“The Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) team at NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published Volume A of a preliminary draft practice guide titled “Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture” and is seeking the public’s comments on its contents.” The June 3, 2022 notice entitled “Open for…
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Darkreading.com reported that “Broadcom described the acquisition as part of its move to create a global infrastructure technology company. The company also announced that its Broadcom Software Group will be rebranded as VMware.” The May 26, 2022 article entitled “Broadcom Snaps Up VMware in $61B Deal” included these…
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The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued Blockchain guidance for Access Control (AC) which “…is concerned with determining the allowed activities of legitimate users and mediating every attempt by a user to access a resource in the system. The objectives of an…
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The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that “collective effort to defend cyberspace. As ever, CISA remains committed to working with the industrial control systems (ICS) community to address both urgent operational cyber events and long-term ICS risk.” The May 24, 2022 news release entitled “CISA’S ROLE IN…
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McKinsey.com reported that “The emerging technology of quantum computing could revolutionize the fight against climate change, transforming the economics of decarbonization and becoming a major factor in limiting global warming to the target temperature of 1.5°C.”. The May 19, 2022 article entitled “Quantum computing just might save the planet&rdquo…
HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “Zerto recently commissioned IDC to conduct a major ransomware and disaster preparedness survey, which revealed that 79% of respondents have activated a disaster recovery (DR) response within the past 12 months. 61% of these incidents were triggered by ransomware or other malware with 60% of organizations reporting…
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BusinessInsurance.com reported that “European Union countries and lawmakers agreed on Friday to tougher cybersecurity rules for large energy, transport and financial firms, digital providers and medical device makers amid concerns about cyberattacks by state actors and other malicious players.” The May 13, 2022 article entitled “EU toughens cybersecurity rules…
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Cointelegraph.com reported that “Bored Ape creator Yuga’s Otherdeed launch was the largest NFT mint ever,…Last week, 55,000 parcels of “virtual land” were sold on the Ethereum blockchain for more than $300 million, the largest nonfungible token (NFT) mint ever.” The May 9, 2022 article entitled “Largest NFT mint ever:…
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NIST published the Special Publication 800-207 which “defines zero trust as a set of cybersecurity principles used when planning and implementing an enterprise architecture. These principles apply to endpoints, services, and data flows. Input and cooperation from various stakeholders in an enterprise is needed for a zero trust architecture to…
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BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “New cyber incident reporting rules are set to come into effect in the U.S. on May 1. Banks in the country will be required to notify regulators within the first 36 hours after an organization suffers a qualifying “computer-security incident.” The April 29, 2022 report entitled “…
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