​​7 cybersecurity trends and tips for small and medium businesses to stay protected

Credit to Author: Scott Woodgate| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The challenges that small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face when it comes to security continue to increase as it becomes more difficult to keep up with sophisticated cyberthreats with limited resources or security expertise. Research conducted highlights the top seven SMB cybersecurity trends and steps that can be taken to stay protected.​

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AI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more

Credit to Author: AI Team| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In the final weeks before November’s U.S. election, cybersecurity experts were calling October 2024 the “month of mischief”—a magnet for bad actors looking to disrupt the democratic process through AI-generated misinformation. This issue of AI Pulse looks at what can be done about deepfakes and other AI scams, and why defense-in-depth is the only way to go.

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