Security Manual Reveals The OPSEC Advise ISIS Gives To Recruits

Policemen guard streets near the Bataclan concert venue, where gunmen killed at least 80 people at the end of a string of attacks across Paris the night before, Nov. 14, 2015. As the death toll rose to 127 with many more wounded and Paris reeled from the violence, President Francois Hollande directly blamed the attacks on the Islamic State group. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times) In the wake of the Paris attacks, US government officials have been vocal in their [...]

November 24, 2015 By Internet Security, IT Certifications, IT News
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Attacks Revive Debate on Encryption

Attorney general says it makes it harder to conduct surveillance, but tech firms balk at the notion of weakening security. Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris have revived the debate over whether U.S. tech companies should be required to build “backdoors” into encrypted phones, apps and Internet sites to let law enforcement conduct surveillance of suspected terrorists.   There has been widespread speculation among law enforcement authorities and the media that the Islamic State terrorists who attacked Paris were using some kind [...]

November 18, 2015 By IT News
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IT Security Professional Demand Rises – “a Certification is key to finding a job.”

With the rise in hackers and data breaches sweeping throughout companies and the government, there’s a greater need to keep personal and top-secret information safe from cyberattacks. That’s where information security analysts enter the picture. Information security analysts are responsible for protecting the computer networks of a company or government agency. While their behind-the-scenes work often goes unnoticed, public awareness about cybersecurity threats and efforts to protect sensitive information have spiked since classified documents were leaked from the National [...]

November 9, 2015 By IT News
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NIST to Support Cybersecurity Jobs “Heat Map” to Highlight Employer Needs and Worker Skills

As part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Skills for Business” initiative, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is funding the development of a visualization tool that will show the demand for and availability of critical cybersecurity jobs across the nation. The project, funded through NIST’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), will provide data to help employers, job seekers, policy makers, training providers, and guidance counselors in order to meet today’s increasing demand for cybersecurity workers. In [...]

October 29, 2015 By IT News
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Home Depot Data Breach Cost Approaching $300 Million

Data breach ills linger for HomeDepot – 56 million customer credit card numbers were exposed to hackers. (Can you afford to not train your IT employees?  We provide CyberSecurity training skills that you need now!  www.cedsolutions.com) A little more than a year after some 56 million customer credit card numbers were exposed to hackers in one of the nation’s largest security breaches, Home Depot’s reputation and bottom line have survived relatively unscathed.    But the breach prompted internal changes at the [...]

October 26, 2015 By IT News
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