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In today’s digital age, accounting data has become a vital foundation for financial health. Yet, for Certified Public Accountants CPAs advising clients, this data presents a double-edged sword. While it fuels informed decision-making and compliance, it also exposes clients to significant cyber risks and compliance obligations.
Even recently, countless headlines have shed light on the cyber attacks on major global organizations like Sony, eBay, and Samsung. However, it’s essential to recognize that entities of all sizes encounter similar cyber threats. Although many are still grappling with cybersecurity challenges, there’s a growing acknowledgment of the need to address them effectively.
So, let’s discuss what cybersecurity threats are being faced by today’s businesses and as a CPA, what advice you can give to your clients to keep their data protected.
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The importance of ICS and the manufacturing sector’s cybersecurity has grown significantly in recent years. The increasing connectivity of these systems to corporate networks and the internet is why they are now more vulnerable than ever.
The potential weaknesses in Industrial Control Systems security can lead to severe consequences, including
operational downtime, safety hazards, environmental damage, and financial losses. So, it’s paramount that organizations arrange for top-notch ICS security solutions and beef up their manufacturing plant security.
In this blog post, we’ll learn what industrial cybersecurity measures companies can take to enhance their safety and, further, how they can repackage these cybersecurity services as their brand and sell them to other organizations looking for similar solutions.
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The energy sector is key to ensuring the stability of various essential sectors. Yet, there is a growing concern as cyber-attacks keep targeting energy infrastructure and critical infrastructure.
Despite major incidents like Denmark’s Coordinated Energy Attack (May 2023) and the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack in 2021, many similar events often go unnoticed due to apprehensions surrounding cybersecurity.
So, it’s worth noting that cyber threats rank among the top ten global risks, with the energy sector being the primary target among all.
In this article, we’ll explore the cybersecurity strategies that energy sector entities can implement to bolster their security measures.
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From this point on, “Office 365 E1/E3/E5 and Microsoft 365 E3/E5 suites with teams will no longer be sold to new subscribers,” per Microsoft’s announcement. That said, Licenses will be available “only to customers with existing licences that include Microsoft Teams as of April 1, 2024 outside the EEA and Switzerland” with access to Teams.
Modifications to Microsoft Teams licences
Goodbye Bundled Teams: If you’re a new business signing up for Microsoft 365 after April 1, 2024 (outside of Europe and Switzerland), you won’t automatically get Teams included in your subscription anymore.
Hello Standalone Teams: The good news? Microsoft is now offering a standalone Teams license. This means businesses can now choose to subscribe to just Teams, without having to pay for the complete Microsoft 365 package.
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The nation’s security doesn’t depend only on physical means but also covers the cyber areas where threats are enormous and colossal in numbers. National security in this millennium faces new threats, which are emerging fast in the digital world. Defense Manufacturing, which is the backbone of the nation’s pride, is increasingly dependent on digital infrastructure.
Given this importance, cybersecurity for defense manufacturing is not a coercive option at all. It’s one of the imperatives. This blog post allows you to focus on the multi-dimensional role of cybersecurity for the protection of the defense manufacturing sector from sophisticated cyber threats. From the challenges of cyber espionage to strong cybersecurity protocols and business partnership models, understanding these things is core to anybody involved in defense manufacturing.
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WME Tech Bites April 2024
