What is Vishing?
Vishing is social engineering that uses voice communications to get personal or sensitive financial information. Stated another way, vishing or voice phishing is criminal fraud …
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Secure Work From Home
Work from home brings a new world of risks and opportunities. Addressing these risks involves understanding several key processes and technologies. Work from home (WFH) can …
What is Zero Trust
In the world of information technology, we should never assume trust. Regardless of where or how we connect our digital devices, we face risks from …
Data Sanitization Explained
Are you managing data sanitization properly? Every time you retire a computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, portable media, printer or other digital device a strict protocol …
Top IT Security News Sources
We live in a very insecure and tenuous digital world. Technology is critical to the success of any business but with it comes supernumerary cybersecurity …
Windows 7 & Server 2008 – Time to Upgrade
The end of 2 beloved and notorious operating systems Microsoft Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 is upon us. As of January 2020, Windows 7 …
KRACK Attack – Secure Your Wireless
Wi-Fi Protected Access is a protocol which secures all modern WiFi networks. This month, Belgian researchers Mathy Vanhoef & Frank Piessens of the University of …
WannaCry Ransomware – 5 Lessons Learned
Unfortunately malicious software is an everyday occurrence. As of Friday May 12th a massive ransomware attack dubbed WannaCry infected over 230,000 Windows computers in over …
What are Advanced Persistent Threats
APT or Advanced Persistent Threat is a continuous, stealthy and sophisticated process of hacking a particular target until a defined object is achieved. Herein we’ll …
Addressing the Insider Threat
Technology is a powerful tool in assuring the confidentiality, availability and integrity of your critical data – but it is no failsafe. Even the best …
Protecting Against Malicious USB
If you found a random USB device what would you do with it? Would you be curious and plug it into your computer to find …
Average Cost of Data Breach Increases to $4M in 2016
Data breaches are no joke, they bring real risks & serious quantifiable costs. A data breach is a security incident in which sensitive or confidential …
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