cybersecurity
Bentonville’s Smart Eye Technology Targets Remote Cyberattacks
Smart Eye Technology, founded by Dexter Caffey, uses continuous facial recognition to enhance cybersecurity and block remote desktop attacks. read more >
by Chloe McGehee -
UA’s Stephen Tycer on Evolving Cybersecurity Trends & Challenges in Higher Education
He has more than two decades of experience in compliance standards, technology and network security management. read more >
Bring Your Own Device to Work? Better Not (Chris Wright Commentary)
A mobile workforce must follow the same cybersecurity protocols as in-person employees. read more >
by Christopher Wright -
Arkansas Businesses Face Growing Need for Cyber Insurance as Cyberattacks Increase
As cyber criminals grow more sophisticated and attacks more frequent, businesses face a reality in which cyber liability insurance is no longer optional. read more >
by Chloe McGehee -
UA Little Rock Gets $1M Grant to Establish Cybersecurity Center
The university plans to renovate a space of more than 5,000 SF in the Engineering and Information Technology Building for the new center. read more >
UA Little Rock Awarded $561K to Lead GenCyber Program Coalition
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been awarded $561,000 grant from the National Security Agency to lead a coalition of institutions who will offer cybersecurity programs to junior high and high school students. read more >
Cyberattacks: It’s Not If But When (Ashley Perkins Commentary)
Your company’s cybersecurity will be tested. Being ready requires a varied approach to counter threats. read more >
by Ashley Perkins -
Jeff Teague Talks Cybersecurity & Banking Success at Citizens Bank
Jeff Teague is chairman & CEO of Citizens Bank of Batesville. An automobile dealer by first love and career, he entered banking by accident. read more >
Forge Institute Launches Programs to Support Tech Innovation, Entrepreneurship
The programs are funded through an award from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, which received $5 million in federal funding to support efforts to enhance cybersecurity capabilities across the region. read more >
Malicious Actors Trying to Exploit Global Tech Outage for Their Own Gain
Government cybersecurity agencies across the globe and CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz are warning businesses and individuals about new phishing schemes that involve malicious actors posing as CrowdStrike employees or other tech specialists offering to assist those recovering from the outage. read more >
by Associated Press -
Forge Institute Adds 2 to Advisory Board
Both have worked with the CIA and have years of experience in cybersecurity. read more >
Hackers Post Evolve Customers’ Data on the Dark Web
The cyberattack comes less than two weeks after the Federal Reserve took action against Evolve over shortcomings in its risk management program. read more >
Generative AI: Force of Change or Potentially Dangerous Flub? (Chris Wright Commentary)
Some misleading generative AI content is unintended and innocuous. Others may be designed to encourage certain behaviors, such as swaying public opinion, convincing consumers to divulge personally identifiable information or unknowingly opening entry point into their digital systems. read more >
by Christopher Wright -
Smackover Company Sues for $2.5M After Scam
Four R Marketing LLC is suing one of its customers who was allegedly scammed by a hacker for $2.5 million. read more >
Using AI, Mastercard Expects to Find Compromised Cards Quicker, Before They Get Used by Criminals
Mastercard, which is based in Purchase, New York, says with this new update it can use other patterns or contextual information, such as geography, time and addresses, and combine it with incomplete but compromised credit card numbers that appear in databases to get to the cardholders sooner to repl read more >
by Associated Press -
US Says Cyberattacks Against Water Supplies are Rising, and Utilities Need to do More to Stop Them
About 70% of utilities inspected by federal officials over the last year violated standards meant to prevent breaches or other intrusions. read more >
by Associated Press -
The Cybersecurity Deadbolt: Protected Passwords (Chris Wright Commentary)
By following best practices and, most importantly, using a password manager when logging into our accounts at work and home, we can better protect ourselves from breaches and attacks. read more >
by Christopher Wright -
A Cyberattack Forces a Big US Health System to Divert Ambulances and Take Records Offline
The attack had the hallmarks of a ransomware, and Ascension said it had called in Mandiant, the Google cybersecurity unit that is a leading responder to such attacks. read more >
by Associated Press -
Reading The Future: Banking (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
Susannah Marshall, Arkansas bank commissioner, believes banking consolidation will still be on the scene in the future but not to the same historic extent. read more >
by George Waldon -
The Value of Redundancy (Editorial)
Walking the line between adequate safeguards and efficiency is a key balancing act. read more >