Two new preliminary studies on recreational marijuana and health reinforce existing evidence that regular use has a negative impact on heart and brain health, according to the American Heart Association.
The first report, which was based on data from a major study involving more than 150,000 people from all walks of American society that examined the relationship between lifestyle, biology and the environment, found that consumption daily marijuana increased the risk of developing heart failure by approximately one-third compared to non-users. A research team from Medstar Health, a nonprofit health provider in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, found that among 156,999 healthy people they followed, those who used marijuana had a 34 percent higher risk of develop heart failure during the 45 months of the study, compared to those who reported that they had never used marijuana. This risk was the same regardless of age, sex, or smoking history, and findings from the study, part of the National Institutes of Health's All of Us research program, suggested that coronary artery disease was the pathway through which daily marijuana use could lead to heart failure.
Argentina's central bank said China has authorized a free-access currency swap line totaling $6.5 billion, part of a broader deal the country has been using to help defend the embattled local peso.
The agreement with China helps Argentina increase its depleted foreign currency reserves while it is going through a major economic crisis, with annual inflation exceeding 130% and the central bank's dollar reserves reaching negative levels.
Wednesday's measure effectively increases the amount that Argentina can access as part of the swap line formalized in early 2023.
"China has increased the amount and instead of 5 billion dollars we are receiving 6.5 billion dollars," said Alberto Fernández, from the Asian country, where he is on an official trip. "
Every time we went through difficult times, Xi Jinping's government gave us its support," Fernández added. "This is an important step so that production (in argentina) does not stop.
" This is the second line of exchange with China activated during Fernández's presidency. According to an official source from the bank, the total amount of the swap line amounted to 47 billion yuan.
The problem is that it is not said that it is a loan, and it accrues interest that no one knows about.
CÓRDOBA.– During the early hours of today, firefighters managed to contain the fires in the southern area of Punilla, in the province of Córdoba. The only active outbreak is in La Tomita, in the department of Tulumba, in the north. Yesterday was a day of anguish and despair because the heat, the wind rotations and the drought caused the flames to get out of control and take them to the edge of homes in the area of Carlos Paz, San Antonio de Arredondo and Cabalango.
The Secretary of Climate Risk Management of Córdoba, Claudio Vignetta, indicated that around 4 o'clock today the firefighters managed to contain the fire in Punilla. “At 4 o'clock some drops fell. We were working until 6 at El Fantasio, which was busy. “Everything is controlled, with an unstable perimeter,” he described.
In any case, he warned that there are planes flying over to audit the situation and ash guard. The little rain recorded cooled the land somewhat.
Last night the interim mayor of Cabalango, Carla Bruno, ordered the town to be evacuated. The flames caused an environmental disaster, in addition to the anguish and fear of the residents since the fire reached some houses and surrounded the Villa Piren complex. About 11 fire crews were deployed to the scene.
Yesterday afternoon, the most desperate situation was experienced in the vicinity of Villa Carlos Paz, where the flames gained strength and height. “If it weren't for the firefighters and the police, we would all burn. I have never seen anything like that in my life. We managed to put it out with everyone's help. The fire was almost inside my house and surrounded us,” Ana, a neighbor from the Altos del Valle neighborhood, told the media.
At least 800 people were transferred to Tanti, since the flames threatened residents and the density of the air made it impossible to breathe.
In 2022, cyberspace entered a new round of transformation. Cybercriminals have become more sophisticated and their targets and attack methods have changed. Many governments are reviewing their cybersecurity strategies and increasing funding. When Russia found itself at the epicenter of events, the actions of both sides were met with a reaction from companies and the State. The demand for development and modification of information security systems has increased dramatically. It has become clear that real protection against cyber threats is a priority for all industries and levels of business. Who is most at risk, is it possible to create an "impenetrable" defense, and what threats are often overlooked? Find the answers to these questions in this article.
COMPANY SECURITY: A LOOK INSIDE
A great danger for companies is not only hackers attacking from the outside, but also internal threats. They are the same for all companies, regardless of their size and field of activity. These include basic errors made by employees when working with mail, negligence, internal actions, and cooperation with external suppliers and contractors. Statistics show that insider threats account for the majority of cyber incidents.
WHO IS THE BIGGEST DANGER?
According to new surveys, 53% in 2019 / 67% in 2022 / ?% in 2023 is the number of internal threats caused by malicious or careless actions of employees, which grows year after year: Internal threats come from primarily from employees, and the motives for their malicious actions vary. These can be employees who hold a grudge against company managers, dishonest employees who are looking for easy money and sell information about the company to competitors. And it happens that competitors or hacker groups introduce their spies into the company, and sometimes they can even be managers of different levels who have the appropriate level of access to the system. Thus, there are three main motives for internal attackers: financial gain, the desire to damage the company's reputation or the search for professional opportunities. However, it's often much simpler: if employees don't have basic skills to work securely with email, they can open an email from an unknown address and launch malware. Where do threats arise from? According to the latest studies, the following percentage of fraudulent schemes are implemented through: Messengers 34% / Removable media 25% / Cloud storage, personal email 8%.
MAIN SIGNS THAT A COMPANY IS AT RISK
Employees don't know what they are supposed to do to keep devices secure. For the sake of simplicity, employees violate the security policy. Sensitive data is sent to an unsecured cloud. Emails containing sensitive data are sent to a third party. Remote network and data access is possible outside of business hours. Multiple attempts to access blocked websites. Attempts to access USB ports and devices. Frequent requests for access to data unrelated to the employee's job responsibilities. Login from different IP addresses in no time.
6 STEPS TO PROTECT INFORMATION
• Step 1: Understand what information is confidential and important to the company, where it is stored, who and what level of access has access to this information and, most importantly, whether current protection measures are appropriate for the level of access. acceptable risk.
• Step 2: Introduce a trade secret regime in the company. To do this, it is necessary to develop a regulation on business secrets and specify a list of confidential information, the procedure for its accounting, storage and use. All employees are required to sign a confidentiality agreement.
• Step 3: Start monitoring data access, movements and user activity. It is necessary to limit the possibility of uncontrolled transfer of information to removable media.
• Step 4: Conduct employee training. In particular, it should include regular training on working with confidential information.
• Step 5: Use data encryption.
• Step 6: Protect endpoints from data loss, improve cybersecurity program. To do this, we must adopt a Zero Trust approach to data protection.
PROTECTION AGAINST INTERNAL THREATS
• Data loss prevention tool (DLP solution).
• Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB).
• Control and management of access to unstructured data (DCAP systems).
• Sensitive data labeling technologies.
• Account and access management (IdM/IGA).
• Access monitoring technologies for enterprise applications and databases (DAM systems).
• Control of privileged users (SafeInspect PAM).
• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) technologies.
• Single sign-on (SSO).
• Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM).
• Technologies to encrypt data on user endpoints, etc.
• Cyber literacy training for employees to identify signs of social engineering, phishing emails and reduce the likelihood of data breaches.
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