College sophomore trying to understand the different ways on how to obtain a security clearanceLog in or sign up to leave a comment level 1Try to get a internship at one of the large defense contractors or government agency. While you do have a chance to get sponsored…
October 28, 2021 – Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that the department intends to create a new cyber bureau. “We want to prevent cyber attacks that put our people, our networks, companies, and critical infrastructure at risk,” he said Wednesday. “After an intense review led by…
The University of Colorado Boulder has confirmed that it suffered from a data breach in which thousands of former and current students’ personal information was exposed. The university issued a security notice on October 25, attributing the breach to an unpatched vulnerability in software provided by third-party vendor…
The United States’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic has fallen short and has cost the country significantly in terms of human lives, economic growth and social cohesion. What’s more, the health crisis has revealed weaknesses in American national security, of which public health has been shown to be…
The elected officials are the ones making the rules and don’t understand the need for good securityAs an example, Trump’s actual Twitter password in 2016 was, “yourefired”. This is the same password he used on LinkedIn in 2012. He did not have MFA enabledIn 2020, Trump’s actual Twitter…
On October 19, 2021, a federal trial court in South Carolina ruled that a group of consumers could proceed with common law negligence and gross negligence claims directly against their organizations’ vendor that had been the victim of a security breach—instead of suing the organizations of which they…
© Shutterstock This week, an agreement was reached between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Merck pledges low-cost access to the investigational oral COVID-19 antiviral molnupiravir worldwide, with a particular focus on 105 low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Jointly developed by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics — after its…
The South Korean state watchdog on personal information protection on Friday recommended the operator of Facebook to pay 300,000 won ($256.70) in compensation to each of 181 users demanding damages for the provision of their personal information to third parties without consent. The recommendation to Meta Platforms was…
Hi, I’m Dr. Justin Pelletier, Director of the Cyber Range and Training Center at Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Global Cybersecurity Institute (GCI). As a component of this work, I train and lead student teams to perform security assessments for partner organizations and oversee cybersecurity competitions that bring…
Unsecured database with medical records found, a flawed vaccination confirmation app and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday October 29th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. More clumsiness to report on: An unsecured database with medical records of thousands of Americans has been…
