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In our latest webinar, we explored real-world cybersecurity and online safety incidents, focusing on strategies that K-12 techs can use to prepare for hidden digital threats. Guest speakers Sal Franco, IT Director at Buckeye Elementary, and Fran Watkins, Technology Manager at Centennial School District, shared first-hand stories of ransomware and data loss incidents that tested ...

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Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience.

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The Internet of Things is growing apace.

Related: The Top 12 IoT protocols

Deployment of 5G and AI-enhanced IoT systems is accelerating. This, in turn, is driving up the number of IoT-connected devices in our homes, cities, transportation systems and … (more…)

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In episode 354, we discuss the emergence of the term ‘Advanced Persistent Teenagers’ (APT) as a “new” cybersecurity threat. Recorded just before the election, the hosts humorously predict election outcomes while exploring the rise of teenage hackers responsible for major breaches. The episode also covers a notable Okta vulnerability that allowed someone to login without […]

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Your internet account passwords are probably among the most guarded pieces of information you retain in your brain. With everything that has recently migrated to the digital realm, a secure password functions as the deadbolt to your private data.. Hackers understand how valuable this personal data is, and so Account Takeover Attacks—where malicious actors gain …

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Authors/Presenters: Paul Gerste

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Faced with a critical system failure, would you choose a month without MFA or data backups? Explore the consequences of each in this risk management exercise.

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See how the Grip-ServiceNow integration enhances ITSM by identifying and managing shadow SaaS, reducing costs, boosting efficiency, and strengthening security.

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ISPs face a few unique challenges and risks when it comes to DDoS attacks. Their size and complexity make them bigger targets for hackers, while their unique structural features require more tailored defenses.   ISPs can be both direct targets of hackers and targets-by-association, as they host hundreds or thousands of customers – large companies, banks, […]

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MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY CONTENT
Date Signed: 10/25/2024
MARADMINS Number: 511/24

MARADMINS : 511/24
R 231936Z OCT 24
MARADMIN 511/24
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC CD WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY CONTENT//
POC/J.MERCURE/CAPT/CMC CD WASHINGTON DC/TEL: 703-614-2093/EMAIL:
[email protected]//
POC/V.DILLON/CIV/CMC CD WASHINGTON DC/TEL: 703-614-2267/EMAIL:
[email protected]//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This message provides information regarding the
Marine Corps birthday video, the Commandant's written birthday
message, and recorded music to support ceremonies.
2. Commandant's 2024 Birthday Video.
A. The Commandant's 2024 birthday video will be released no
earlier than 1000 EST on 1 NOV 2024. The video will be available via
the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) at the
following URL:
https:(slash)(slash)www.dvidshub.net/feature/CMCBirthdayMessage249.
B. Units conducting their birthday ball celebrations prior to 1
NOV 2024 because of operational requirements or scheduling
constraints may have their local Communication Strategy and
Operations (COMMSTRAT) office download the video via sharepoint at
the following URL:
https:(slash)(slash)usmc.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/CD_BIRTHDAY.
C. Individuals requiring the video for inclusion in birthday ball
celebrations are encouraged to register for a DVIDS account prior to
1 NOV 2024 to ensure they can download the video for offline
playback, rather than attempting to stream the video from DVIDS.
D. Requests for DVD copies of the videos should be directed to
the nearest COMMSTRAT office, which will fulfill the request based
on their own capacity and capability.
3. Recorded Music. Traditional birthday music can be downloaded
from the U.S. Marine Band website at
https:(slash)(slash)www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/
Ceremonial-Music.
4. Commandant's 2024 Written Birthday Message.
A. The Commandant's written birthday message will be available
on his website at https:(slash)(slash)www.cmc.marines.mil/birthday.
5. POCs:
A. Recorded music: Ms. Vadya Dillon, Head, Marine Band Branch,
at 703-614-2267 or email [email protected].
B. Videos and written message: Capt James Mercure, CD, at
703-614-2093 or email [email protected].
6. Release authorized by SES April L. Langwell, Director of
Communication, Communication Directorate, Headquarters Marine
Corps.//

249th USMC Birthday Message

 

10 November 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

             For 249 years, Marines have served as our Nation's sentinels of freedom. As we celebrate our Corps' birthday this year, I encourage all Marines to reflect on our legacy forged in blood on battlefields since 1775, and to rededicate ourselves to carrying that legacy untarnished into the future. Collectively, we who wear the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor have an obligation to uphold the ideals of self-discipline, warfighting proficiency, professionalism, and personal conduct that define what it means to be a Marine. I know you are all up to the task.

             Twenty years ago this month, Marines fought and won the Second Battle of Fallujah, a brutal, grinding house to house fight, whose victory ultimately paved the way for the stabilization of the Republic of Iraq. Often in Iraq there were no true front lines, and by necessity, Fallujah was a battle in which every Marine fought, demonstrating once again our cornerstone philosophy that Every Marine is a Rifleman.

             Our history bears witness to Marines of all stripes picking up their rifles and fighting for Corps and Country when the call came. From Wake Island to the Chosin Reservoir to Khe Sanh to Camp Bastion, every Marine fought. Our future battles will be no different. Our rear areas will be as vulnerable as our front lines and every Marine from our infantry battalions to our aviation squadrons to our headquarters and support elements will have to stand-to when called.

             Preparing for the threats of the future requires the same exceptional standards and ironclad discipline that are the hallmarks of our Corps. Twenty years ago in Fallujah, our predecessors staunchly adhered to these virtues, earned our Nation's trust, and ensured the U.S. Marine Corps would remain the most feared fighting force in the world. It is our sworn duty to uphold those standards and stay true to our Core Values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment. Though technology and equipment change, the Marine Corps' culture of excellence must not. The road ahead is far from certain, but our ethos will never change — Every Marine a Rifleman and Everyone Fights.

             As I've said before, it is the honor of my lifetime to be a Marine and serve as your Commandant. I'm proud to stand alongside each of you, and I'm excited to see what the future holds for our Corps. When I travel to visit Marines here at home and deployed around the globe, I find absolute confidence that this generation of Marines has what it takes to uphold our Corps' legacy and prevail in any conflict we face. Happy Birthday, Marines!

Semper Fidelis,
Eric M. Smith
General, U.S. Marine Corps
Commandant of the Marine Corps

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What is the Montana Consumer Data Protection Act (MTCDPA)? The Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MTCDPA), which became effective on October 1, 2024, introduces a series of data privacy rights for Montana residents and compliance obligations for businesses operating in the state. This law is applicable to businesses that process the personal data of at […]

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What is the Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA)? The Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA), effective July 1, 2025, is a state-level data privacy law that regulates how companies manage and protect consumers’ personal data within Tennessee.  TIPA applies to businesses operating in Tennessee that meet specific criteria, such as annual revenues over $25 million and […]

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What is the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA)? The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) is a state law created to protect the privacy of Delaware residents by regulating the collection, use, storage, and sharing of personal data by businesses. Designed to keep pace with modern data privacy standards, the DPDPA provides individuals with […]

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Authors/Presenters: Aaron "dyn" Grattafiori, Ivan Evtimov, Joanna Bitton, Maya Pavlova

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As CEO, I couldn’t be more proud of the entire HYAS team. Because of their hard work, and dedication to protecting the industry from cyber threats, our company was just recognized with another full sweep of awards from Cyber Defense Magazine including:

1. Best Product: Critical Infrastructure Protection
2. Best Solution: Protective DNS
3. Best Product: Security Investigation Platform
4. Hot Company: Threat Actor Infrastructure Mapping
5. Market Leader: Threat Detection, Incident Response, Hunting and Triage Platform
6. Cutting Edge: Threat Intelligence

First and foremost, a big thank you to Cyber Defense Magazine for the recognition. It’s an honor and privilege to be acknowledged for our innovation and focus, and recognized as the experts in infrastructure intelligence, as well as the solutions we deliver around the world based on that expertise.  

But let’s take a closer look at each of these recognitions, why HYAS earned them, and what we’re doing around the world to protect not only our customers, but improve the entire cybersecurity industry with the awarded solutions.

Threat Intelligence and Investigation

Looking at the four covering threat intelligence and investigations, it reminded me of a comment that was made to me, quite recently actually, by the vCISO for a US-based MSSP and long-time client:

"I have a ton of tools. But none of them do what HYAS does. You are the glue that connects all other intel tools.”

Infrastructure, related IOCs, and the intelligence around an adversary’s use of them are at the heart of all security, fraud, and intel investigations. Criminals must create and establish infrastructure for command-and-control before launching their attacks. Various related IOCs help either pinpoint that infrastructure or otherwise identify various aspects of an attack, from how and where to even potentially when and who, as well as which direction to go in for further investigation or action.

Every company needs its focus, a central thesis that makes it and its intellectual property unique and different from everyone else’s. For HYAS it’s our focus on infrastructure and IOC intelligence. HYAS believes that understanding adversary infrastructure, its creation and evolution, and how attackers weaponize and utilize it, is the first and necessary step to understanding and ultimately preventing cyber criminal activity. As such, the HYAS Adversary Infrastructure Platform is the attacker's Achilles heel. It enables key infrastructure intelligence and insights focused on “VRA” or Verdicts, Related Infrastructure, and Actor Attribution; this ultimately powers HYAS Insight, the investigation solution that won all of the awards.  Analysts around the world, across different verticals and organizations, utilize it to answer the hard questions they can’t answer anywhere else – as a Director at a Financial Services company said to me, “HYAS provides us with the critical visibility, intelligence, and answers that we can't get anywhere else.”  Cutting Edge and Market Leader indeed.

Protective DNS and Protection of Critical Infrastructure

But let’s not forget the other two–Best Product Critical Infrastructure Protection and Best Solution Protective DNS. There are lots of other companies that claim product solutions in these categories, some of which are significantly larger in size and resources than HYAS. So, what distinguished HYAS from the rest, leading to these award wins?

Ultimately it came down to the same reason that HYAS won so many awards for threat intelligence. The Achilles heel for cyber criminals is their reliance on adversary infrastructure. As the expert in infrastructure intelligence, as well as the related IOCs that go with it, HYAS is able to defend organizations better than anyone. Whereas most other companies in these categories protect their clients via “hope”–they hope that they can discover what is good and bad, and update their allow and deny lists, before their clients are impacted and affected–HYAS delivers proven, tested, accurate knowledge in advance of the attack. That focus on “VRA” enables HYAS to know what is going to be used as nefarious adversary infrastructure before it gets weaponized and deployed. That unique infrastructure intelligence is how HYAS delivers better accuracy and correctness than anyone else, as proven through independent testing by AV-TEST, and why critical infrastructure providers and leading organizations around the world utilize HYAS Protect as a key component in their security stack.  

Adapting to the Ever-Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape

In a world where AI is rapidly improving attackers’ efficacy, and criminals are continually finding new techniques to evade detection and penetrate organizations, security practitioners need to augment their approach to not only proactively protect themselves against what’s going to happen, but fundamentally transform their approach to resilience and threat anticipation. Security professionals should have the ability to go to sleep at night with the confidence that if something nefarious occurs, it will be rapidly detected and stopped. Protective DNS is becoming a “must have” capability in this brave new world, whether part of a zero-trust model, for overall cyber resiliency, or simply as increased intelligence to bolster the existing security stack. HYAS Protect is currently deployed on four different continents, protecting various verticals across CISA’s critical infrastructure sectors, and we’re thrilled to be recognized by Cyber Defense Magazine, not just for the innovation, but for the good we’re doing around the world with it.

We Don’t Plan to Fail, We Fail to Plan

As we look to put a wrap on 2024, there are three major questions you should ask yourself:  How confident are you in your current security posture and your ability to proactively address tomorrow’s unknown threat? What are your biggest concerns heading into 2025? And how can HYAS support you with some award-winning solutions in addressing these challenges?

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A special message from Rob Thomas, CEO of Team Cymru, thanking our Community for their efforts and dedication to joining our Mission to...

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Authors/Presenters: Jacob Shams

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via the respected Software Engineering expertise of Mikkel Noe-Nygaard and the lauded Software Engineering / Enterprise Agile Coaching work of Luxshan Ratnaravi at Comic Agilé!

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Authors/Presenters: S1nn3r

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