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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO

What is a human firewall? A human firewall is a collective effort of individuals within an organization that fights and wards off cybersecurity threats (such as phishing and ransomware), especially ones that use social engineering. It also boasts a massive advantage over hardware and software firewalls: common sense.

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INE Security Launches New Training Solutions to Enhance Cyber Hygiene for SMBs

CIO

INE Security , a leading provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today shared its cybersecurity training for cyber hygiene practices for small businesses, underscoring the critical role of continuous education in safeguarding digital assets. INE Security emphasizes the importance of regular training for all employees.

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IT leaders see big business potential in small AI models

CIO

Tuned, open-source small language models run behind firewalls solve many of the security, governance, and cost concerns. Microsofts Orca andOrca 2, the company also claims, demonstrate the use of synthetic data for post-training small language models, enabling them to perform better on specialized tasks.

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INE Security Enables CISOs to Secure Board Support for Cybersecurity Training

CIO

If there is a single theme circulating among Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) right now, it is the question of how to get stakeholders on board with more robust cybersecurity training protocols. Framing cybersecurity training as an essential investment rather than an optional expense is critical.”

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Firewall Security: Is a Secure, Firewall-less Network Possible? Perhaps, But Why Would You?

Firemon

Just three years ago, technology headlines were rife with articles stating that the firewall was obsolete. And maybe that prophecy would have come true if we were stuck with the same old firewalls that could only perform simple packet filtering. Learn how FireMon Firewall Security solves your most complex problems.

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Sweat the small stuff: Data protection in the age of AI

CIO

While employee training is a must to avoid these behaviors, in some cases it goes directly against the desires of the development team to maximize productivity and meet schedule deadlines.Ive talked to development executives who have encouraged the use of public tools and repos for their employees who are stuck.

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OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet

TechCrunch

Image Credits: OpenAI The live web is less curated than a static training data set and — by implication — less filtered, of course. Beyond the web plugin, OpenAI released a code interpreter for ChatGPT that provides the chatbot with a working Python interpreter in a sandboxed, firewalled environment along with disk space.

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