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With talk of a possible recession approaching (if one isn’t already upon us), many businesses are already applying a higher level of scrutiny to spending—even for business-critical costs like cybersecurity. As budgets begin to tighten, security and IT leaders need to anticipate discussions with executive leaders and start proactively preparing a formal business case for […]
Continue ReadingUse these three questions to assess your company’s preparedness to retrieve lost data. 1. Do you have backups of your data? This fundamental question is the basis of your reaction and remediation strategy. Without a backup, data loss is inevitable. Where you store your data backup is nearly as important as creating copies in the […]
Continue ReadingAs students head back into the classroom, K-12 district leaders are faced with the difficult task of preventing and mitigating cybersecurity threats against their districts. School systems have become a popular target for cybercriminals over the last few years due to their growing reliance on technology and their wealth of data. It’s a growing problem […]
Continue ReadingWhile novel attacks seem to emerge faster than TikTok trends, some warrant action before they’ve even had a chance to surface. This is the case for an attack we’ll refer to as Evil-Colon, which operates similarly to the now defunct Poison-NULL-Byte attacks. Though Poison-NULL-Byte attacks are now obsolete, they may have paved the path for […]
Continue ReadingEvery morning, we wake up and chances are, we start immediately accessing and consuming information. Whether it’s accessing personal emails, downloading sales reports, or paying bills, we’re switching devices constantly, and are used to managing both our personal and work lives from anywhere. Cybercriminals are keenly aware that users are constantly switching between personal and […]
Continue ReadingApple has always touted the security and privacy capabilities of their devices. Being responsible for both the hardware and the associated OS has allowed Apple to create a closed-end approach to shield users against some common attacks. But it’s possible that the added security isn’t as foolproof as you might have thought. The pair of […]
Continue ReadingWith international tensions heightened as we enter month eight of the war between Russia and Ukraine, it’s clear that a new era of intensifying state-sponsored attacks is upon us, especially those targeting public sector agencies and services. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a rare “Sheilds Up” warning earlier this year, highlighting […]
Continue ReadingWhile Quantum Day, or “Q-Day,” may be five to ten years away, it is arriving faster than we would like. Q-Day represents the day that quantum computers will reliably use the superpositioning power of multi-state qubits to break encryption algorithms that are widely used around the world to enable e-commerce, data security and secure communications. […]
Continue ReadingFor years, LinkedIn has been utilized by threat actors looking to refine their attacks. From simple spear-phishing attacks to reconnaissance, the professional networking site has provided a fertile field to harvest data and enhance criminal tactics, even as a jumping point to other platforms like Facebook Business. Given how reliant employees are on their own […]
Continue ReadingIn a world where we can no longer trust anyone, zero trust security has picked up momentum, especially since 2018 when NIST published Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture. With breaches at all time high and ever-increasing sophistication in cyberattacks, it is no wonder that Gartner estimates that by the end of 2022 spending on zero […]
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