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Cybersecurity Tips: Risk and Vulnerability Management

Security Industry Association

Managing cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities is a critical activity for any robust security program. Risk management and vulnerability management are performed in tandem to help keep your network safer and more secure. What Is a Vulnerability? Managing Vulnerabilities in Your Environment.

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Ransom Threats and Higher Education

everbridge

Higher education is a hot spot for physical and digital threats. However, digital threats have pushed the world of higher education to a breaking point, with ransomware becoming one of the most devastating threats to higher education in recent years.??. The Impact of Ransomware on Higher Education. TALK TO US.

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What We Can Learn from the Log4j Vulnerability

Pure Storage

In December, a critical zero-day vulnerability was reported in the widely used Log4j framework. Log4j is so ubiquitous, in fact, that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly called this “the most serious vulnerability I have seen in my decades-long career.”. And that’s the key to the vulnerability.

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School Security & Active Shooter Interdiction: A Q&A With Vince Riden

Security Industry Association

It’s important to promote a safe learning environment for every student and protect the teachers, staff and visitors in our schools, and SIA appreciates the many talented security professionals who are working diligently each day to enhance the safety and security of our schools and mitigate active shooter threats.

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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

This textbook provides a multitude of case studies each written by academics who are actively teaching and/or have developed curriculum in the fields of crisis, disaster, and/or emergency management with a specific focus on vulnerable populations that are the weakest links in the hazard-risk chain. Reviewer: Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc.,

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The Threat of AI-powered Ransomware Attacks

Pure Storage

By leveraging AI for reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment, AI-powered ransomware can exploit weaknesses in existing cybersecurity defenses with alarming precision. This includes zero-day vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in software and systems, further complicating the task of defending against such attacks.

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