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About The CISSP Certification
CISSP® is the term used for the (Certified Information System Securi...
About The CISSP Certification Exam
The need for professionalism was a serious topic among computer secu...
About The CISSP Code of Ethics
All information systems security professionals who are certified by ...
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator Certification
What is a Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator? Computer ...
Certified Information Systems Auditor Certification
Since 1978, the CISA certification has been a globally accepted stan...
Certified Information Security Manager Certification
Sought after by experienced information security managers, the CISM ...
CISSP & SSCP Certification and Exam Content Updat…
Beginning April 15, 2015, all CISSPs and SSCPs will be required to sub...
Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
Introduced in 2010, the CRISC certification is for IT and business p...
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CISSP & SSCP Certification and Exam Content Update Announced by ISC2
Beginning April 15, 2015, all CISSPs and SSCPs will be required to submit their continuing professional education (CPE) credits in accordance with the refreshed eight domains of th...
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“The Interview” Android App Delivers Malware to South Koreans
Users in South Korea are currently lured with an Android app claiming to download “The Interview” comedy on their mobile devices in order to have the handsets infected with banking...
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An employee of Morgan Stanley stole customer information on 350,000 clients incl…
Additional information on what other information was captured has not yet been released. Files for as many as 900 clients ended up on a website. The employee has since been fired a...
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Hacked payment card service transmitted some data in plaintext
Charge Anywhere, a company that routes payment transactions between merchants and payment card processors, said that malicious software planted on its network may have accessed une...
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Real time Cyber Attack Maps
Here is a list of the most popular real time cyber attack maps for your convenience. If you’re aware of another map, please tell us about it so we can add it. Real time Cyber Atta...
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NIST Issues Update on Cybersecurity Framework, Highlights Priorities Moving Forw…
On December 5, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued an update regarding its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework). ...
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HIPAA settlement underscores the vulnerability of unpatched and unsupported soft…
Anchorage Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rul...
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Microsoft: NSA security fallout 'getting worse' ... 'not blowing over'
Microsoft's top lawyer says the fallout of the NSA spying scandal is "getting worse," and carries grim implications for US tech companies. In a speech at the GigaOm Structure conf...
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Facebook to let advertisers see where you're surfing
Remember back in 2011, when Mark Zuckerberg dissed Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for following you around on the web, using browser cookies to collect a huge amount of information ab...
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Target’s Fall Guy: Is Your Board Prepared?
Gregg Steinhafel, former Chairman and CEO of Target Corporation stepped down earlier this month. The primary reason stated was because of the continued fall-out from the 2013 massi...
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After Bribery Scandal, High-Level Departures at Walmart
Thomas A. Mars, formerly the chief administrative officer for Walmart in the United States, stepped down. José Luis Rodríguezmacedo Rivera, once the general counsel at Walmart’s Me...
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Security experts in high demand at major US companies
Big companies including JPMorgan Chase and Pepsi are bringing on chief information security officers to limit their exposure to major hacks. The recent rash of corporate hacks has ...
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Social Media Latest To Feel Security Flaw Impact
These days it seems nothing is impervious to security flaws. This week’s discovery involved log-in tools OAuth and OpenID, leaving social-media users at risk. Facebook, Google+, Li...
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Imposing Security: Computer programmers won’t stop making dangerous errors on th…
Three computer bugs this year exposed passwords, e-mails, financial data, and other kinds of sensitive information connected to potentially billions of people. The flaws cropped up...
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Why Humanitarians Should Pay Attention to Cybersecurity
Most international staff I know who are working in the humanitarian field aren’t paying any attention to cybersecurity. Why is that? For starters, it’s an issue rooted in the secur...
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Artist trademarks 'Pi' symbol, enrages the web
Thousands of t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts and other items containing an ancient mathematical symbol were pulled from an online marketplace last week for allegedly...
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About The CISSP Certification
CISSP® is the term used for the (Certified Information System Security Professional). An information systems security certification reflecting the qualification of information sy...
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Sim card flaws leave millions of mobile phones open to attack, hacker finds
If you thought government analysts intercepting your phone's metadata was bad, here is something potentially more frightening: cyber crooks hijacking your phone to eavesdrop, imper...
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Edward Snowden Granted Asylum, Leaves Moscow Airport
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia for one year and has finally left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.
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California High Court Boosts Public-Records Law With Ruling on Mapping Data
California’s public-records law received a major boost Monday when the state Supreme Court decided local government must turn over mapping data without charging excessive fees.
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Mugshot-Removal Sites Accused of Extortion
The growing online mugshot-removal racket — where arrestees pay sometimes hundreds of dollars to remove their mugs — is being hit with extortion accusations in a novel lawsuit test...
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Mugshot-Removal Sites Accused of Extortion
The growing online mugshot-removal racket — where arrestees pay sometimes hundreds of dollars to remove their mugs — is being hit with extortion accusations in a novel lawsuit test...
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RIAA Wants Infamous File-Sharer to Campaign Against Piracy
Did you hear the one about the world’s most infamous music file-sharer being asked to publicly extol the virtues of the Recording Industry Association of America’s anti-piracy plat...
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Report: Microsoft collaborated closely with NSA
Most of the big tech companies implicated in the ongoing controversy over secret government Web surveillance insist they turned over data about users to the National Security Agenc...
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NSA Surveillance Leaks Prompt Legislation
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), the powerful chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other lawmakers today introduced legislation they say would provide more accountability...
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In high-stakes hide-and-seek, Snowden keeps much of the world guessing
In this high-stakes game of hide-and-seek, Edward Snowden appears to have the upper hand.
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The New Digital Battlefield
North Korea has claimed a cyber-savvy force of some 4,000 expert-level hackers thought responsible for the growing number of breaches in South Korea and her allies.
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iOS device default hotspot passwords easy to crack
iOS users may be far more susceptible to being hacked when using Wi-Fi hotspot connections than they imagined.
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Leaked NSA Doc Says It Can Collect And Keep Your Encrypted Data As Long As It Ta…
If you use privacy tools, according to the apparent logic of the National Security Agency, it doesn’t much matter if you’re a foreigner or an American: Your communications are subj...
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"Aaron's Law," to amend the CFAA, introduced in Congress
Lawmakers have unveiled companion bills in the House and Senate that would reform a federal anti-hacking law that critics believe is outdated and has enabled unnecessarily aggressi...
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