In the January 20, 2022 issue of “Be Cyber Safe”, we talked about the Infrastructure Bill signed into law by President Biden in 2021, which created the $1 billion State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program. The federal government is providing this grant funding to help local communities improve their cyber security. These funds will […]
Archives for March 2022
The Feds are Stepping Up to Protect Local Governments. Are you ready?
In the January 20, 2022 issue of “Be Cyber Safe”, we talked about the Infrastructure Bill signed into law by President Biden in 2021, which created the $1 billion State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program. The federal government is providing this grant funding to help local communities improve their cyber security. These funds will […]
Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act Signed into Law
This week, President Biden signed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act. It sounds like a great idea to “strengthen American cyber security”. But how exactly are we going to do that?The quickest and easiest way to improve cyber security across the country is through information sharing for trend analysis, threat alerts, protection measures, etc.The new law […]
Be Alert to All Threats
While the world watches Russia invade Ukraine, those of us in the cyber security arena has been on high alert for cyber attacks from Russia. However, we must not forget that many bad actors will take advantage of a crisis to attack where we aren’t looking.A perfect example is the recent attacks on state governments […]
Love on the Dark Web
Don’t get too excited. What we are talking about is that “I love you” is one of the top 20 passwords on the Dark Web. These are the passwords that have been found most often in data breaches that are for sale on the Dark Web. Clearly, we have work to do in our security […]