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Ciaran Martin, former director of the U.K. National Cyber Security Center, spoke Thursday at the AusCERT computer security conference.
To defend against cyberattacks, it s important to demystify cybersecurity and break it into risks that can be managed by any organization, says Ciaran Martin, the former director of the U.K. National Cyber Security Center.
In a Thursday keynote speech at the AusCERT computer security conference in Australia, Martin, now a professor at Oxford University, said the notion that cyber incidents can t be stopped is false.
In the case of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in the U.S., the picture emerging is one of criminals in over their heads, he said. The DarkSide group and its affiliates consistently exploit basic weaknesses in corporate security, he points out (see
https://www.afinalwarning.com/510591.html (Natural News) Vaccine development efforts by different countries worldwide have reached new heights, with many racing to create COVID-19 jabs for their populations. However, hackers have also set their sights on vaccine development. A number of Western countries remarked that bad actors with ties to foreign government orchestrated the attempts.
Health care cyber-specialist David Nides remarked that the stakes are higher than ever in the race for a cure for the pandemic. In an interview, the specialist from KPMG in Chicago remarked: “There’s a race for a vaccine or a treatment, and the prize is huge for whoever comes out on top.” Given these circumstances, many countries are now scrambling to create a vaccine – while some others lurk in the shadows and observe.
FDA Clears Pfizer Shot for Teens; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
Bloomberg 5 days ago
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. The number of new cases in U.S. rose last week at the slowest pace since the pandemic began, as more Americans are vaccinated and the nation recovers from a winter spike fueled by holiday travel.
India’s capital of New Delhi extended its lockdown for another week as it battled a wave of infections and warned about a potentially deadly fungal infection in Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization sees the highly contagious variant spreading in India as a global concern.
FDA Clears Pfizer Shot for Teens; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
Bloomberg 5 days ago
(Bloomberg)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. The number of new cases in U.S. rose last week at the slowest pace since the pandemic began, as more Americans are vaccinated and the nation recovers from a winter spike fueled by holiday travel.
India’s capital of New Delhi extended its lockdown for another week as it battled a wave of infections and warned about a potentially deadly fungal infection in Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization sees the highly contagious variant spreading in India as a global concern.
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