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TUNE IN: Kevin Mitnick is Going Down!

Kevin Mitnick and I are passionately debating the right password policy, using our decades of knowledge and real-life hacking experience.

Listen to it all go down. Register at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1856107/295DE6CAB72FFD67B1323DDF19759750?partnerref=SpiceRG2

Ever since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (https://www.nist.gov) submitted Special Publication 800-63 (https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/), Digital Identity Guidelines, for review a few years ago, the computer security world has been debating or intentionally ignoring its newest recommended password policies which run starkly contrarian to decades of previous advice. The new advice is so contrary to decades of previous advice, from the same organization, that virtually no one believes it. Certainly, almost no one is using it.

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The Ethical Hacker: Are You Accounting for One of Your Largest Cybersecurity Risks?

I’ve written on this topic before, and despite the danger of sounding like a broken record, I will repeat myself: Cybersecurity is all about risk management. Many of you are likely working with your company’s chief information security officer (CISO) and security teams to help assess and control this cyberrisk. (At least I hope you are.) And one of the first things most security professionals recommend is taking an inventory of your IT assets. In fact, it’s embodied in the first Function of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework:

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American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference

American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference
October 4th

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CyberRx to Host First of Its Kind Cyber Forum for Small and Medium-Sized Business Executives

CyberRx is hosting a cybersecurity conference for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on October 4 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference is designed to help SMB chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior executives better understand cybersecurity risks, and to emphasize their roles and responsibilities in protecting their company’s brand, reputation and legal liability.

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American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference, October 4, 2016

Please join Natalia Olson-Urtecho, Regional Administrator, Mid-Atlantic Region, as she presents at The American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference on October 4, 2016.  Learn from SBA, NIST, and other government and industry experts about new regulatory, legislative, and supply chain requirements for government contractors, healthcare service providers, financial services, media, retail, tech companies, and others.  Gain perspectives from industry experts that will serve as a catalyst for reassessing your company’s security practices and elevating cybersecurity to a top five business priority.

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