A Plague of Attacks: The UK’s National Cyber Security Center has found that a third of cyber attacks have been related to the coronavirus

By Editor|2020-11-17T13:12:40+00:00November 17th, 2020|

COVID-19 continues to cause problems in both the real and virtual worlds, as hackers take advantage of fears and concerns over its spread to trick people with scam and phishing emails, or to unleash ransomware [...]

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The Time of Test: Recent events have confirmed the importance of evaluating the readiness of your business continuity plan

By Editor|2020-11-17T13:10:41+00:00November 17th, 2020|

While having a business continuity plan is certainly a step in the right direction, you can’t really know how well that plan will perform until you test it from end to end, considering all aspects [...]

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The Future is Coming: Some predictions on the cybersecurity trends and issues in the coming year

By Editor|2020-11-17T13:09:04+00:00November 17th, 2020|

With the year slowly ending, cybersecurity experts are already looking ahead to the challenges next year may bring.  As COVID continues to reshape how workers interact with their company’s systems, and hackers adjust to new [...]

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Stable Solutions: While IT departments were able to rapidly shift to support remote work, vulnerabilities remain

By Editor|2020-11-17T13:07:42+00:00November 17th, 2020|

Although many IT departments managed rapid deployment of resources and skills to a work from home office when the pandemic hit, some of these measures may need to be revisited now that this temporary solution [...]

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Centralized Disaster Data: DesignSafe, a database of natural disaster information, is changing how planners and policymakers think about preparation and response

By Editor|2020-11-17T13:06:19+00:00November 17th, 2020|

Researchers at the University of Texas have spent the last five years assembling a database of natural disaster information, intended to act as a forum where data sets can be published in a manner similar [...]

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The Strain of Disaster: Suicide rates are observed to increase after natural disasters occur

By Editor|2020-11-17T13:04:53+00:00November 17th, 2020|

With natural disasters occurring with increasing frequency and magnitude, concerns have also been raised with respect to their potential impacts on mental health. A recent study from the University of Delaware has sought to better [...]

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