Impact of Suez Canal Crisis on Companies Around The World Expected to Last Several Weeks From:
Crisis management expert and author said today the impact and significance of a crisis can last long after the incident itself has ended, which is expected to be the case now that the giant Ever Given container ship is no longer blocking the Suez Canal.
He predicted in a story on forbes.com that, Countries, companies, and industries around the world that will be most affected by this crisis are in for a bumpy ride for several weeks. The consequences for international trade and supply chains will likely last much longer.
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A number of prominent U.S. colleges have become the newest, unlucky recipients of a cybersecurity migraine currently affecting dozens of organizations all over the world.
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You may have heard something about Accellion the global cloud provider whose secure-file transfer product (called FTA) was beset by a hacking campaign back in December. If you haven’t heard about it, you can read a recent run-down of the whole trainwreck here. All you really need to know, though, is that a lot of organizations previously used Accellion’s FTA product to store and share data, it had
Look out, n00bs. Hackers are apparently deploying fake game “cheats” for
Call of Duty: Warzone. They sure won’t help you merk your opponents, but they
will inject a crapload of malware onto your computer.
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A recently disclosed report from game publisher Activision shows that discussion of such schemes was recently observed on several different dark web forums. Criminals discussed tricking unsuspecting gamers into downloading a
dropper a malicious program that can be customized to install other, more destructive forms of malware (such as, say, a RAT) onto a computer or device by convincing them it was actually a free cheating program.
By Lauren C. Williams
Mar 16, 2021
The governing body in charge of standing up and running the Defense Department’s unified cybersecurity standard for contractors is preparing to shift to a more permanent staffing arrangement.
Since it officially stood up in January 2020, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB) has been run by industry professionals volunteering their time, often in addition to their primary careers.
“The AB is in the process of hiring professional staff to provide the needed level of effort for continuing its mission,” Karlton Johnson, the body’s chairman, said. “That will allow those on the board to transition from hands-on working members to the true advisory role that all boards are chartered to fill.”
Mar 16, 2021
The Department of Defense s Commercial Virtual Remote environment, spun up to accommodate telework in the COVID-19 pandemic, quickly became the largest Microsoft Teams deployment in the world and brought department-wide collaboration tools to DOD after years of less-successful attempts.
DOD personnel have embraced the tools and the silo-spanning interactions they enable, but CVR was always intended as a temporary fix. So the Defense Information Systems Agency is working hard to ensure the collaboration doesn t fade when CVR sunsets in July.
Les Benito, the director of operations for DISA s Cloud Computing Program Office, said that Global Directory is the key. Speaking at FCW and Defense Systems March 10 event on Defense Readiness, Benito explained that the initiative will provide a cloud-wide identity as the military services spin up their own Microsoft 365 environments under the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) contract.