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Project Overview
Project Overview
This project entails us googling news articles about cybersecurity. This project is to show how cybersecurity is still affecting people today even with advanced safety and security measures.
Lessons I Learned
Lessons I Learned
I learned that there are still a lot of people not aware of any cybersecurity procedures and precautions. Even big companies or corporations are still getting hacked or are victims of ransomware. This just shows that really no one is safe from hackers or cybersecurity threats and the prevention starts with you and learning to take the measures to prevent them.
Cybersecurity News Article #1
Cybersecurity News Article #1
Schools are not getting the proper funding that they need to prevent cybersecurity issues. Because of the lack of funding, they have been experiencing banking Trojans to ransomware. K-12 organizations are trying to be more mature in their knowledge about cybersecurity. They are now trying to provide training so staff members or anyone attending or working in schools will be aware and prepared to prevent and malicious malware.
Source Evaluation
Source Evaluation
Who published the content? Jule Pattison-Gordon
Where was it published? Government Technology Website
When was it published? November 17th, 2023
Truthfulness and Integrity of the Facts: The author uses quotes and refers to statistics from her sources which seems pretty accurate.
How is it presented and written? There are some ads on the website but is mainly written to inform the general public.
Links and Citations: It does have links to lead the author to other related articles or to the main source of their information but not all the links work.
Cybersecurity News Article #2
Cybersecurity News Article #2
Cybersecurity Bad Guys Getting More Clever
The company National Motor Freight Travel Association faces a huge ransomware attack. The company has faced a ransomware attack of about $175 million, the highest amount they have dealt with so far. Other companies are dealing with the same issue with hundreds to thousands of ransomware attacks a day. Some of the things they recommend to prevent ransomware from happening to any company are to have data backup plans, create a plan before an attack happens, and have training and briefings.
Source Evaluation
Source Evaluation
Who published the content? John Kingston
Where was it published? Freight Waves Website
When was it published? October 23rd, 2023
Truthfulness and Integrity of the Facts: Seems accurate for the most part, he used statistics and quoted other people and sources.
How is it presented and written? Written to inform and it does have some ads.
Links and Citations: It does have links to their sources but the other links are to the author's other articles.
Here is my certification of the Cyberssecurity Training I had to complete on the CCBC's website.
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