Traveling Tips for Data Protection
Data protection should not take a back seat while traveling. Following these tips can help mitigate the risk of a cybercrime interrupting a silent night this holiday season! Data Protection …
Allan’s Accident: A Remote Wipe Use Case
Misplacing a device can be incredibly nerve wracking, but having the ability to execute a Remote Wipe can help avoid catastrophe. Define Remote Wipe What is a Remote Wipe? Remote …
Institutionalizing the Fundamentals of Insider Risk Management
On August 22, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) hosted a webcast with Dan Costa: Institutionalizing the Fundamentals of Insider Risk Management. The discussion focused on the practicalities of …
Data Breaches in 2023: Mid-Year Roundup
Halfway into 2023, the world of cybersecurity has seen new threats as well as old. Criminal hacking groups such as Money Message and suspected nation state actors have stolen data, …
Protect Your Endpoints from Artificial Intelligence Threats
Endpoint Security has always been important, yet the recent boom of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the cultural zeitgeist raises questions as to how organizations can protect themselves from attacks. AI …
Weak Links – Protecting Businesses from Supply Chain Attacks
No business owner wants to discover that their organization has suffered a supply chain attack. These cyber attacks target organizations by compromising weak links in the supply chain. These chains …
Two-Person Integrity – Two Heads Are Better Than One!
Two-Person Integrity (TPI) is a security control mechanism that is leveraged to protect integral data or functions that have a high level of risk. Other terms for TPI include Two …
Cost-Effective Data Security Tips for Small Businesses
When the economy is unsteady, small businesses might find it tempting to cut costs that may seem unnecessary, such as cybersecurity funding. This is a poor course of action that …
Employee Cybersecurity Training: Tips and Resources
Proper employee cybersecurity training is vital to every organization’s defensive posture. Employees create, transport, and manage massive amounts of digital material every day, so education in proper data protection is …
Cybersecurity Roundup: Data Breaches from the Second Half of 2022
Data breaches are an unfortunate fact of life in the modern world. One thing that businesses and organizations of all sorts need to prioritize is learning from previous data security …
Diagnosing Problems in Medical Data Security
Medical Data Security is important for patients, medical professionals, and employees of healthcare organizations. To adequately secure patients’ electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), all healthcare organizations and auxiliary offices must …
Tips for Data Protection During the Holidays
For businesses, the holidays offer an important high point in revenue and customer engagement. Charities and nonprofits experience increased giving, often facilitated by a number of annual drives and events. …
Traveling For Work With Data Security In Mind
For many industries, work travel is a fact of life, and thus questions of data security and mobile device management arise often. When employees travel, an organization’s attack surface expands, …
Managing Layoffs: Data Security and Work From Home Employees
Across the globe, many employees still Work From Home (WFH), and by some estimates 25% of all professional jobs will be remote work by 2023. As the visibility of remote …
Vetting & Managing School Apps to Protect Student Data
Students utilize mobile applications to communicate with teachers, study, and complete assignments, so it is imperative the schools have a clear system for vetting apps. Schools use education apps and …
Why Is BitLocker Encryption Essential?
If a laptop is stolen, having a drive that is secure and encrypted can be the difference between a cybersecurity incident and a catastrophe. BitLocker is one tool Microsoft provides …
When To Issue a Remote Wipe: Scenarios that Require Decisive Action
A strong defensive posture means knowing how to use tools like a Remote Wipe in situations where fast action must be taken to protect data. Having to make such decisions …
Cybersecurity Roundup: Data Breaches from the First Half of 2022 (Part Two)
The beginning of 2022 has presented the standard fare as it comes to experiencing data breaches, as well as some novel actors in cybercrime. Keeping up to date on the …
Cybersecurity Roundup: Data Breaches from the First Half of 2022 (Part One)
As cybersecurity is a world that is constantly evolving, IT professionals must keep a close eye on developments to avoid experiencing data breaches. In Part One of our Cybersecurity Roundup …
Solving BitLocker TPM Errors
Encryption is an important feature on the mobile phones and computers that are so integral to our daily lives, yet most Windows users do not consider the TPM hardware and …