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Overcoming the Critical Cybersecurity Talent Shortage

Apr 27, 2020 | Asset Management, Backup, Business, Business Email Compromise, CEO, Compliance, Computers, Corporate Reputation, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Professional, Data Assets, Data Loss, Data Storage, Disaster Recovery, Employees, Employment, Employment, Executives, Firewalls, Hacking, Hard Disks, Hiring, Incident Response, Intellectual Property Theft, Intricate Data Systems, IT Professional, Laptops, Legacy Systems, Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), Networking, Patching, Ransomware, Routers, Security, Security Alerts, Shadow-IT, Software As A Service, Technology, Technology, Third - Party, Updates, VPN

Overcoming the Critical Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Businesses are in Crisis mode, and it is going to get worse. Currently have more open cybersecurity jobs available than we have people to fill them, and these numbers will continue to expand in the years ahead. And...

Time to Invest in Cybersecurity

Apr 18, 2020 | Anti-Virus, Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Asset Management, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, audit logs, Big Tech, browsers, Business, Cloud, Cloud, Compliance, Computers, Cyber breaches, Cyber Insurance, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Data Loss, Data Storage, Databases, Domain Name Service, Incident Response, industrial espionage, Information Technology, Internet, Internet Infrastructure, Networking, Patches, Patching, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulatory Frameworks, Security, Security Alerts, Software, Software Manufacturers, Technology, Technology, Third-Party, Updates, Updates, Web Tools

Time to Invest in Cybersecurity Every company no matter the size is at high risk for a cyberattack. With more and more third party and cloud business applications run the larger the risks which means that they must prepare for the next evolution of cybercrime. Much...

How to Evict Attackers Living Off Your Land

Apr 4, 2020 | Anti-Virus, Applications, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Business, Cloud, Compliance, compromised machines, Critical data, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Firewalls, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Incident Response, industrial espionage, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Legacy Systems, Malware, Monitoring, Nationstates, Networking, Organized Crime, Patching, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Routers, Security, Security Alerts, Smishing, Surveillance, Technology, Technology, trojans, Updates, Vishing, VPN

How to Evict Attackers Living Off Your Land Why invest in top-shelf malware just to have it be turned away by antivirus tools again and again? Why launch a cyberattack like that when your target is already full of perfectly good attack tools, just waiting for you?...

Proceeds from Cybercriminal Activity Results in Charges Against an Atlanta Criminal Gang

Mar 21, 2020 | Agencies, Attack Vectors, Bitcoin, Business, Cryptocurrency, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Data Loss, FBI, Financial, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Judicial, Legal, Monitoring, News, Patching, Police, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security Alerts, Surveillance, Technology, Under Arrest, Updates

Proceeds from Cybercriminal Activity Results in Charges Against an Atlanta Criminal Gang Cybercriminals are not smart enough to outsmart the Federal Government especially when they get greedy. For 24 members of an Atlanta cybercrime gang involved in fraud and money...

Your Employer Says Go Home and Work — Now what?

Mar 21, 2020 | Backup, Business, Compliance, Computers, Corporate Reputation, credentials, Critical data, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Data Loss, Data Storage, Employees, Firewalls, Government, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Malware, Networking, News, Patching, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Remote-Work, Routers, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Unsecured Devices, Updates, VPN

Your Employer Says Go Home and Work — Now what? For many companies and their employees, this widespread hysteria over this coronavirus pandemic has taken everyone by surprise. Remote work might have been a consideration but now is not an option but a...

Don’t Store Data You Don’t Need

Mar 7, 2020 | Asset Management, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Best Practices, Business, Compliance, Critical data, cyberattacks, Data, Data Assets, data sharing, Data Storage, Databases, Disaster Recovery, Hard Disks, Intricate Data Systems, Policies and Procedures, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, records, Security, Security, Technology, Unsecured

Don’t Store Data You Don’t Need Today all businesses are tech businesses. That requires that they all comply with different variations of regulatory compliance, the requirements which are often changing faster than possible implementation. Unfortunately, due to these...