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IAPSC members over the years have proven again and again their willingness to assist members who have questions or need advice on project related topics. IAPSC has a communication feature on the "Members Only" section of the website which allows you to broadcast a message to the membership or selected sub-group. Use it when you need to have a question answered.
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IAPSC Member Jim Kelton of Altius IT was recently quoted in Physicians Practice magazine where Mr. Kelton identified Three Controls to Prepare Your Practice for a Ransomware Attack:
"Using EHRs in physician practices can mean greater efficiency, cost-effectiveness and better service for patients. But, as with life, you must take the good with the bad. The bad here, says Jim Kelton, Managing Principal, Costa Mesa, California-based Altius IT, is the risk that your practice could be the victim of a ransomware attack, such as the WannaCry virus that has affected 300,000 victims in 150 countries, according to CNBC…"
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Registration is now open for this popular seminar: Sunday, September 24, 2017 in Dallas, TX, prior to the ASIS 2017 Seminar & Exhibits. This unique, one-day intensive program will show you how launch a new security consultant practice or jump-start an existing one. Learn from a faculty of seasoned consultants how to develop and market yourself as a security consultant and how to avoid the expensive mistakes that can sabotage your success. The program is filled with practical information that will save you time, money, and frustration. Take home a comprehensive workbook of sample proposals and reports that give you a clear advantage when competing for a security consulting assignment. Register Now.
Washington Examiner
Elected officials and world leaders are questioning whether Internet companies are doing enough to combat terrorism online, following a string of terrorist attacks in Europe over the past few months. Yet, the question of how to best address the issue, and on which parties the responsibility should fall, is more nuanced.
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Security Magazine
U.S. consumers rate national security in relation to war or terrorism as their top security concern, though fears over viruses/malware and hacking are rising dramatically, according to the new Unisys Security Index™ that surveyed more than 13,000 consumers in April 2017 in 13 countries. The global study gauges the attitudes of consumers on a wide range of security-related issues.
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The Washington Post
Many cities aren't ready for a new onslaught of urban terrorism. State security services have long been occupied with defending vulnerable urban spaces against attack, but until recently, the style of terrorist attack — the targeting of high-profile commercial or government buildings — seldom affected everyday city life. As we have seen from recent attacks, the modus operandi of terrorists has changed significantly in recent years and counter-responses, including urban planning, must adapt to this new reality.
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Money
Loss of inventory from stores — due to causes including shoplifting and employee theft — cost the U.S. retail industry nearly $48.9 billion in 2016. The National Retail Security Survey, conducted annually by the National Retail Federation trade group, found that the average inventory shrink rate increased to 1.44 percent in 2016. That figure — which measures missing inventory — includes items that go missing because of shoplifting, theft by employees, administrative errors, vendor fraud and other unknown loss.
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TechRepublic
Evidence of the cybersecurity workforce shortage continues to mount: By 2022, there will be 1.8 million open jobs in this field, according to the recent Global Information Security Workforce Study from the nonprofit ISC(2) — up from the 2015 estimate of 1.5 million by 2020. Only 7 percent of cybersecurity workers surveyed were under age 29, and 13 percent were between ages 30 and 34.
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Dark Reading
When you're a toddler, you think the world revolves around you, and your personal constitution has one word in it: "mine!" As you grow and develop some wisdom, you recognize that the world is complex, there are systems governing everything, and without the ability to share, you're likely destined to a lonely, off-the-grid existence in a van down by the river. The cloud, itself, is a great example of the power of what sharing can provide.
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Security Info Watch
Earlier in June, USA Today reported that universities nationwide have recently suffered a rash of hoax bomb threats sent to printers and fax machines on their campuses. Among the schools impacted, according to the report, include Vanderbilt University, University of Virginia, University of Southern California and University of Detroit-Mercy.
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Read IT Quick
Business resilience is an area that most organizations do not focus much on, resulting in unnecessary and damaging downtime. It is, in fact, surprising that many IT leaders do not even have a Disaster Recovery plan for the most mission-critical applications, says a survey by the Forbes and IBM. The "Business Resiliency: Now's the Time to Transform Continuity Strategies" survey attributes this gap to the "resiliency perception gap," which is the gap between how leaders perceive their resiliency and business continuity strategies to be, compared to how effective they actually are.
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