Cyber Resilience Update

NEWS: 54% of all employees reuse passwords across multiple work accounts Yubico released the results of a study into current attitudes and adaptability to at-home corporate cybersecurity, employee training, and support in the current global hybrid working era. The report surveyed 3,006 employees, business owners, and C-suite executives at large organisations (250+ employees), who have … Read more

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NEWS: Microsoft Adds GPS Location to Identity & Access Control in Azure AD New capabilities let admins restrict access to resources from privileged access workstations or regions based on GPS location. Microsoft has announced new identity and access management capabilities to its Azure Active Directory Conditional Access feature, built to give admins more control over … Read more

Cyber4Dev weekly update

Ransomware Task Force (RTF) Releases Comprehensive Framework to Combat Ransomware The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) — in partnership with a broad coalition of experts in industry, government, law enforcement, civil society, and international organizations who participated in the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) — has released a comprehensive framework to combat ransomware.

Cyber4Dev Weekly update

NEWS: Europol Report Highlights Pandemic’s Effect on Cybercrime Europol’s Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessment report 2021 summarizes the criminal threat of the last four years and provides insights into what to expect over the next four years. While focused on Europe, it will not be substantively different to other areas of the globe. Organized crime … Read more

Experts share knowledge on the World CSIRT system

The National Cybersecurity Center (CNCS) of the Ministry of the Presidency and the European Union project (Cyber4Dev) opened the Advanced Training in Computer Emergency Response Team Management (CSIRT) the CSIRT System World. The course, aimed at representatives of government and private institutions, seeks to provide them with up-to-date knowledge about cybersecurity and reduce the impact … Read more

March Monthly Update

What a busy month for Cyber4Dev and our partners across the globe. Our monthly update is available by clicking on the link below

Continuing our support to South American partners

Cyber4Dev experts deliver wide-ranging virtual training alongside partners in Ecuador and Paraguay. This month our experts have continued their ongoing work with partner countries in the South American region, supporting regional efforts to reduce the impact of cyber attacks through proactive and innovative approaches to cyber resilience. In collaboration with colleagues in Ecuador, Cyber4Dev Lead … Read more

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021

The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is “choose to challenge”, the idea that we can all – women and men – choose to challenge gender bias and inequality, and to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements. How do we challenge gender bias and inequality in the cyber-resilience sector? We can start by asking the … Read more

Building cyber capacity in Dominican Republic

Recently, members of the Cyber4Dev team visited the Dominican Republic as part of our ongoing work with local stakeholders. Following a request from Centro Nacional de Cibersigúridad Republica Dominicana, Cyber4Dev’s experts worked extensively with colleagues from a range of disciplines on high level cyber exercises, crisis management planning and the development of a cyber emergency … Read more