Security News Update for the Week Ending August 13, 2023
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Security News Update for the Week Ending August 6, 2023
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Security News Update for the Week Ending July 30, 2023
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CMMC | Compliance | DIB | DoD
DoD CMMC Update for July 2023
CMMC or the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification passed a huge milestone this week when the Pentagon handed of the proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget. After they approve the package, it gets published in the Federal Register for comment and implementation. Learn more about the remaining steps below.
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CMMC | Compliance | DIB | DoD | IT Infrastructure | User tips
NIST SP 800-171 Update for July 2023
800-171 is the government’s chosen cybersecurity standard for protecting controlled unclassified information (CUI) and is the standard is required by a number of government departments and by private industry as a matter of contract for protecting sensitive unclassified information. Learn more about this new version of the standard here.
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Security News Update for the Week Ending July 23, 2023
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CUI and GPTs
Okay, that is a bit of alphabet soup. CUI stands for Controlled Unclassified Information. While technically, it only refers to government agencies and government contractors, think of it as information you might prefer that the Russians, Chinese and your competitors don’t have. GPT stands for generative pretrained transformers like ChatGPT, Bard and many others. It…
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Security News Update for July 16, 2023
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Security News Update for the Week Ending July 9, 2023
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Internet of Things Dumpster Fire
The Internet of Things refers to a class of smart devices that are typically used to automate things. This can be anything from a smart TV or smart door lock to an automated oil refinery and everything in between. Unfortunately, the security of many of these devices is to be really kind, lacking. The hackers…