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General efforts to help prevent ransomware attacks include maintaining offline, encrypted backups of data and regularly testing your backups; creating, maintaining, and exercising a basic cyber incident response plan, resiliency plan, and associated communications plan, and more.

From a thorough but simplified understanding of how our memories work, to equipping you with detailed information on the best memory-boosting foods, techniques, and habits, this one-stop source will help you ensure that you never forget your car keys or phone numbers, and enhance your focus so that law textbook does not intimidate you anymore. Implementing the teachings of this audiobook will not only help you maximize your memory, but also enable you to improve your focus, attention, and concentration.

Immigrants looking for information on how to become a US citizen would find this resource especially helpful.

Do you find yourself saying no to opportunities, although you really want to say yes deep down? Do you give up on goals, telling yourself that you’re not talented enough, experienced enough, or smart enough? Do you give in easily to distractions or counterproductive habits? It just goes to prove that, often, you may be your own worst enemy.

The vast US network of natural gas, crude oil, and refined product pipelines is integral to US energy supply and also has vital links to other critical infrastructure such as power plants and airports. This network is vulnerable to cyberattacks. Pipeline companies employ technologies which enable them to achieve business and operational efficiencies, but these technologies are susceptible to cybersecurity risks - and these risks have been growing. The May 2021 ransomware attack against the Colonial Pipeline, which disrupted gasoline supplies throughout the East Coast.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have observed an increase in highly impactful ransomware attacks occurring on holidays and weekends - when offices are normally closed - in the United States, as recently as the Fourth of July holiday in 2021. The FBI and CISA are sharing the below information to provide awareness to be especially diligent in your network defense practices in the run up to holidays and weekends.

Are you scared of identity theft? Do you constantly fear that your personal data can get leaked? We need to have cybersecurity. Cybercrimes are increasing every day because of the exposure to the information related to our identity that is readily available on cloud services. This is a complete guide that will provide you with all the necessary information that you would want to know about cyber security. We should always remain alert so that we can avoid their occurrence completely.

Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, that encrypts data on a computer making it unusable. A malicious cyber criminal holds the data hostage until the ransom is paid. If the ransom is not paid, the victim's data remains unavailable. Cyber criminals may also pressure victims to pay the ransom by threatening to destroy the victim's data or to release it to the public. Without cyber-security, companies cannot defend themselves at the time of the breach. It is impossible to stop cyber-attacks from occurring by relying on antiviruses.

Would you like to live the American Dream of owning a home, but it seems like a far-fetched goal? Are you in the market for a home, but you don’t know how to raise the down payment? You have tried all the tips on the internet, but nothing is working. Worry no more, because you are about to discover highly-guarded secrets to raising your down payment.

Start saving, keep saving, and stick to your goals. If you are already saving, whether for retirement or another goal, keep going! You know that saving is a rewarding habit. If you’re not saving, it’s time to get started. Start small if you have to and try to increase the amount you save each month. The sooner you start saving, the more time your money has to grow. Make saving for retirement a priority. Devise a plan, stick to it, and set goals. Remember, it’s never too early or too late to start saving.

Imagine a business where you could sell whatever you wanted without having to handle the product physically and being able to charge whatever price you wanted to charge on it. This is essentially what dropshipping amounts to. It is a wonderful business model; you’re going to learn all about it inside and out in this chapter. There are some disadvantages as well that would be remiss of me not to remind you of. I’ll cover those as well. Either way, let’s jump in and look at what dropshipping is.

Five hundred and four days ago, on March 16, 2020, Committee Minority Staff began its investigation into the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 global pandemic at the direction of Ranking Member Michael T. McCaul. The House Foreign Affairs Committee Minority Staff Final Report on The Origins of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, Including the Roles of the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization was published in late September 2020.

The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) assess that People’s Republic of China's state-sponsored malicious cyberactivity is a major threat to the US and allied cyberspace assets.

Are you a “prepper”? Are you concerned about stockpiling food to prepare for a disaster? Most disasters that disrupt the food supply chain are more common than you might think. These disasters may be local such as floods, fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes, but they may also be on a more global scale, as is the case with pandemics, war, and widespread famine.

Only 40 percent of Americans have calculated how much they need to save for retirement. In 2018, almost 30 percent of private industry workers with access to a defined contribution plan (such as a 401(k) plan) did not participate. The average American spends roughly 20 years in retirement.

Perhaps you’ve never thought of “buying” your retirement. Yet, that is exactly what you do when you put money into a retirement nest egg. You are paying today for the cost of your retirement tomorrow. The cost of those future years is getting more expensive for most Americans for two reasons.

As a leader, you need to drive your organization’s approach to cybersecurity as you would any other hazard (e.g. how you identify risk, reduce vulnerabilities, and plan for contingencies). This requires an investment of time and money, as well as the collective buy-in of your management team. Your investment drives actions and activities, and these build and sustain a culture of cybersecurity.

ERISA-covered plans often hold millions of dollars or more in assets and maintain personal data on participants, which can make them tempting targets for cyber-criminals. Responsible plan fiduciaries have an obligation to ensure proper mitigation of cybersecurity risks.

Reducing your organization’s cyber risks requires a holistic approach - similar to the approach you would take to address other operational risks. As with other risks, cyber risks can threaten. Managing cyber risks requires building a culture of cyber readiness.

This introduction includes two tools to help you start using the your money and your goals. Use this tool to develop an understanding of your own financial knowledge, skills, and confidence level. Use this tool to help you assess each person’s goals and financial situation, so you can determine which specific modules and tools will help them the most. This toolkit is designed for anyone who serves people living with low incomes through nonprofit, community-based, or private-sector organizations or who works in a government agency dedicated to helping the public.