology-based industry, academia, and government, for the purpose of exchanging Source : https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/10/cyberweek-working-together-improve-cybersecurity Date : October 28, 2020 at 01:12PM Tag(s) : US GOV Share this…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint
Essential Cybersecurity for the Hotel Tech Community
In recent years criminals and other attackers have compromised the networks of several major hospitality companies, exposing the information of hundreds of millions of guests. Source : https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/essential-cybersecurity-hotel-tech-community Date : October 26, 2020 at 09:56PM Tag(s) : US GOV Share this…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint
True Crime Detectives: How We Used Free Web Metrics Tools To Uncover a Cybersecurity Incident
Join USA.gov as we slowly uncover a conspiracy to scam Americans using fake government websites… and then try to foil the caper! Source : https://digital.gov/2020/10/26/true-crime-detectives-how-we-used-free-web-metrics-tools-to-uncover-a-cybersecurity-incident/ Date : October 26, 2020 at 03:13PM Tag(s) : US GOV Share this…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Securing Internet-Connected Devices in Healthcare
The healthcare industry is increasingly relying upon internet-connected devices and solutions to improve patient care, organizational efficiency, speed of crisis response, and much more. Source : https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/cybersecurity-awareness-month-securing-internet-connected-devices Date : October 19, 2020 at 03:31PM Tag(s) : US GOV,telemedicine2 Share this…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint
Upcoming NIST Publications on Cybersecurity for Public Safety
In this digital age, connecting to the Internet can leave us at risk of having personal information stolen. As public safety agencies evolve and adopt new technologies, we must ensure that the sensitive information they capture and store is secure Source : https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/10/upcoming-nist-publications-cybersecurity-public-safety Date : October 12, 2020 at 05:31PM…
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of October 5, 2020
The CISA Weekly Vulnerability Summary Bulletin is created using information from the NIST NVD. In some cases, the vulnerabilities in the Bulletin may not yet have assigned CVSS scores. Please visit NVD for updated vulnerability entries, which include CVSS scores once they are available. Source : https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/bulletins/sb20-286 Date : October…
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 28, 2020
The CISA Weekly Vulnerability Summary Bulletin is created using information from the NIST NVD. In some cases, the vulnerabilities in the Bulletin may not yet have assigned CVSS scores. Please visit NVD for updated vulnerability entries, which include CVSS scores once they are available. Source : https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/bulletins/sb20-279 Date : October…
Securing Data Integrity Against Ransomware Attacks: Draft Paper Available for Comment
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST is actively engaged in helping organizations address the challenge of ransomware and other data integrity events through the Data Integrity projects. These projects help organizations Source : https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/10/securing-data-integrity-against-ransomware-attacks-draft-paper-available Date : October 3, 2020 at 12:04PM Tag(s) : US GOV Share this…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint
Selecting Security and Privacy Controls: Choosing the Right Approach
Recently, NIST published a significant update to its flagship security and privacy controls catalog, Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5. Source : https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/selecting-security-and-privacy-controls-choosing-right-approach Date : October 1, 2020 at 03:00PM Tag(s) : US GOV Share this…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint
CISA and MS-ISAC Release Ransomware Guide
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have released a joint Ransomware Guide that details practices that organizations should continuously engage in to help manage the risk posed by ransomware and other cyber threats. Source : https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/09/30/cisa-and-ms-isac-release-ransomware-guide Date : September 30,…
Play 6: Democratize the data
Democratize the data Data democratization means breaking down barriers to information. Don’t force stakeholders to request data from a single data owner. Allow relevant parties access to data—and, crucially, empower them with the skills to understand it. That’s the best way to have the team holistically understand what success means…
Data Integrity: Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events–NIST Publishes SP 1800-11
Destructive malware, ransomware, malicious insider activity, and even honest mistakes all set the stage for why organizations need to quickly recover from an event that alters or destroys data. Businesses must be confident that recovered data is Source : https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/09/data-integrity-recovering-ransomware-and-other-destructive-events-nist Date : September 23, 2020 at 12:07PM Tag(s) : US…