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IT & Networks

The botnet solution everybody already knows about

The tools and best practices for preventing botnet attacks already exist, says a recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration draft report to the president. Governments and industries worldwide just need to take advantage of them.
Major week for pilot program to fix outdated government IT

Monday, Jan. 8, kicks off important deadlines in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s pilot Centers of Excellence program, a partnership between the White House, General Services Administration and industry to promote rapid, customer-focused IT modernization.
HHS wants one framework to cure them all

The Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting comments on its draft Trusted Exchange Framework, which proposes policies and standards to find and bind variant health care networks and facilitate electronic health record sharing.
Healthcare breaches from ransomware nearly doubled last year

The number of major IT breaches in the healthcare industry caused by ransomware attacks was 89 percent higher in 2017 than in 2016, according to a recent Cryptonite report.