How Tech is Reinforcing Cybersecurity

The technology industry is tackling cybersecurity challenges and innovating new ideas to help small businesses, organizations, and individuals be more secure. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but tech is advancing solutions year-round that safeguard our data, protect our privacy, and make the digital world safer for everyone. Discover how in this week's Tech at Work.

How Tech is Reinforcing Cybersecurity

Block bolstered safety measures for its new Cash Deposits feature for Square checking accounts, including transaction monitoring, deposit limits, and sanctions screening to protect customers.

Visa shared tips to help employees and consumers spot potential social engineering and executive impersonation scams, which resulted in $1.1 billion in fraud losses in the last year.

Verizon developed a quiz to test your family's ability to outsmart cybersecurity threats.

Cohere published a comprehensive guide for enterprise security teams on protecting large language model (LLM)-powered applications from malicious actors, focusing on real-world attack scenarios and risk mitigation strategies.

Google launched the Secure AI Framework (SAIF) Risk Assessment, a tool to help organizations assess security risks and implement more secure practices.

NetApp shared how a Japanese university utilized its technology to implement multi-layered security and protect students and faculty members from ransomware attacks.

Yahoo News partnered with McAfee to integrate AI-powered deepfake image detection technology to quickly identify and review AI-generated or modified images.

Zoom published a blog post of cybersecurity tips to help users stay safe online and offer insight into the security programs it uses to protect customer and employee data.

How Tech is Preparing the Future Cybersecurity Workforce

With over 750,000 unfilled cybersecurity roles in the U.S., TechNet members are taking steps to educate the next generation of the workforce.

Cisco hosted an immersive cybersecurity hackathon for children aged 9-14, introducing key cybersecurity concepts through hands-on, real-world scenarios.

The College Board announced a pilot program that will launch in 2025 for hundreds of high schools to test its cybersecurity frameworks through two new courses focused on networking and cybersecurity fundamentals.

Mastercard hosted 30 middle-school students at its Tech Hub in Manhattan, combining immersive learning about cyber and artificial intelligence and a hands-on session with cybersecurity experts to learn about unconventional threats. Mastercard's Girls4Tech STEM education program has reached nearly seven million girls across the globe.

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