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Proposed federal pay adjustment could boost wages for thousands of blue-collar feds

About 15,000 blue-collar federal employees could see as much as 12% federal pay boosts, once the Office of Personnel Management’s regulations become final. The post Proposed federal pay adjustment could boost wages for thousands of blue-collar feds first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Proposed federal pay adjustment could boost wages for thousands of blue-collar feds

About 15,000 blue-collar federal employees could see as much as 12% federal pay boosts, once the Office of Personnel Management’s regulations become final. The post Proposed federal pay adjustment could boost wages for thousands of blue-collar feds first appeared on Federal News Network.
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5 cybersecurity best practices for small to midsize businesses

Discover the security vulnerabilities putting small to midsize businesses at risk.
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Meet the shared responsibility model with new CIS resources

You can’t fulfill your end of the shared responsibility model if you don’t emphasize secure configurations. Depending on the cloud services you’re using, you’re responsible for configuring different things. Once you figure out those responsibilities, you then need to perform the hardening. Our guidance helps simplify the process. It explains how you can use the CIS Foundations Benchmarks to get started with identity and access management (IAM), logging and monitoring, and networking on the cloud … More → The post Meet the shared responsibility model with new CIS resources appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems

Threat group given the name ‘Salt Typhoon’.
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Week in review: Critical Zimbra RCE vulnerability exploited, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: October 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: Recall can be recalled October arrived, and Microsoft started the month by announcing the release of Windows 11 24H2. The preview versions of this release have been in the news due to many innovations and one controversial feature. Critical Zimbra RCE vulnerability under mass exploitation (CVE-2024-45519) Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2024-45519, a critical Zimbra vulnerability … More → The post Week in review: Critical Zimbra RCE vulnerability exploited, Patch Tuesday forecast appeared first on Help Net Security.
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OSC launches $1 billion loan program to strengthen industrial base

The direct loans, ranging from $10 million to $150 million, will support the development of facilities producing technologies across 31 technology areas. The post OSC launches $1 billion loan program to strengthen industrial base first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Federal retirement backlog no longer top challenge for OPM, but IG says customer service issues remain

While there have been some improvements, OPM continues to face the challenge of addressing customer service satisfaction in federal Retirement Services. The post Federal retirement backlog no longer top challenge for OPM, but IG says customer service issues remain first appeared on Federal News Network.
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