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INTRUSION to Announce Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results on Thursday, November 11, 2021 – Yahoo Finance

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- INTRUSION Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ), a provider of cyberattack prevention solutions including those stemming from Zero-Days and malware free exploits, will release its third quarter 2021 financial results on Thursday, November 11, 2021 after market close. Joe Head, CTO, Franklin Byrd, CFO, and Gary Davis, CMO, will host a conference call at 4:00 p.m. Central Time to discuss the Companys financial results.

The conference call will be broadcast live in listen-only mode on the investor relations website at ir.intrusion.com.

Analysts and investors who would like to join the live call via teleconference are invited to dial in using the following information:

Date: Thursday, November 11, 2021Time: 4:00 p.m. Central TimeConference Call Number: 1-888-330-2041International Call Number: +1-646-960-0151Access Code: 6774917

A telephone replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the conference call through November 18, 2021. The replay can be accessed by dialing 1-800-770-2030 and using the passcode 6774917. International callers should dial +1-647-362-9199 and enter the same passcode at the prompt.

About INTRUSION Inc.

INTRUSION, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ) protects any-sized company by leveraging advanced threat intelligence with real-time artificial intelligence to kill cyberattacks as they occur including zero-days. INTRUSIONs solution families include INTRUSION Shield, an advanced cyber-defense solution that kills cyberattacks in real-time using artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced threat intelligence; INTRUSION TraceCop for identity discovery and disclosure; and INTRUSION Savant for network data mining and advanced persistent threat detection. For more information, please visit http://www.intrusion.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking InformationThis release may contain certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitations, statements about the performance of protections provided by our INTRUSION Shield product, as well as any other statements which reflect managements expectations regarding future events and operating performance. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risks that our products and solutions do not perform as anticipated or do not meet with widespread market acceptance. These statements are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, risks that we have detailed in the Companys most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, particularly under the heading Risk Factors.

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What are task and process mining in AI? – Ericsson

Machines, rather than people, will make data-intensive decisions and repetitive, manual tasks will be automated. However, the goal is not to replace human managers and the workforce. The aim is to improve their efficiency and productivity. Even when systems are operating at a high maturity, humans will still be necessary for decisions that arent made frequently, or those that require a high degree of human engagement. For other, more menial tasks, we can free up time for humans to focus on more value-based, creative or strategic thinking activities. IT processes, operational planning, marketing, sales, and accounting are all examples of areas that can be fully automated and AI:fied.

To identify the areas that automation and AI can make the largest contribution to human work in an organization, we start with what we call a discovery phase. During this phase, the technical and business requirements of a specific use case are identified. Examples of use cases include those that need encryption capabilities, for instance:

The traditional ways of working in a discovery phase is very manual and consists to a large extent of detailed interviews or workshops with subject matter experts (SMEs). One of the most significant challenges with manual process mapping is effectively extracting information from employees involved in a process. Knowledge gaps, employee validation, and human subjectivity will unavoidably arise when piecing together perceived reality to form a process map. Doing this manual work is also time consuming and takes away the SMEs time from more productive work. By automating the discovery phase, we reduce costs, remove any bias (which is more likely to be introduced through SMEs being interviewed by humans), and obtain a complete picture of processes that are otherwise hard to discover.

The discovery of use cases is done automatically with the help of technologies such as task mining, process mining and semantic search. These technologies leverage a data-driven and automated approach to a discovery, allowing the users to remain objective in their decision-making and drive improvements based on facts. These solutions take advantage of AI and machine learning (also Auto-ML) capabilities to understand more than a human ever could. Figure 1 shows the flow of events in a discovery process.

Figure 1: Automated discovery flow.

Task mining works by monitoring the actions users take. A recorder is installed on an employees computer to capture their interactions in the different applications they use, and it records data like keystrokes, clicks, data entry, copying and pasting, and other routinely performed actions to uncover how tasks are completed. Task mining focuses on tasks. Tasks are smaller components of a process or subprocess containing several steps, usually performed manually by employees at their workstations. Task mining enables organizations to discover, understand, analyze, optimize, improve, and even automate the tasks employees perform as they relate to completing larger processes. The main objective with task mining is to find ways to improve how tasks are carried out, or automate them to increase operational efficiency, reduce errors, and improve employee engagement.

Another technology that enables automated discovery is process mining. Unlike task mining, process mining focuses on processes. Process mining turns event logs from various IT systems into an instant visual model of a given flow. It depicts the as-is process based on facts with all its cases, variants, and paths. Process mining revolves around discovering, modeling, analyzing, monitoring, and optimizing end-to-end processes and their subprocesses. It allows us to identify any deviations and understand the reason for variation so we can make the necessary improvement or alignment. It can also be used to create key performance indicators (KPIs), identify root causes of variations and support the identification of process improvements.

Finally, a third technology that enables automated discovery is semantic search. In this case, a search engine is able to guess the semantic meaning of the input text using natural language processing (NLP) and other AI algorithms.

To evaluate the benefits of activity mining, we engaged on a proof of concept with an internal Ericsson team. The Ericsson Supply ECP Order and Delivery Management team used task mining to find 18 percent effort savings through automating processes and optimizing application usage. The team wanted to discover process automation and optimization opportunities and document selected processes to transform the as-is to to-be for automation. They also needed a way to understand usage patterns of the application portfolio.

The proof of concept was limited to a team consisting of 20 selected employees who worked across 10 markets. The business processes for this team are complex and are performed using a variety of applications, the majority of which do not produce application logs (for example, in Outlook, Excel, Adobe). Their requirements towards automation were:

In this manner, a task mining tool for process discovery across eight processes was deployed and the results were used to understand how the team was performing each process with minimal input required from the end users. In addition, the tool was used to generate process documentation. In a collaborative environment, SMEs and process experts can now transform the process from their discovered as-is state to the to-be state for faster and more accurate automation development.

After analyzing the interactions of the 20 users, the following insights were found: The tool identified significant savings opportunities of 8 percent through transformation, from eight business processes in scope. An additional 10 percent saving opportunity was identified associated with task effort, representing added potential automation opportunity to save efforts in tasks performed in Excel and SAP.

Processes and interactions are basics in the execution and scaling of digital transformation, new AI capabilities and new forms of automation. Activity mining enables our organization to have a complete picture of the as-is process and help identify the areas where automation and AI can make the largest contribution.

To understand the as-is process is critical to knowing whether its worth investing in improvements, where performance problems exist, and how much variation there is in the process across the organization. Activity mining allows for automation beyond a single technology, and is opening the door to the next automation and AI operating systems with hyperautomation at the core.

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How to Use App Privacy Report in the iOS 15.2 Beta – Mac Rumors

Apple in the iOS 15.2 beta introduced App Privacy Report, a feature that was first shown off at WWDC. App Privacy Report is designed to provide users with information on how often apps are accessing sensitive info provided to them through privacy permissions, such as location, contacts, camera, microphone, and photos.

How to Turn on App Privacy Report

App Privacy Report can be enabled in the Settings app by following these instructions.

Using App Privacy Report

Apple shows data from the last seven days, and the app is split up into several sections to make it easier to get to what you want to know.

In this section, Apple provides a list of apps that have accessed sensors and data granted to them through privacy permissions, so your most sensitive information.

App Network Activity

With App Network Activity, you can view a list of all of the different domains that your apps have contacted across the last seven days.

You can tap on any app in the list to see a rundown of all of the domains that have been contacted. If you have Instagram installed, for example, you'll see URLs for things like DoubleClock, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and more, along with internal Instagram and Facebook URLs.

At the bottom of each app's data, you can also get a list of the web sites that you visited within the app.

Website Network Activity

Website Network Activity is basically identical to App Network Activity, but it shows you all of the domains contacted by the websites that you visited in Safari and other apps.

Most Contacted Domains

Most Contacted Domains is an aggregated list of the domains that apps have contacted most often, and it is usually populated by various trackers and analytics domains.

How to Turn Off App Privacy Report

If you don't want to use App Privacy Report, you can follow these steps:

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A glimpse into the terrifying world of social media manipulation – The Business Standard

A long shot zooms in on the face of Brittany Kaiser,a former Cambridge Analytica executive, as she writes Cambridge Analytica on a fence and ties a string - that has a whistle on its end - above it. The scene fades to black.

This is the opening scene of the Netflix documentary 'The Great Hack', which is based on the infamous Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

As another Facebook-related controversy is circulating the news again for all the wrong reasons, this is a great documentary that reminds us to be cautious about using social media platforms.

Directed by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, the documentary explores how fake news can change the outcomes of important events such as elections and political campaigns, which have a great impact on politics and businesses globally.

The film features professor David Carroll,Brittany Kaiserand British investigative journalistCarole Cadwalladr. All of them work on data literacy and advocate for data rights.

The trio tries to explain and expose the works of Cambridge Analytica under the political environment of various countries, including the UK'sBrexitcampaign and the2016 US elections.

Through archival footage, court testimonies, analyses, interviews and animations, the documentary reminds us how personal data has become an outlet to make profits and run propaganda on social media platforms.

The investigative documentary also explains topics such as data mining. It shows how voters become a target audience and how personal data became a target for advertising campaigns.

The film also focuses on the rise and fall ofCambridge Analytica. The company claimed to have 5,000 data points on every American voter during the 2016 American elections, mostly taken from Facebook.

This data was utilized by the Ted Cruz campaign and then, after Trump won the Republican nomination, it was funnelled into the Trump campaign. The company used the same tactics during Brexit.

Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and CEO of Facebook, is not new to controversies and being accused of selling the data of millions of Facebook users for his own profit. He had sold data to Cambridge Analytica, which was a huge privacy invasion.

'The Great Hack' received Emmy nominations for the category of 'Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction' and received several awards for its graphical work and animation.

The two hour and 19-minutes-long documentary is worth watching to get an idea about how data mining works, how to stay away from fake news and most importantly, how to be responsible while sharing personal data on social media.

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NSF Awards Grant to Study Use of AI to Improve Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Network – University of Arkansas Newswire

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University of Arkansas team, left to right, top: Haitao Liao, Ed Pohl, Xiao Liu; bottom, Xintao Wu, Roy McCann and Yue Zhao.

The National Science Foundation has awarded researchers from industrial engineering, electrical engineering and computer science at the U of A $1.45 million to investigate of the potential of artificial intelligence as a driving force for changes to critical infrastructures and industries.

Their ultimate goal is to establish a collaborative research and workforce development/education program. This four-year multi-institution, multidisciplinary project, worth $6 million in total, will be led by North Dakota State University and the U of A, with other collaborators from University of Nevada-Las Vegas and Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town, North Dakota.

"We know firsthand that vulnerabilities in our energy grid can have serious consequences for our economy and society, so I'm proud of this multidisciplinary team investigating how artificial intelligence can help improve our energy infrastructure," said Kim Needy, dean of the College of Engineering. "We're grateful to the National Science Foundation for supporting work that will help ensure our energy infrastructure is protected against various catastrophic failures."

Led by professor Haitao Liao, the Arkansas team includes Ed Pohl, professor, and Xiao Liu, assistant professor of industrial engineering; Xintao Wu, professor of computer science and computer engineering; Roy McCann, professor, and Yue Zhao, associate professor of electrical engineering.

"It has been a great experience working on this multidisciplinary team," Wu said. "We will develop new AI models such as multi-layered network embedding and neural survival analysis and integrate them in the data-driven decision-making framework for responding to disruptions in the energy systems." Wu leads the Social Awareness and Intelligent Learning (SAIL) Lab, which conducts research in areas of data privacy and security, data mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

McCann said the national energy infrastructure is rapidly expanding to provide a wider range of electricity sources such as from wind and solar. "As was seen from the cold weather-related blackouts and disruptions in Texas during February, it is imperative to build resilience into energy delivery systems. Because of the increasing complexity of energy networks and supply chains, developing AI into the equipment that controls energy production and delivery is a solution for meeting future reliability demands."

Zhao continued this point by saying the U of A is home to the NSF Center on GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems, also called GRAPES. "Over the past decade, extensive research and development work has been done in GRAPES to accelerate the adoption and insertion of power electronics into the electric grid in order to improve system stability, flexibility, robustness and economy. In this project, as GRAPES faculty members, professor McCann and I will contribute to the modeling and simulation for the power grid."

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Australia plans to boost mineral discovery with new drill core research lab – MINING.COM – MINING.com

Exploration and mining companies commit large investment in drill core operations to be able to peer beneath the surface to understand ore bodies and uncover new underground resources, Rob Hough, acting director of CSIRO mineral resources, said in a media statement. This unique facility is able to maximise data from drill core samples, enabling characterisation across scales; from big picture analyses on kilometres of drill core through to the elemental composition of rock on a microscale.

Scientists and companies accessing the lab will be able to uncover geochemical and hyperspectral data to show elemental and mineralogical abundance against stratigraphic depth

In detail, scientists and companies accessing the laboratory will be able to uncover geochemical and hyperspectral data to show elemental and mineralogical abundance against stratigraphic depth, as well as spectral data to understand mineralization and alteration relationships; data to determine stratigraphic units and boundaries, for example, facies, sedimentary succession and alteration mineralogy; data to assist with seismic stratigraphy; and sediment chemistry and accumulation rates.

They will also be able to perform rapid high-resolution core photography and core quality assessment.

In Houghs view, extracting more data from drill core analyses will help unlock Australian critical minerals by providing information that drives key decisions for the discovery, mining, and processing of such resources.

The lab is also envisioned as a testbed platform where students, researchers and industry partners can connect and develop new workflows to enhance success and productivity in mineral exploration and mining.

Faster analysis of drill cores by a range of cutting-edge techniques in this facility will speed up the development and testing of new ideas about how mineral systems develop, and help our leading researchers identify new clues to recognising undiscovered ore bodies, Nicole Roocke, CEO of the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia, said in the press brief.

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Here are the 14 most important pieces of surveillance technology that make up the US digital border wall, according to immigrant-rights groups – News…

The US-Mexico border wall near Sasabe, Arizona.

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US Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement use phone hacking, license-plate scanning, iris recognition, and a host of other surveillance technology to monitor the US border, according to a report released on Thursday by immigrant-rights groups.

The Deadly Digital Border Wall, compiled by Mijente, Just Futures Law, and the No Border Wall Coalition, doesnt identify every piece of software and hardware the agencies use. One example is Raven, short for Repository for Analytics in a Virtualized Environment, a data-mining and analytics tool ICE is developing. But it does provide an overview of some of the key technologies that ICE and CBP rely on.

Cinthya Rodriguez, a Mijente organizer, said the US border was a testing ground for more widespread expansions of government surveillance.

We remain steadfast in our #NoTechForICE demand and call on the Biden administration to follow up on promises made to immigrant communities with meaningful action, she added.

Here are the top 14 border-surveillance technologies, according to the report:

This is a camera system that takes pictures of car license plates as they pass by and logs other relevant information like date, time, and place. Immigration agencies install these cameras at and near borders. CBP pays Motorola Solutions for it, while ICE pays Vigilant Solutions.

Along the US-Mexico border, CBP operates tall towers designed to spot people from almost 10 miles away. The agency has paid the Israeli military contractor Elbit Systems to install these structures.

These surveillance towers are slightly smaller and movable. General Dynamics won a $177 million contract for installing these in 2013. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2023.

This consists of a telescope, a laser light, a thermal-imaging device, and a video system thats attached to the back of a truck, which itself is equipped with geospatial analytics. Since 2015, Tactical Micro has been providing CBP with dozens of the systems, and PureTech Systems has been providing the in-vehicle geospatial analytics.

CBP uses these towers to scan the landscape for people. Anduril has been providing them since 2018. They come equipped with software designed to distinguish people from animals and store images of human faces.

CBP has used large and small drones to surveil remote areas of land, and even the sea, for evidence of migrants. General Atomics, AeroVironment, FLIR Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Anduril have all provided CBP with surveillance drones.

This software sends files of fingerprint scans, pictures of faces, and iris images captured by separate pieces of hardware to both ICEs case management system for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and to the DHS-wide IDENT database, the report said. According to the Department Homeland Security, the automated biometric identification system stores 260 million unique identities and processes more than 350,000 biometric transactions per day.

According to the report, the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) System is a database of biometric data such as face images, DNA profiles, iris scans, fingerprint scans, and audio files, called voice prints, thats hosted on Amazon Web Services and being developed by Northrop Grumman. It will eventually replace the automated biometric identification system (IDENT) currently used by DHS, the report said.

This is a face-matching tool that CBP uses at the US border and entry ports like airports. A camera takes a picture of a traveler and compares it with a passport or other form of ID. CBP says it stores comparison photos of US citizens in IDENT for 15 years.

This is a mobile app on which Border Patrol agents can collect biometric and other personal information on migrants and asylum seekers. Data that can be logged in to the app includes phone numbers, employment and family information, marital status, people traveling together, permanent address abroad, and destination in the US, as well as a photograph to be run through CBP biometric records, the report said.

Using services from the Israeli company Cellebrite, Canadas Magnet Forensics, and the US company Grayshift, CBP can search mobile phones and other devices for information about a person. Grayshift and Cellebrite can sometimes unlock phones. US border agents dont need warrants to search peoples devices, according to a 2019 court ruling, and border agents searched more than 40,000 devices in 2019, Reuters reported.

These are pieces of software designed to extract personal information stored in cars, including call logs and navigation histories. CBP has paid Berla Corp., which partnered with the Swedish mobile-forensics company MSAB, for this service.

Venntel, a subsidiary of the data broker Gravy Analytics, sells licenses to CBP and other DHS entities that allow them to use consumer cellphone data to track migrants and asylum seekers. A DHS document leaked to BuzzFeed News said it was possible to combine the consumer location data with other information and analysis to identify an individual user.

ICAD is a system of underground sensors and cameras that detects the presence or movement of individuals and sends data back to CBP. Border Patrol agents then seek out the people captured on ICAD, ask these people for their biographic data, and store this information, according to the report.

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Internet Security Market Crucial Aspects of the Industry by Segments to 2030 – Taiwan News

Study at the Global Internet Security Market

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FBI says ransomware is on the rise: what is it and who’s vulnerable? – Q13 FOX (Seattle)

FBI says prevention is protection from ransomware attacks

Ransomware is now the weapon of choice for cyber criminals

Seattle - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is raising awareness on the prevalence and threat of ransomware attacks.

Ransomware is when a criminal demands money in exchange to unlock a system or prevent a data leak.

"I would say that ransomware is the most prevalent attack that were seeing today, and the reason why were seeing that is because its very lucrative to our criminals," said L.T. Chu, the Senior Supervisory Intelligence Analyst in the FBI Seattle Field Office. "In 2019, we saw one ransomware variant that dominated the cyber landscape which was known as Ryuk. Today, the FBI has investigations for over 100 ransomware variants."

Access to ransomware is becoming easier for cybercriminals, according to Chu.

"Were seeing a change in technique where criminals are not only charging you to unlock your information, but theyre also charging you to not leak the information to the public," said Chu. "The FBI understands criminal organizations and how to take them down. Our strategy is to target three main things. Thats the actors, their infrastructure and their money."

In May, the Colonial Pipeline was hit with a major pipeline attack where criminals demanded more than $4 million in ransom to unlock its computer systems, and according to Chu, the FBI investigation recovered $2.3 million of the ransom paid.

"The unique part of this investigation was our partnerships were so strong with this company that they were able to call the FBI early on and share the information that they had with indicators of compromise," said Chu. "Everybody is vulnerable. From private citizens to corporations to government agencies, and thats why its so important that we protect ourselves from these attacks."

In recent months, and even days, weve also seen media companies attacked with ransomware.

Mike Hamilton is the Founder of Critical Insight, Inc. A cyber security company that does managing and consulting security services. He believes the attacks on media groups are a calculated move on the part of cybercriminals.

"I think theyre intentionally going after media markets Marketron was one, Sinclair was one, Cox was one. So this is starting to look like a trend now," said Hamilton. "If you disrupt a media organization or a manufacturing line or something like that, the bills start piling up right away. The loss can be calculated on a per-minute basis and youre going to do anything you need to do to get your organization back in working order and making money again."

Hamilton also started a nonprofit called PISCES, which stands for Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System. PISCES provides security monitoring for small cities and counties in return for collecting information from their networks, or metadata, that is used to train up and coming cyber security students.

"It goes over to the Washington State Academic Cyber Range where five universities teach classes on cyber. Analysts use live fire from real critical infrastructure in our state. That way we develop a workforce faster and better than any other place in the country," said Hamilton.

As for protecting ourselves, Chu believes that prevention is protection and said, "Make sure that your software is updated and patched. Secondly, back up your information and make multiple backups. Not only that, store your backups on a different server from your main server. Last but not least, refrain from clicking on any suspicious links at all costs."

Hamilton also recommends multifactor authentication, a plan in case of a security breach that has been tested and awareness about the Internet.

"The user interactive Internet exists to sell to you, to steal from you and to manipulate your opinion, and you should know that about the Internet. its not a nice, friendly place," said Hamilton.

If you become the target of a cyberattack, the FBI said to report it by submitting a complaint on the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

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Keep cyber secure this National Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Open Access Government

With four in ten businesses reporting a cyber attack in the last twelve months, and as businesses move toward a new era of hybrid operations post-pandemic, promoting good cybersecurity is more important now than ever.

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, celebrated every October to raise the importance of internet security and cybersecurity measures for businesses and consumers, is an excellent opportunity for everyone to reflect on their cybersecurity practices, and ensure theyre doing all that they can.

With that in mind, we spoke to ten cybersecurity experts, about the evolving threat landscape, and to learn their top tips for bolstering cybersecurity.

The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and all organisations need to adapt to survive the pernicious threats they face.

Evolving your cybersecurity posture requires top-down engagement from the board, urges Michael Carr, Head of Strategic Development at Six Degrees. The simple fact of the matter is that cybersecurity is a core business issue that requires daily prioritisation to reduce the serious exposure your organisation faces financially and operationally, as well as long-term reputational consequences.

During this years Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I very much hope executive teams realise that employees should not be the only line of defence against cyber attacks, adds Danny Lopez, CEO at Glasswall Solutions. With the growing technological sophistication of data breaches and the sheer volume of threats today, any individual within a network can easily become a target. Unfortunately, most employees are unfamiliar with how to properly protect themselves.

The best option is to remove the threat entirely before the user needs to make a choice. Increasingly, traditional sandboxing and antivirus software arent enough. Implementing solution-based file protection software like Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) can rebuild files to a higher security standard so users can benefit from safe, clean files and organisational leadership can have peace of mind.

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a reminder for enterprises to make security a strategic imperative, reinforces Anurag Kahol, CTO at Bitglass. A vigilant security posture starts with implementing a unified cloud security platform, like secure access service edge (SASE) and security service edge (SSE), that replaces various disjointed point products and extends consistent security to all sanctioned cloud resources, while following a Zero Trust framework to prevent unauthorised network access.

Jakub Lewandowski, Global Data Governance Officer at Commvault, highlights that prevention is better than a cure. He urges, the best defence is to be proactive, rather than reactive. Dont wait until an attack has happened and the attacker is in your system before you attempt to remove them. Create a strong defence that prevents an attack from penetrating your system in the first place.

He adds, organisations should also always have the ability to recover their data should it be lost because of a ransomware attack backups should therefore be vital elements of any company strategy to prevent disruption, should an attack slip through the defences.

Backup and disaster recovery coupled with regularly audited security measures are the best form of defence, agrees Hugh Scantlebury, Founder and CEO of Aqilla, but adds that firms shouldnt assume that your cloud-based SaaS solutions automatically offer these services.

Aqillas software does. But if youre using cloud-based accounting and financial software indeed, any cloud-based solution wed recommend you check that your solution operates from a secure and well-managed data centre. Ask your provider if they store your data in accordance with the National CyberSecurity Centres 14 Cloud Security Principles.

Finally, check whether disaster recovery and automated backup are taking place (and with what frequency) within your SaaS environments.

Andy Fernandez, Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, reinforces the importance of restoring data as quickly as possible after an attack: Hackers are finding ways to prolong unplanned downtime and increase data loss, and getting operational as quickly as possible is key. Yet legacy data protection solutions arent focused on the speed of recoveryonly on recovering that data. Many organizations pay the ransom simply because of how long it would take their backup systems to restore encrypted data. From web experiences to employee tools, time is money and reducing unplanned downtime is key.

Last year, in the blink of an eye, organisations transitioned entire workforces and operations to an at-home, remote model almost overnight. Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director at Diligent Institute, highlights: Suddenly collaboration tools and video conferencing were more vital than ever before, but in the haste to deploy them, their security became an afterthought.

As employees navigated their new working environments, a lack in consistently applied good cybersecurity practices was unsurprising but these mishaps, which are often unintentional, lead to bad outcomes. The resulting increase in incidents of ransomware and other malicious cyber attacks that occurred were spurred on by the use of unsecured collaboration tools systems that increased the risk of internal leaks in circumstances where access privileges and security protocols were not rigorously followed or enforced.

Within the working environment, employees sharing personal and private data internally and externally is a constant stress for security teams and IT operations, explains Phil Dunlop, General Manager, EMEA, Progress. The data security risks associated with social platforms like Slack, Teams and WhatsApp only add to the pressure. Whats needed are robust tools and technology to make collaboration as seamless as possible, internally and externally, without sidestepping data security. Without the proper precautions in place, an open, collaborative environment can also be an insecure one, especially where sensitive data is involved.

In todays digital age, companies must continuously train their employees and build a security-minded workforce thats aware of the multitude of threats they face. Indeed, with threats rising across expanding attack surfaces, having a good understanding of cybersecurity is no longer just a nice to have, Don Mowbray, EMEA Lead, Technology & Development at Skillsoft, points out.

New Skillsoft data shows that since 2019, weve observed a 53% increase in the total number of hours that corporate learners are dedicating to security training on an annual basis a positive step in the right direction. Having a creative approach to training can make a significant difference in both engaging employees and making them more proficient in identifying cyber threats. Leveraging blended learning mixes styles, tactics, and content delivery modalities that make for a robust, effective and tailored environment for all.

Terry Storrar, Managing Director UK at Leaseweb, echoes the importance of educating employees. This National Cybersecurity Awareness Month provides the perfect opportunity to remind ourselves and co-workers to do our part and #BeCyberSmart. The simplest way we can do this is by developing good daily routines that work to manage the most common cybersecurity risks facing our organisations. Examples of this include keeping software up to date, backing up data, and maintaining good password practices.

He concludes, At the end of the day, lack of education and human error are two of the largest contributors to data breaches. Businesses need to start implementing more safeguarding protocols and make cyber training not just accessible for all employees, but a basic part of onboarding.

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