Security

The Cyber Sheild: A Blueprint for Digital Security & Resilience

The Ransomware Menace Ransomware is a concern across all industries.  High-profile attacks make headlines and cause substantial disruptions. The reason these attacks are successful is often inadequate monitoring and a broad attack surface. Many organizations fail to implement best practices such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), change management, and proper…

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Build a Cyber-Resilient Organization

People have always topped the list of what keeps enterprise executives up at night. Leaders wonder, “Is the right talent in the right places?” and “How do we maximize employee productivity and improve our customer experience?” Now two years into the pandemic, executives have a new people-related concern, “How do we stop bad actors from compromising our data and stealing it for gain?”

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How to Keep Employee Home Wireless Networks from Being Weakest Link your Cybersecurity Chain

Now that we are slowly coming out of the COVID-19 Pandemic, work might never return to the “normal” of employees spending the majority of their days in an office building. Remote working, or some hybrid, is probably here to stay, says Forbes Magazine. How much did the Pandemic effect our working habits? Pew Research reported in December of 2020 that roughly 20% worked from home before the coronavirus outbreak and that number quickly ratcheting up to 71% during the outbreak. They also report that 54% would want to work from home after the outbreak ends.

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GDPR 2021 – Compliance and Penalties; 3 Years Later

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a major piece of legislation adopted in 2018. It is designed to address the protection and responsible use of every European Union citizen’s personal data. However, GDPR is not an EU-only regulation. It affects ANY business or individual handling the data of EU citizens, regardless of where that business or individual is based.

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Ransomware Reality and Survival

Ransomware is making headlines everywhere. From the energy industry (Colonial Pipeline’s ransom payment of $4.4M) to the food industry (JBS Foods’ ransom payment of $11M), mounting data suggests this insidious trend may be getting out of control.

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