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So proud of Vicki!! An incredible human!!

Meet the Black Entrepreneur Who Owns 7 McDonald’s Restaurants in Atlanta Vicki Chancellor has never expected herself to be a successful businesswoman after experiencing defeat and rejections. Now, from being a simple wife and mother, she employs almost 500 people in the 7 McDonald's restaurants in Atlanta she owns and operates herself!

The long line to check in last Friday at Omni Hotels & Resorts in NC was unbelievable! When the front desk person wrote my CC info on a piece of paper, I was a bit alarmed but understood. Despite the disruption, I do commend the staff on doing their best to operate as seamlessly as possible. Speaks to their culture, I guess.

Preparing for Cyber risks is critical for ALL organizations. This kind of disruption creates a multitude of risks for the customer, like room safety, no access to cash when limited CC processing. Need patience for the long lines and wait times.

Omni Hotels & Resorts says it was victim of a cyberattack. Here’s what we know Dallas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts said Wednesday it was the victim of a cyberattack that caused the company to shut down its systems late last week.

Transformational change requires an organization to be disciplined and to make hard business decisions. Takes planning, courage, tenacity and transparency to increase the odds to achieving the desired goal.

Thank you, Angela V. Harris, for inviting me as a guest on your podcast! I'm incredibly proud of you!

Fearlessly Leading as a First Welcome to the first episode of The F.L.O.W. (Fearlessly Leading Our Way) Podcast. In this episode, we're diving deep into the journey of Alana Ward Robinso...

This ransomware attack happened 3 weeks ago. Not close to being resolved. Threat to expose employee info still real. Trials delayed. Services not available.

Organizations MUST do better to protect their resources.

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Dallas municipal court building closed as ransomware recovery continues An online notice on the city’s court and detention services website Monday says the municipal court building at 2014 Main Street isn’t planned to reopen until...

“Meanwhile, colleges manage a lot of money, and their intellectual property also has value. College leaders may be reluctant to erect too many guardrails out of concern that doing so may stifle research. At the same time, security teams are increasingly asked to do more with less.

“Higher ed is a very big target to hit, and you don’t necessarily have to be very accurate,” Rushmer said.”

The Louisiana cyberattacks that weren't—or maybe were? Five Louisiana colleges were notified by the state’s cybercrime unit that their networks had been compromised. The still-developing story offers a case study in how American colleges respond to cyber incidents.

Such a debacle!!☹️🫣

Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run by Venture Capital Customers The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took control of the bank’s assets on Friday. The failure raised concerns that other banks could face problems, too.

Volunteering no longer optional. Instead, regulation is a MUST!

Privacy and Cybersecurity Challenges in 2023 – Part One With a new year comes new privacy and cybersecurity challenges for companies large and small, not the least of which is new regulation.

URGENT!! Change your PayPal credentials!!

PayPal: 35,000 Users Had Social Security, Tax Info Exposed To Hackers — PCMag The hackers accessed the information by successfully guessing the passwords to the affected users through a 'credential stuffing' attack.

“The campaign, which Microsoft called an active incident, targeted 3,000 email accounts across 150 organizations, mostly in the United States, he said. But the targets are in at least 24 countries. At least a quarter of the targeted organizations are said to be involved in missions including international development and human rights work.”

SolarWinds hackers are at it again, Microsoft says Microsoft said that Nobelium, a Russian-based hacking group, launched the phishing campaign by gaining access to a marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

“Blockchain essentially creates a digital inventory that can only be edited by said owner, with minimal risk of outside manipulation. By attaching an NFT to a piece of art or an artifact, therefore, its provenance could theoretically be cemented. Which means that, as African nations attempt to reclaim their artifacts stolen by North American and European countries, NFTs represent an alluring possibility.”

Black creatives must pay attention to the NFT market

“Blockchain Is a Perfect Record Keeper”: Could the Viral NFT Craze Help Countries Reclaim Their Stolen Art? | Vanity Fair NFTs are a flashy new digital trend geared toward the über-rich. But some experts hope to harness their blockchain technology to prove the origins of artifacts taken by European nations—and potentially upend the stagnated pecking order of the art world.

Really enjoyed being a panelist in the Private Directors Association® discussion on Board's role in shaping a company's . Great insights shared.

The RGC team wishes you a very Merry Christmas‼️🎄🎁 Enjoy the holidays‼️🎉 Still so much to be grateful for‼️

The full impact of this intrusion is yet to be realized.

“The hackers were able to get inside organizations by first breaking into SolarWinds, a relatively obscure technology company in Austin, Texas, that counts a number of U.S. government agencies and major corporations as customers. In March, the hackers were able to send poisoned software updates to all SolarWinds customers who used versions of its popular Orion platform, giving them a foothold into victims’ systems.”

Over 40 organizations hacked, Microsoft says, as scale of suspected Russian attack grows Eighty percent were in the U.S., but there were also victims in other countries, including Canada, Israel and the U.K.

“. . . hackers acting on behalf of a foreign government — almost certainly a Russian intelligence agency, according to federal and private experts — broke into a range of key government networks, including in the Treasury and Commerce Departments, and had free access to their email systems.”

Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments. Other breaches are under investigation.

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