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NSA Releases Advisory Addressing Risk from Transport Layer Security Inspection

November 20, 2019

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a Cyber Advisory that addresses managing risk from Transport Layer Security Inspection (TLSI). The document defines TLSI (a security process that allows incoming traffic to be decrypted, inspected, and re-encrypted), explains some risks...

U.S. Issues Huawei New 90-day License Extension

CyberNews November 18, 2019

The Trump Administration on Monday announced that the temporary license allowing U.S. companies to do business with Chinese telecommunications group Huawei had been extended...

IBM Partners With State of California to Create ‘First of its Kind’ Technology Apprenticeships

Collaborations November 18, 2019

IBM announced Thursday that it is partnering with the State of California to launch the state's first-ever public-private partnership focused on creating a technology...

Ford Unveils The Mustang Mach-E, An All-Electric SUV

Vehicles November 18, 2019

For the first time in 55 years, Ford is expanding the Mustang family, with the unveiling of the Mustang Mach-E, an all-new, all-electric SUV. When it...

UniCredit Says 2015 Breach Exposed Data of 3 Million Clients

Security October 28, 2019

UniCredit said on Monday that it has uncovered a data breach involving the personal records of 3 million domestic clients, the third security incident...

Apple Warns iPhone 5 Users To Update iOS or Get Locked Out of Some Features

Tech October 28, 2019

Apple has warned iPhone 5 users to update their software before the weekend or face losing access to the internet. According to Apple, users who do...

NordVPN Admits to a 2018 Data Center Breach

Security October 22, 2019

Virtual private network provider NordVPN has confirmed that it was hacked March 2018. This admission comes after rumors that the company had been breached. According...

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Lawmaker Urges Justice Department to Prevent Drones from Interfering with Firefighting

November 19, 2019

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US Grants Huawei Another 90-day Extension to Purchase From American Suppliers

Security August 19, 2019

The Trump administration has extended a deadline for U.S. businesses to cut ties with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, according to a statement by Department...

Management and Control of Data a Key Inhibitor to Federal Cloud Adoption – NetApp

Exclusives October 10, 2016

Tight budgets and the need for greater flexibility and agility in government IT has led to a rise in cloud adoption. Even so, the...

Exclusive: The Consensus is That FedRAMP is Broken and Confidence Lost – Avnet

Exclusives October 7, 2016

Government cloud adoption is definitely showing an upward trend as federal, state and local agencies hampered by limited resources and bogged down by regulations...

IoT is a Very Scary Environment: We Have Only Seen The Tip of The Iceberg – Cyber adAPT

Exclusives October 3, 2016

Defense in depth is the best solution with regards to cybersecurity, many security experts agree. With the upward trend in BYOD, many enterprises are...

Exclusive: Cyber Is Battlefield Of Choice When Countries Disagree – FireEye Chief Security Strategist

Exclusives June 22, 2016

NATO recently officially declared cyberspace a domain of warfare as the battle between nations shift to the so-called fifth domain. Lance Dubsky, Chief Security...

For BlackMesh, Scaling And Securing Sites Makes Business Sense As Demand For IaaS Soars

Vendor Spotlight June 24, 2016

Cloud and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) currently hold sway in the realm of IT, and with the growth in mobility, no other platform offers quite as...

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We Are at The Edge of Realizing the Potentials of Bug Bounties and Crowdsourced Security – Hackerone

September 20, 2018

More organizations are taking advantage of bug bounty programs to strengthen their security postures. It simply makes sense – crowdsource the best cyber talent at scale to find those security gaps before the bad actors find them, and exploit...

EXCLUSIVES

Virtru is Like a Spell Check for Security: We Take Privacy Very Seriously – Virtru CEO

January 23, 2017

John Ackerly is the cofounder, CEO of Virtru Corporation. He spent the earlier part of his career working as the lead policy adviser on technology issues at the White House, and Policy Director at the Department of Commerce. Ackerly...

Lawmaker Urges Justice Department to Prevent Drones from Interfering with Firefighting

Legislation November 19, 2019

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Friday wrote to the Department of Justice to exercise its legal authority to prevent drones from interfering with firefighting...

DISA Launches SAFE to Allow Enterprise-Wide Ability to Safely Transfer Files in the DoD

Agencies August 19, 2019

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on August 15 launched the Department of Defense (DoD) Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE), to provide users with...

Hackers Can Downgrade Tor Network Efficacy Through Costly DoS Attack: Research

CyberNews August 19, 2019

A new study has revealed that a hacker or a nation-sponsored bad actor can degrade the performance of the Tor network for a few...

NIST Releases Plan For Federal Engagement in the Development of AI Standards

AI August 19, 2019

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week announced the release of its long-anticipated Plan for federal engagement and U.S. leadership on artificial...

UPS is Testing Delivery With Autonomous Vehicles

Vehicles August 19, 2019

Atlanta-based shipping giant UPS revealed on Thursday that it is entering the self-driving vehicle space by investing in TuSimple, an autonomous driving company that...

Texas Hit With Ransomware Targeted Against 23 Organizations Connected to Local Government Departments

CyberNews August 19, 2019

A cybersecurity incident on August 2019 in the U.S. state of Texas in which about 23 entities connected to smaller local governments where hit...

Microsoft Acquires jClarity to Boost Java Workloads on Azure

Tech August 19, 2019

Microsoft announced on Monday that it is acquiring jClarity, a contributor to the AdoptOpenJDK project, to support their continued contributions to open source while...

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