The National Defense Authorization Act is, every year, a must-pass bill that, for the last several years, has been a vehicle to pass important cybersecurity provisions. This year is no exception. The price tag on this year’s bill is $895 billion. Here are some of the cyber provisions in it. Those are just some of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Amazon Delays Office 365 Rollout Due to Security Concerns Depending on whether you are an optimistic or pessimist, you can assume what Amazon’s intentions are. Likely this is about trying to convince potential customers that Amazon is secure and Microsoft is not. While there is probably some truth to that, I think there is more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Passkeys are a replacement for passwords and, in general, are way more secure. They use encryption to validate who you are in a different way than HTTPS does. With passkeys, you don’t type in a password. Instead the website and your device create a digital handshake that only works from your device and with that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Assuming that happens, expect the attacks on state and local governments to increase. Potentially dramatically. In 2021 Congress created a four year, $1 billion cybersecurity grant program for state and local governments. Every state but one has made grant requests. The money dries up at the end of this fiscal year and given the next […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This idea is a little light on details. Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL), the administration’s pick for national security advisor said that our prioritizing cyber defense is not working. We have, over the years, improved defenses, but it is not enough. He said that we need to go on offense and impose higher costs and consequences […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ransomware as a Chaos Mechanism This version of ransomware doesn’t require much skill. Rather than encrypting files and demanding a ransom, they are just deleting as many files as possible and watching the chaos with some popcorn and beer. Even if the company has good backups, and many don’t, it can still cause downtime, supply […]
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