"Universities are shoring up their cybersecurity strategies amid a rising wave of attacks on their networks. Schools from the University of North Carolina to the University of California at Berkeley have doubled the size of their IT staffs and/or budgets in order to address the problem." Read the whole article here: … [Read more...] about University cybersecurity: Different, but still the same
A report from the US Office of Inspector General (OIG) stated that NASA's cloud services "failed to meet key IT security requirements". It went on to say that of five NASA contracts for acquiring cloud services, "none came close to meeting recommended best practices for ensuring data security." Read more here: … [Read more...] about Cloud computing use blasted for security and management failings at NASA
The NCSA recommends that Americans employ a small handful of simple behaviors to ensure the online holiday shopping season is safe and successful: Update Core Protections: Take a few minutes to update your core protections -- anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall -- before you get on the information superhighway. Also make certain they are set to automatically update … [Read more...] about Online Holiday Shopping Tips