Your Cyber Insurance Policy Probably Won’t Pay Out

Aug 17, 2019 | Backup, Best Practices, Business, Cyber breaches, Cyber Insurance, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Data, Data Storage, Encryption, Hacking, Legal, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Security, Security Assessments

Your Cyber Insurance Policy Probably Won’t Pay Out   More businesses are recognizing the need for cyber insurance as part of an overall security strategy. Here are some key points to consider when evaluating, purchasing, and relying on a policy. After years of...

Did You Get Your Equifax Settlement? Settlement Drained in a Week

Aug 10, 2019 | automation, Best Practices, Breaches, Business, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Storage, Databases, Equifax, Hacking, News, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, settlement

Did You Get Your Equifax Settlement?   Settlement Drained in a WeekSo many people have made claims in the data-breach settlement against consumer credit rating agency Equifax that, according to the Federal Trade Commission, each claimant is now likely to get...

Edward Snowden His Book

Aug 3, 2019 | Biography, Book, Data Storage, Databases, Encryption, Government, Memoir, Monitoring, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Surveillance, Technology

Edward Snowden the Book Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor who spilled some of the deepest secrets of the US government’s electronic surveillance operations, has written a memoir. Permanent Record, published by...

Storing your Password in Plaintext…Say What????

Aug 3, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Cybercrime, Data Storage, Hacking, Hacking, Passwords, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, storage, Technology

Storing your Password in Plaintext…Say What????   Stock trading company Robinhood has admitted to storing passwords of some of its users in plaintext. The California-based firm said that it came across this security lapse on Monday this week. In an email,...

When Your Vendors Become A Cyber Liability

Jun 22, 2019 | Breaches, Computers, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Storage, Databases, Law Enforcement, Legal, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology

When Your Vendors Become A Cyber Liability   If It’s Digital, It’s Hackable Customs and Border Protection failed to keep their photographic database of vehicular traffic crossing through US border crossings safe. It involved a single lane at one...

CEOs and Business Owners Aren’t Taking CyberSecurity Seriously — And Are Facing Huge Penalties

Jun 15, 2019 | Backup, Business, Computers, Cybersecurity, Data, data sharing, Data Storage, Databases, Networking, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Regulation, Resources, Security, Security, Technology

CEOs and Business Owners Aren’t Taking CyberSecurity Seriously — And Are Facing Huge Penalties In the last two weeks, warnings about two massive vulnerabilities have hit the wires. They involve two of the largest manufacturers of software and components,...