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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

2004 — Lowe’s — Brian Salcedo is sentenced to 9 years for hacking into Lowe’s home improvement stores and attempting to steal customer credit card information. . 2004 — ChoicePoint — A 41-year-old Nigerian citizen compromises customer data of ChoicePoint, but the company only informs 35,000 people of the breach.

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Achieving PCI DSS Compliant Firewalls within a Small Business

Security Boulevard

Firewalls must be installed between all wireless networks and the CDE, which may include, but is not limited to, corporate networks, retail stores, guest networks, warehouse environments, etc. Installing firewalls at the network perimeter works as a filter to limit only authorized traffic.

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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

And this year is a special occasion: a Quinceañera of sorts recognizing 15 years since the first Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004. As my guests this week note: the goals of Cyber Security focus and importance of cyber security awareness month has changed a lot since the early 2000s. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month.