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An increase in cyber attack fines highlights firms’ need to tighten security

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It showed the number of companies that reported receiving a fine following a cyber attack almost doubled from 11% in 2021, to 20% in 2022. A fine at even a fraction of these costs could spell serious trouble for many companies’ financial futures, which only underlines the importance of a strong cyber security suite. Loss of customers.

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Improving software security in the public sector

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UK public sector organisations are facing threats and increasingly sophisticated attacks on key infrastructure and software security This trend is only expanding as more services become digitised and complex software supply chains multiply the opportunities for malicious actors to infiltrate networks.

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

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We rarely go for long without hearing of an information security breach or cyber-attack to which a public sector body or local council has fallen prey despite significant ongoing efforts and resource deployment to prevent them. One area where improvements can often be made is in education and training.

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How to improve security with an employee emphasis

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We must improve security because the impacts of human error on cybersecurity can be immense, and one small slip-up can have disastrous impacts One small slip-up or moment of personal irresponsibility can cause havoc for even the most robust organisations. The statistics speak for themselves. This isn’t coincidence.

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Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab helps educators focus on teaching rather than technology

AWS Public Sector Blog

It’s important that the technology and methods educators use to teach these important skills aren’t barriers to learning. The browser-based computational notebook tool, Jupyter , provides students and educators with an interactive learning environment to accelerate programming learning. for students as early as possible.

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Higher education institutions broaden learning opportunities with AWS Professional Services

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The University of North Carolina (UNC) System is expanding education opportunities for adult learners in the state of North Carolina. But delivering a great online learning experience for students, faculty, and administrators requires higher education institutions to manage a legion of education technology (EdTech) services.

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Developing the US cybersecurity workforce with CISA

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Jen Easterly, United States Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency since 2021, poses for a portrait with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt, ahead of an event on business cyber security initiatives at Amazon on September 29, 2022 in Seattle. Photo by Daniel Berman/Amazon.