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Data center provider fakes Tier 4 data center certificate to bag $11M SEC deal

CIO

Deepak Jain, CEO of a Maryland-based IT services firm, has been indicted for fraud and making false statements after allegedly falsifying a Tier 4 data center certification to secure a $10.7 million contract with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Queries to AiNET, however, did not elicit any response.

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Is ad fraud a cybersecurity problem?

The Parallax

Should chief information security officers at companies hit by ad fraud take a stronger role in stopping it? In a 2016 analysis, Hewlett Packard Enterprise identified it as the most lucrative form of cybercrime. Fraudsters do that by stealing traffic logs to mimic them, and creating authentic-looking but fake traffic.

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6 cybersecurity trends we’re thankful for

The Parallax

You might think of cybersecurity professionals as tech’s collective “ watchers on the wall ”—the guardians who let you know when doom is coming. With that perspective, you might find it hard to believe that hackers, security researchers, and other cybersecurity experts have much to be thankful for, or to look forward to.

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There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security

Coding Horror

Remember "cybersecurity"? For proof of that, you need look no further than this single email that was sent March 19th, 2016. For proof of that, you need look no further than this single email that was sent March 19th, 2016. One 2008 staffer was also hired for the 2016 political campaign. security-facabook.com.

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Triaging modern medicine’s cybersecurity issues

The Parallax

Hackers often talk about practicing good “cybersecurity hygiene” : making sure that basic standards, such as using unique passwords for each log-in, are met. This breadth of information can be much more valuable on the black market—sometimes up to $30 per record—than the typical consumer financial profile , which sells for $10 to $12.

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Smallstep takes big step toward authenticating machine-to-machine communications

TechCrunch

The central issue is that when there are no humans involved, how do you authenticate the hand-off between machines to ensure it’s going to the right place? The company launched in 2016 and launched their first open source product a couple of years ago. “Fundamentally, identity in distributed systems is an unsolved problem.

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Zero Trust Security for NIS2 compliance: What you need to know

CIO

Over 100,00 organizations are expected to be impacted by Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) cybersecurity standards that European Union (EU) member states must implement by October 2024. [i] This concept of least-privilege access is fundamental to Zero Trust Security practices.

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