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Pandemic profiteers: Exploiting fear through cyber scams and how to move forward

Open Access Government - Technology News

Cybercriminals saw opportunities to exploit the digital nature of these services, enabling them to hack accounts and access the financial information of vulnerable individuals. Criminals exploited their limited digital literacy to access their account information or impersonate them through online banking channels.

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Smart, safe and sustainable cycling: how AI-powered insights will encourage the next generation

Open Access Government - Technology News

But with more of us joining cycle lanes, local authorities have had to invest in ways to make our cities and towns more cycle friendly and implement traffic monitoring solutions to aid this growth. With this, they can effectively plan, implement and monitor current and future schemes. Harnessing data to assess impact.

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How to shore up data protection beyond cyber security policies and standards

Open Access Government - Technology News

Aberdeenshire Council had 243 data breaches between 2020 and 2022. A case in point appears to be Aberdeenshire Council, which revealed in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that some 243 breaches occurred between January 2020 and March 2022 – with that figure representing an upward trend.

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Cybercrime is on the rise, is your business prepared?

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million in 2020/21 ( Source: ActionFraud ). While the importance of cyber security increases, many are still unaware of measures they can implement and actions they can take to mitigate risk, combat crime, and protect their future. User accounts are now required for multiple device access and internet- based services.

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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Microsoft Public Sector

Introduction This white paper explores the philosophy and implementation strategy of the Federal Responsible and Secure Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sandbox, an initiative aimed at promoting responsible and secure AI practices within federal government agencies. Specific sectors have additional regulatory requirements.

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StateRAMP on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Launched in 2020, StateRAMP was designed by its board of directors to support state entities that want to leverage cloud-based services in a secure way. Next, agencies can use AWS Security Hub , which aligns to the NIST 800-53r5 standard, to also assist with benchmarking the account against NIST 800-53. What is StateRAMP?

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Combating cyber-enabled fraud: Sapphire’s proactive cyber security approach

Open Access Government - Technology News

However, with online crime totalling $8tn globally, the system seems broken In the UK, fraud is the most experienced crime, accounting for 40% of all crimes. Compliance standards are implemented within the public sector to achieve minimum cyber security standards. The Internet offers many advantages.

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