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Greetings,
For the past few years, October has been designated as Cybersecurity Month. We encourage you to consider security every day and not wait until something bad happens to you, personally or professionally. Since it's Halloween, we thought scaring you (and ourselves) with a number of security themed articles would be appropriate. Stay safe.
All the best,
Beryl Morimoto
Program Manager
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Dallas Shiroma, PCATT Instructor who teaches Security+ and Intro to Ethical Hacking, was also instrumental in developing challenging and fun programs for the GenCyber Camp that took place at PCATT this summer. He warns of cyber attacks and malware while evasive as they can be, they leave behind Indicators of Compromise, or IOCs.You may read more about IOCs and how you can use them to your advantage.
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4 Ways Your Small Business Can Better Prevent Cyber Crime
As more businesses store their data, including confidential information, in cloud services, the need for complex security practices and strategies increases. A primary concern for businesses is the security of customer information and intellectual property. Attacks can also result in their business unknowingly becoming platforms for attacks on other organizations and their customers.
A business should adopt and implement companywide security policies to mitigate these threats. This article written by Brian Honigman for Entrepreneur provides simple tips to get started.
- Manage email security and validate potential threats
- Enforce strict password policies
- Read more here
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Urgent Ethical Quandaries for a Digital Age
On the other side of security is privacy, especially in this digital age we live in. Add ethical considerations and we have a lot to consider. Harvard Professor, Michael Sandel, is an American political philosopher known for a course he teaches called "Justice". Of all the articles we share in this eZine, you'll want to spend some time with this one, " The Ethical Quandaries You Should Think About the Next Time You Look at Your Phone".
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9 Recent Cyberattacks Against Big Business
"Cyberattacks are an ever-increasing threat. The F.B.I. now ranks cybercrime as one of its top law enforcement activities, and President Obama's recently proposed budget would sharply increase spending on cybersecurity to $14 billion." The threat is so prevalent that it's no longer a question of if your system will be attacked, but when it will be hacked. This overview of 9 recent cyberattacks from The New York Times will give you a good scare.
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"What's Your Online Reputation?"
Michael Fertik is CEO and founder of Reputation.com Inc. In this interview from Talent Management, Fertik shares strategies for managing your professional online reputation. These strategies look like the best protection for when things go wrong. If you think this doesn't apply to you, he says: "The most important thing to realize is that you have a digital reputation, whether you like it or not."
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"Cyber security's ever-growing brain drain"
The numbers of trained and talented people needed in the cybersecurity field cannot keep up with growing demand. We hear that so often we must be cautious not to turn a deaf ear to this need. If you require verification, this article by Peter Suciu echos what we've been hearing. At PCATT, we have training that can get you started with Security+ and other security topics.
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If you haven't registered yet, there are still a few more seats at the PyNow presentations and competition. This free event is co-sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton, PyHawaii, and PCATT. Registration and information about the presentations and competition are here at the PyNow site. The date is November 7, Saturday. Plan to be here at 8 am and spend the day. You'll enjoy the competition which has something for all levels of Pythonistas. You'll have bragging rights to say you attended the first-ever PyNow competition in Hawaii.
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"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
-Mahatma Gandhi
Some of us love to learn. Some of us just have to learn to keep up with technology for our jobs. Whatever your situation, we invite you to look at the upcoming list of courses available through PCATT, a consortium of the University of Hawaii community colleges.
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You know we end the PCATT eZine with something a bit off-beat. We like what this Maryland homeowner did to show his Halloween spirit. Now that's taking programming to a new level.
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