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Pew Center Survey Finds Americans Lack Understanding of Cybersecurity Measures

• Most ‘typical’ users simply don’t understand security because it’s “magic” to them
• Basics must be understood by average Jane - attackers count on you not knowing
• How do you take knowledge and push to enterprise, while keeping up with consumers?
• Link: http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/03/22/what-the-public-knows-about-cybersecurity/

Suspect Charged in USD 100m Whaling Scheme

• $100 Million dollar - from just two companies
• How would your executives (and those supporting staff) fare against this attack?
• More importantly, how does your “awareness” program deal with this?
• Link: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/lithuanian-man-arrested-theft-over-100-million-fraudulent-email-compromise-scheme

Google's Android Security 2016 Year in Review Report: Android Security Improving

• Overall, Google is making great strides
• The fragmentation problem isn’t getting better for legacy devices that have long life-spans
• Going forward, things appear to be set up for faster, more OTA updates regularly - but that’s only for NEW stuff
• What is the state of your enterprise mobile policy?
• Link: http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/en//security/reports/Google_Android_Security_2016_Report_Final.pdf

U.S., U.K. warn airports, nuclear facilities of cyberattacks

• Confusing - threat to airports seems to be from hiding explosives in laptops/mobile devices
• Threat to Nuclear Plants (ICS) seems to be of a cyber nature to legacy systems
• Big picture issue works for enterprises too - legacy systems are a target
• Link: https://www.scmagazine.com/us-uk-warn-airports-nuclear-facilities-of-cyberattacks/article/648163/

Neiman Marcus data breach settlement tells us plenty about the ROI of security

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