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Bit-Wizards Stresses Importance of IT Security in Light of Cybersecurity Awareness Month

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Fort Walton Beach, Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Managed IT Services provider Bit-Wizards is urging businesses of all sizes to prioritize security in response to Cybersecurity Awareness Month. With the average cost of a data breach in the United States reaching $9.48 million in 2023, up from $9.44 million in 2022, Bit-Wizards emphasizes the importance of businesses taking proactive measures to protect against cyber threats.

High-profile companies such as T-Mobile, MGM, Activision, and many others have already suffered financial losses due to cyberattacks this year, and with the holiday season approaching, Bit-Wizards warns that cybercrime tends to spike during this time. Businesspeople often let their guards down, and more employees are traveling and working remotely, making organizations more vulnerable to security risks.

“There’s an increase in activity for cyber threats this time of year because hackers know that people are not being as vigilant as they normally are,” says Jason Monroe, Director of Solution Consulting at Bit-Wizards.  “By nature, we’re relaxed, we’re happy, and we don’t think anything can touch us.”

To combat this, Bit-Wizards urges businesses to implement:

  • Employee training: The main problem with employees is that they simply don’t know that they’re doing anything wrong, or they don’t know what to look for. Training your employees to be skeptical about every external email should be ongoing training that happens regularly. Your employees are your last line of defense before a cyber-criminal can get into your network, but they are also the reason why the doors are left unlocked and opened. Training on computer security best practices, passwords, phishing, ransomware, and other threats should be frequent and ongoing.

  • Cybersecurity measures: Taking cybersecurity measures such as undergoing regular penetration tests is a smart way to help defend your network. A penetration test is an authorized attack on a network to evaluate its security posture. When you undergo a pen test, you’re hiring a company to ethically hack your system. The main focus of this exercise is to attempt to find a vulnerability in a company’s system and then exploit…

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Security awareness training among govt workers needed • BusinessMirror Editorial

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Hacking incidents have affected many big companies and government agencies in recent years, including a 2018 Facebook data breach that enabled attackers to access millions of user data. That year, it was discovered that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had obtained access to the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their consent. This was made possible by access control vulnerability in the social media’s application programming interface (API) that allowed third-party developers to access user data.

The scandal brought to light the issue of data privacy and the need for stricter access control measures. Facebook faced widespread criticism for mishandling users’ personal information and was fined $5 billion by the US Federal Trade Commission for violating users’ privacy.

No one knows the number of hackers around the world since many of those with malicious intentions are unidentified. However, some hackers join the ethical hacking community. Based on the 2018 Hacker Report, there are more than 166,000 registered ethical hackers worldwide.

India and the United States were the top countries where hackers were located, with 43 percent combined representatives. Russia, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom follow, with 14 percent combined representatives, according to the HackerOne hacker community.

CrowdStrike, the company that discovered that the Russians had hacked the Democratic National Committee, said that Russian hackers are known to be the fastest hackers. They can access a computer network in just 18 minutes, while Korean hackers gain access in two and a half hours, and Chinese hackers need four hours.

In the Philippines, a recent hacking incident stole personally identifiable information (PII) of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. members and its employees. PhilHealth was hacked by the Medusa group, and the hackers were demanding a $300-million ransom in exchange for the deletion of the stolen PhilHealth files posted on the dark web. PhilHealth President and CEO Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. said the insurer will not pay the ransom, but it had to spend P172 million to buttress its cyber defense.

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Penn State Berks holds Cybersecurity Awareness Month events

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WYOMISSING, Pa. — In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, three Penn State Berks degree programs — cybersecurity analytics and operations, security and risk analysis, and information technology programs — will join forces to host events to increase awareness about cybersecurity issues and best practices. These events are free and each event is for a different audience, including students, faculty, staff, K-12 students and educators, senior citizens and the community. Preregistration is required for some events. 

What is Quantum Information Science?   
 

Monday, October 9, 12:15 – 1:15 p.m., Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, Room 248 
This event is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required. 

During this presentation, Robert Forrey, distinguished professor of physics at Penn State Berks and program director for Quantum Information Science, Division of Physics, National Science Foundation, will describe the Quantum Information Science (QIS) program at the National Science Foundation. He will provide an introduction and overview of quantum computing and discuss opportunities in the emerging fields of quantum information science and engineering (QISE) and quantum information science and technology (QIST).   

Cybersecurity Career Pathways Panel 

 

Wednesday, October 11, 12:15–1:15 p.m., Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, Room 247 
This event is open to Penn State Berks students, faculty and staff, and K-12 school counselors and administrators.  

Alumni from the college’s information sciences and technology majors will discuss their background and experience working in cybersecurity careers. Participants include Amie Croteau, A/AI machine learning product owner, Lockheed Martin; Antonio Esposito, associate insider risk detection engineer, Pfizer; Michael Ference, systems architect, network / firewall administrator, PPL; and Allison Piech, enterprise information security ITLDP, CVS Health. 

Cyber Lions visit Phoebe Berks Retirement Community   
 

Friday, October 20 
This event is open only to residents of Phoebe Berks Retirement Community. 

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Security Awareness Computer-Based Training Market Report 2023 Size and Share Analysis Report 2031

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