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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Are you prepared?

Open Access Government - Technology News

This is often through phishing attacks, where individuals are targeted with fraudulent communication that tricks them into clicking bad links, handing over sensitive information, or installing malware. Phishing emails sent to these accounts can be extremely convincing. Awareness Campaigns & Training. DDoS Attack.

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

Open Access Government - Technology News

Victims received fake vaccinations and government handout offers to encourage them to hand over valuable financial information. Cybercriminals saw opportunities to exploit the digital nature of these services, enabling them to hack accounts and access the financial information of vulnerable individuals.

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Calls for stronger cybersecurity policies for TikTok on government devices

Open Access Government - Technology News

Now, in the UK, more MPs and parliamentarians are campaigning for stricter cybersecurity policies. Due to a lack of international trust in data security in China , companies in China are now compelled to register themselves in order to give information to Chinese intelligence agencies, if asked to.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Nonprofits and Grant Making

Peak Proposals

In fact, we’re going to begin with tips for working remotely, because if you can’t collaborate online, you won’t be able to prepare a grant application or launch a successful fundraising or crowdfunding campaign. Loom has a free, basic account that will allow you to try it out and test for different use cases.

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Automating multi-channel communication for school bus delays

AWS Public Sector Blog

However, some challenges can hinder streamlined and immediate exchange of information, like when a school encounters an unforeseen event, especially during times of low-staffed administration like before and after school hours. Enable outbound campaigns 1. Then, select Save to enable outbound campaigns.

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Turn Your “Weakest Link” Into a “Human Firewall”

GovLoop

Although system intrusion, usually by well-organized cybercrime networks or state actors, has become much more frequent in the past two years, mistakes such as falling for a phishing attack, misconfiguring resources, sending data to the wrong recipient and losing devices account for most employee-caused breaches.

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The AWS approach to accelerating innovation and procurement with state agencies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today, New Mexico’s texting campaigns are more sophisticated than ever. In addition to the IT team, health and human services subject matter experts, the Amazon Managed Services team, and the AWS account team helped the department with EPS design and deployment in the AWS Cloud.