Tag - critical

Two Strategies to Reduce Critical App Vulnerabilities

Originally published by CrowdStrike. Securing custom applications in a sea of vulnerabilities is daunting. To make the task even more challenging, the threat to applications continues to grow: 8 out of the top 10 data breaches last year were related to application attack surfaces. This blog details two effective strategies for identifying vulnerabilities in custom...

Sabin Vaccine Institute To Partner with Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) on Critical Cholera Vaccine Research – Sabin Vaccine Institute

The Sabin Vaccine Institute announced a new research project with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) to optimize the use of the oral cholera vaccine. The research aims to inform vaccination strategies that could be beneficial in tackling the global resurgence in cholera as well as acute vaccine shortages. The World Health Organization (WHO) currently...

Media Advisory: NAPA and George Mason University Hold Forum on Prioritizing Governance for Resilient Critical Infrastructure

Media Advisory: NAPA and George Mason University Hold Forum on Prioritizing Governance for Resilient Critical Infrastructure Post Date: October 23, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – The National Academy of Public Administration and George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government will hold a one-day interactive forum in Arlington, Virginia on October 30th to...

NAPA and George Mason University Hold Forum on Prioritizing Governance for Resilient Critical Infrastructure

NAPA and George Mason University Hold Forum on Prioritizing Governance for Resilient Critical Infrastructure Post Date: October 30, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – The National Academy of Public Administration and George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government today hosted a one-day interactive forum on the governance issues surrounding the four critical...

“Intelligence sharing is critical to manage third-party cyber risks”- The Asian Banker

Several high-profile attacks in the last year have highlighted the risk of cyberattacks on third-party vendors to financial firms, their customers and the financial system. Security principles should be part of a robust and systematic protocol for managing these third-party risks Third-party security lapses have led to cyberattacks An attack on one vendor...

With New RFP, OpenSFS to Invest in Critical Open Source Technologies for HPC

Today OpenSFS released a new Request for Proposals for Lustre feature development feature development, parallel file system tools, addressing Lustre technical debt, and new efforts in parallel file system development (incubators). In 2012, OpenSFS invested over $2 million dollars in open source scalable file system technologies, including significant investments in...

Google Cloud joins FS-ISAC’s critical providers program to share threat intel

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) said Google Cloud joined its critical providers program, as part of a larger industry effort to bolster supply chain security in the financial services sector.  The program was first announced in January 2022, as a way to allow non-financial entities that provide services and infrastructure, to...