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Involving the FBI After a Cybersecurity Incident

Posted by Patrick Quinn on Feb 20, 2018 9:38:41 AM

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Jeffrey Huber, who runs point on cybersecurity for the state of Iowa, was on hand at a recent ProCircular roundtable to talk about the FBI’s Cyber Division and its role in addressing cybercrime.

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Topics: Data Breach, Incident Response, hacking, FBI

Getting Started with Vulnerability Assessments

Posted by Patrick Quinn on Dec 7, 2017 8:32:00 AM

More than 200 IT and technology leaders from hospitals, schools, and businesses in eastern Iowa came together last month at the Business Technology Conference in Coralville, Iowa – hosted by systems integration firm CEC (Communications Engineering Company) – to learn about new technology and how it can improve processes, profit, and efficiency.

Many types of technology were showcased at the event, but there were plenty of conversations about cybersecurity.

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Vulnerability Assessment, Business Technology Conference

Cybersecurity: What All Companies Need to Think About

Posted by Patrick Quinn on Oct 12, 2017 11:02:02 AM

There’s something powerful about bringing a roomful of Iowa technology professionals together to talk about forward-thinking ideas. You quickly realize how cybersecurity and data breaches truly impact every organization and everyone – and that no organization is ever too small to have a plan.

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Iowa Tech Summit, Quantum Computing, Digital Rights Management

WannaCry: Solutions to the Latest Ransomware Challenge

Posted by Aaron R. Warner on May 15, 2017 7:56:20 AM

 

The WannaCry (aka wCry or WannaCrypt) ransomware is making its way across the world, and there are several variants on their way to the united states. The original version of the ransomware behaves much like the Locky or other mainstay threats – it encrypts your data with military-grade encryption tech, starts a timer, and provides you with a place that you can pay to get a key which allows you to decrypt your valuable data.
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Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Incident Rsponse, Incident Response, it risk assessment, healthcare

Personal Privacy in the Wake of Reoccurring Data Breaches

Posted by ProCircular Team on Dec 23, 2016 7:45:00 AM

It seems like every other week there is a new data breach in the news. Some notable incursions of 2016 were LinkedIn, Yahoo, and a new one as of December 5th, DailyMotion (a video hosting service).

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Topics: Data Breach, Data Security, Personal Privacy, Personal Data Protection

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