Monday, November 30, 2020

Remote work cybersecurity a concern during pandemic

Remote work cybersecurity a concern during pandemic: The survey, which had 5,000 respondents, found that 62% of employees are using personal devices for remote work.

3 ways to ensure network security with a shift to remote work | 2020-11-16 | Security Magazine

3 ways to ensure network security with a shift to remote work | 2020-11-16 | Security Magazine: A Microsoft survey in relation to the pandemic asked companies to rank their top security investments. The top five responses were multi-factor authentication, endpoint device protection, anti-phishing tools, VPN, and end-use security education. These all relate to remote work.

Scaling security for remote working - KPMG Global

Scaling security for remote working - KPMG Global: The efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic have forced enterprises to rapidly adapt to new working models. At the heart of this is a complex and fast changing web of digital infrastructure.

Managing remote employees: How to secure remote network access

Managing remote employees: How to secure remote network access: This SearchSecurity.com mini learning guide is a compilation of tips from our experts on how to secure remote network access.

Could Healthcare Cyberattacks Triple in the Year Ahead? | Healthcare Innovation

"90 percent of health systems and hospital employees who shifted to a work-at-home assignment due to the pandemic did not receive any updated guidelines or training on the increasing risk of accessing sensitive patient data compromising systems. Forty percent of all clinical hospital employees receive little or no cybersecurity awareness training still in 2020, beyond initial education on log-in access."
https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/cybersecurity/news/21163237/could-healthcare-cyberattacks-triple-in-the-year-ahead

Publications Valeriano, Brandon - Cyber conflict stuff

PublicationsValeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. 2018. “How We Stopped Worrying About Cyber Doom and Started Collecting Data.” Politics and Governance. 6(2): Pages?  

Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) | Activities & Services | Services & Support | Europol

Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) | Activities & Services | Services & Support | EuropolThe Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT), which was launched in September 2014. Located at Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), it helps fighting cybercrime within and outside the EU.

EU Policy Cycle - EMPACT | Organised Crime | Europol

EU Policy Cycle - EMPACT | Organised Crime | Europol: In 2010, the EU set up a four-year policy cycle in order to create a greater measure of continuity for the fight against serious international and organised crime.

Saturday, November 28, 2020

Here's how to empower people for grassroots change | World Economic Forum

Here's how to empower people for grassroots change | World Economic Forum: "1. World leaders must commit to system change. 2. Social entrepreneurs must have a place at the decision making table. 3. Governments and major institutions should create high-level one-stop points of contact for social entrepreneurs. 4. Governments, companies, philanthropists and others must transform how they finance the ideas of social entrepreneurs. 5. Governments, companies, philanthropists and others must transform how impact is measured and by whom."

Temocracy is the future | New Europe

Temocracy is the future | New Europe: "We need to become more proactive. An umbrella strategy to do so could be Temocracy – technology-enabled democracy."