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

Open Access Government - Technology News

Given the vast number of cyber-enabled frauds in the UK, significant changes in the approach to cyber security are necessary to achieve this goal. Sapphire is a UK-owned and operated cyber security company. Cyber security awareness Security awareness is crucial in protecting against fraud and cyber attacks.

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Improving software security in the public sector

Open Access Government - Technology News

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 GSA Secures Its Hybrid Workforce

GovLoop

To expound on that and meet new compliance requirements, GSA efforts began to dovetail with the White House Executive Order on cybersecurity from May 2021 and its emphasis on adopting security best practices, centered on a zero-trust security strategy. Favorite

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How to Secure Legacy Systems

GovLoop

There are a lot of points of entry now,” said Raghurama Pantula, Director of Information Security for Karsun Solutions, a modernization company that applies innovative approaches to help achieve agency missions. “So, But legacy hardware and software, which abound in government agencies, can create a barrier to implementing zero trust.

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

Open Access Government - Technology News

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. Corporate stakeholders and workers alike should be accountable for information security.

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How to improve security with an employee emphasis

Open Access Government - Technology News

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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Review: WatchGuard EDR Tool Blends with Existing Tech to Bolster Network Security

FedTech Magazine

According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, the public sector reported nearly 3,000 cyber incidents in 2021, with more than 75 percent of them committed by external threat actors. Zero trust is mandated for federal agencies today, although it is not a simple solution to implement and cannot be delivered as a single product.