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"If we don't have human capital in place, the other stuff is not going to work," says Patrick Gorman, former associate director of the Office of National Intelligence. "It is the most critical piece of cybersecurity."
Anne Wallace, president of the Identity Theft Assistance Center, says financial institutions must implement best practices to protect their customers' identities.
Lessons learned from the competitions should help the government and business develop programs to identify, train and recruit cybersecurity specialists, U.S. Cyber Challenge Director Karen Evans says.
Debbie Christofferson has worked in IT and information security for many years. And if there's anything she's learned about risk management, it's this: It's all about risk. "All of your decisions about information security should be based on risk to the organization."
Mini-documentary takes you inside the U.S. Cyber Challenge security treasure hunt, where competitors hack deep into a target information system to capture flags in a contest that combines skills and wit.
Fear of data loss and inappropriate behavior leads many employers to introduce strict controls on access to social media sites. Here are the six essentials of an effective social media policy.
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