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Geopolitical risks could present new opportunities for CIOs: Gartner

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Some of the key focus areas for CIOs, according to Gartner, are digital sovereignty, helping build a local technology industry, running a risk center and provide understanding of cyberspace in different nations. Geopolitics could impact vendor selection. These policies can lead to CIOs being mandated to buy from certain vendors.

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2 Innovations That Can Tip the Balance in Cybersecurity

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Army Major General and Vice President and Federal Chief Security Officer for Palo Alto Networks What critical innovations can change the balance in cybersecurity, providing those of us responsible for defending our organizations with more capabilities against those who would do us harm? This is not just a theoretical exercise. government.

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How Hospital Security Breaches Devastate Local Communities

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This is all to say that hospital cyber-security breaches can have a devastating impact on the people impacted. The same HIPAA regulations that have been protecting patient privacy since the 90s are now applied to digital healthcare technology to ensure that patients enjoy the same level of privacy even in cyberspace. More closed.

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Empowering cyber resilience in education: Three strategies for the future

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Another advantage of adopting a shared responsibility model is to leverage the security capabilities of your cloud service providers. Companies like AWS, Microsoft, and Google invest heavily in securing their cloud products. Incorporating those tools into your environment means you benefit from their security.

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Shining some light on By Light IT Professional Services

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By Light serves government customers in the Defense, Intelligence and Federal Health sectors and provides solutions in artificial intelligence (AI); cloud and managed services; communications; cyberspace operations; IT services; live, virtual constructive (LVC) training; modeling and simulation (M&S); and software services. Navy and U.S.

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3 Strategies Employed by the Leading Enterprise Cybersecurity Platforms

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To address newer challenges, security providers have developed new technologies and strategies to combat evolving threats. To get acquainted with the ways security firms are handling the new breed of threats in cyberspace, here’s a rundown of the notable strategies the leading cybersecurity platforms and security firms are offering.

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Ransomware And The Defense Industrial Base

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According to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report of 2016, governments’ growing dependence on information technology makes them vulnerable to ransomware attacks. How to Secure the DIB Against Ransomware Attacks. DIB networks host critical operational assets and data that is crucial to national security.