news
Cybersecurity
warning to healthcare
organisations
involved in
Coronavirus response
ecurity agencies in the United
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Kingdom and United States
have exposed malicious cyber
campaigns targeting organisations
involved in the Coronavirus response
– and given tips to stay safe. An
advisory for international healthcare
and medical research organisations
has been published, advising staff to
change any passwords that could be
reasonably guessed to one created with
three random words and implement
two-factor authentication to reduce
the threat of compromises. The UK’s
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA) have seen largescale
‘password spraying’ campaigns
against healthcare bodies and medical
research organisations.
Zeki Turedi, Technology Strategist,
CrowdStrike, said: “The NCSC is
right to warn healthcare organisations
involved in the Coronavirus response
that they are at huge risk. A vaccine
is undoubtedly the most valuable
commodity in the world right now, and
adversaries will stop at nothing to get
access to it. In fact, we have seen a
100x increase in malicious Coronavirusrelated
files circulating in recent months.
FORTINET MAKES ALL ONLINE
CYBERSECURITY TRAINING COURSES
AVAILABLE FOR FREE TO ADDRESS
SKILLS GAP
ortinet, a global leader
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in broad, integrated and
automated cybersecurity
solutions, has announced it is opening
the entire online, self-paced catalogue
of advanced Network Security Expert
training courses for free.
address the rapidly evolving needs
of organisations securing highly
distributed and remote workforces.
These courses also provide students
and anyone looking to start a career in
cybersecurity the opportunity to learn
new skills or upskill.
“Adversaries are leveraging COVID-19
lures to launch targeted attacks against
an overstretched healthcare industry.
We’re in a state of high alert when it
comes to information pertaining to
COVID-19 and the current situation has
created the perfect storm.
“To defend against these threats, it’s
crucial these organisations take a
proactive approach and maintain a
holistic view of their IT environment, with
full control and visibility of all activity
happening in their network.”
Fortinet is making 24 advanced
security courses available for free
that cover topics ranging from
Secure SD-WAN, public cloud
security and Secure Access, among
others. The majority of courses are
from the official Network Security
Expert Institute curriculum, which
was previously available to Fortinet
partners for free but will now be
open to anyone who is interested.
The courses will be free for
the remainder of 2020 to help
Fortinet’s NSE Institute now offers
multiple levels of free training either
for broad cyber-awareness learning or
technical upskilling.
“In the wake of the global health crisis,
organisations in the region had to make
a rapid shift to accommodate their
remote working models. As a result,
businesses face several challenges but
key among them is dealing with new
security risks targeting remote workers,”
said Alain Penel, Regional Vice President
– Middle East, Fortinet.
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