As we are all very aware, being a technical person or layman, the recent CrowdStrike outage caused disruptions on a myriad of systems worldwide, affecting multiple industry sectors and millions of people in some way, shape, or format.

Data backup is an important part of cybersecurity. Implementing appropriate data backup solutions may save both time and money. Understanding and adhering to current backup procedures is critical, as is partnering with IT workers. Imagine an organization experiencing a sudden hardware failure on their computer. Without proper backups, restoring critical records gets delayed or even impossible. If there is no backup policy in place, one must be created.

Log on as a batch job policy determines the accounts permitted to sign in through a batch-queue tool like the Task Scheduler service. When you schedule a task using the Add Scheduled Task Wizard, assigning it to run under specific credentials, that user is granted the right to log on as a batch job. At the designated time, the Task Scheduler service logs in the user as a batch job rather than an interactive user, executing the task within the user’s security parameters.

The Chinese espionage group Daggerfly, also known as Evasive Panda or Bronze Highland, has significantly upgraded its malware arsenal, allowing it to target a wide range of operating systems including Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. This development marks a notable escalation in the group's cyber capabilities, as detailed in a recent analysis by Symantec.

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With any IT environment, especially the public cloud, security is a top concern and priority. When leveraging the public cloud, one of the most important steps to ensuring a protected environment is recognizing the shared responsibility model, as it delineates the security obligations between the cloud provider and your organization.

In a significant development in the realm of data security, Verizon Communications has agreed to a $16 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) following a series of data breaches at its subsidiary, TracFone Wireless. The breaches, which occurred between 2021 and 2023, have led to increased scrutiny on Verizon's data protection practices and will result in mandatory improvements to its security measures.