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Radware Report Sees Major Spike in DDoS Attacks

Security Boulevard

Radware today published a global threat analysis report that finds the number of malicious distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks launched in the first of 2002 increased 203% year over year, mainly because of the war in Ukraine and political strife involving Taiwan and the Philippines.

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MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

That said, it’s also clear that all too many SMBs remain ill equipped to assess evolving cyber threats, much less effectively mitigate them. According to the Cyberthreat Index, 45 percent of all SMBs and 56% of large SMBs believe they are vulnerable to “imminent” threats of cybersecurity attacks.

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Abagnale Kicks Off 'Vision 2023' Future-Looking Webcast

SecureWorld News

Frank Abagnale, one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, secure documents, cybercrime, and scams—and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can — kicked off Vision 2023: Looking Ahead at Cyber Threats , a half-day educational event held live and recorded on December 13th.

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Understanding and adhering to cybersecurity regulations is crucial for any organization as cyber threats evolve and become more sophisticated. Cybersecurity laws and regulations encompass a range of legal requirements designed to protect information systems and data from cyber threats.

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MY TAKE: Is Satya Nadella’s ‘Secure Future Initiative’ a deja vu of ‘Trustworthy Computing?’

The Last Watchdog

On January 15, 2002, Bill Gates issued his famous “ Trustworthy Computing ” (TC) company-wide memo, slamming the brakes on Windows Server 2003 development and temporarily redirecting his top engineers to emphasize security as a top priority. The common denominator is trust—critical then and now.

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Quantum computing brings new security risks: How to protect yourself

CyberSecurity Insiders

To put this in perspective, it took a group of 300,000 people and four years of work to crack a 64-bit key in 2002. The longer the key, the longer it takes for a computer to crack, and the more secure your files are. With 128-bit key encryption, it could take trillions of years to find a matching key.

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FISMA vs. FedRAMP in Government Cybersecurity

Centraleyes

Historical Context History of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) emerged as a legislative response to the evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats. Enacted in 2002, FISMA represented a shift in how the U.S. government approached information security.