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Articles by Matt Lorentzen
Enemy at the school gates: A guide to enhancing cybersecurity in education Original
The digital revolution – and the pandemic -- have transformed the education landscape, making schools increasingly reliant on technology to deliver quality learning experiences. However, this rapid technological advancement has also made educational establishments vulnerable to cyber threats. In this article, we delve into the current state of affairs within schools, the reasons behind attackers targeting the education sector, and the unique challenges faced by educational establishments.
Schools Out for Ransom: Education Under Attack
In 2020, the world experienced unprecedented disruption in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to a wave of attacks against all types of organizations as they scrambled to maintain some operational normality. Phishing attacks soared. Externally facing services that had been exposed all along received a new wave of probing. Cloud providers accepted new customers onto the platforms at pace as remote access and distributed working rapidly became the new normal.
Reducing the Risk to Critical Infrastructure Before It’s Too Late
It’s been a year since the high-profile ransomware attacks on JBS Foods and Colonial Pipeline, causing enormous disruption to these organizations and the general public. Since then, the frightening reality is that the threat to critical infrastructure operators has increased rather than dissipated.
Combatting Surging Email-Based Attacks Through DMARC
Email-based cyber-attacks are surging amid the shift to remote working, and are a major security headache for businesses. Indeed, it is now the most common attack vector used by cyber-criminals to infiltrate networks; for example, to infect businesses with ransomware. In this landscape, organizations must update their email security practices, leveraging the most up-to-date tools and processes.
Man vs. Machine: How to Win the Battle of the Bots
Bots can be of significant benefit to organization by automating repetitive tasks and providing faster customer service. However, they are also increasingly becoming a powerful tool for cyber-criminals and fraudsters to launch attacks. Given the more dangerous and ever-evolving digital threat landscape, it is critical that security and fraud teams can rapidly identify and block “bad” bots before they can steal data, commit fraud, or harm the business.
No matter how advanced the technology, security will always be human-centric: The importance of investing in cyber skills
In our digital world, almost every field of work has increasingly concentrated on the use of technology to drive speed and efficiency. In most cases the goal has been to augment the capabilities of human workers, but some industries such as automotive have also seen job roles replaced entirely by technology. When it comes to cyber security, technology has long moved at blinding speeds on both the offensive and defensive sides.
No matter how advanced the technology, security will always be human-centric: The importance of investing in cyber skills
In our digital world, almost every field of work has increasingly concentrated on the use of technology to drive speed and efficiency. In most cases the goal has been to augment the capabilities of human workers, but some industries such as automotive have also seen job roles replaced entirely by technology. When it comes to cyber security, technology has long moved at blinding speeds on both the offensive and defensive sides.
Sheepl : Automating People for Red and Blue Tradecraft
Whilst there is a wealth of information out there about how to build environments that can be used for training, offensive tradecraft development and blue team response detection, a vital part of these environments is hard to emulate. A computer network is more than a collection of connected computer resources, it is a platform for communications and productivity between people. So the focus becomes how do you properly emulate people within a network environment?
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