InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Wednesday, March 9, 2022

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3 min readMar 10, 2022

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Critical steps to bolster K-12 cybersecurity

This past August, the Center for Internet Security's Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)…

www.eschoolnews.com

Social media is being misused in Kenya's political arena. Why it's hard to stop it

The information landscape in Africa - as elsewhere in the world - has expanded exponentially over the last decade. The…

theconversation.com

DOJ Announces the First of What Will Likely Be Many Settlements Under Its Cyber-Fraud Initiative

The Department of Justice unveiled its Cyber-Fraud Initiative in October 2021, announcing that it planned to use its…

www.lexology.com

Boise State Offering Security as a Service to Rural Agencies

Boise State University's Institute for Pervasive Cybersecurity is teaming up with the cybersecurity company Stellar…

www.govtech.com

Dominican Republic-based cyber crooks scammed American seniors

Santo Domingo. - The cybercrime network busted by Operation Discovery defrauded US citizens, essentially over 60 years…

dominicantoday.com

MoMI explores deep fakes, technology and misinformation - Queens Daily Eagle

The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting a live event this week to discuss the details of fabricated videos and their…

queenseagle.com

You can now run a criminal background check on your Tinder date

Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable criminal background…

www.wgal.com

City of Ardmore addresses cyber security threat amid increasing attacks

In 2021, the City of Ardmore received and blocked over 1.2 million cyber attacks. These attacks have recently…

www.ardmoreite.com

Manufacturing is the 'Most Targeted' Industry for Cyber Attacks | Datamation

The 2022 "X-Force Threat Intelligence Index" by IBM Security reveals how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations…

www.datamation.com

Forrester: Women represent 24% of the cyber workforce globally

The bills are designed to authorize DHS grant funding for higher education cybersecurity training and education…

www.scmagazine.com

A new Pitt Cyber report shows how policymakers and the public can address bias in algorithms

A new report released today by the Pittsburgh Task Force on Public Algorithms, an initiative of the University of…

www.pitt.edu

Does your Insurance Policy Protect you from Email Spoofing? | JD Supra

Your CFO or accounts payable clerk receives a legitimate-looking email supposedly from the company's president…

www.jdsupra.com

How Check Point's female senior leadership team is empowering women in cybersecurity

In light of International Women's Day 2022, cyber security solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies has…

yourstory.com

Noteworthy Trends in Privacy and Data Security

Reports of sophisticated cyberattacks and ransomware threats dominated 2021 headlines, along with evolving state data…

privacylaw.proskauer.com