Protecting your cloud from ransomware
For enterprises that use the cloud, the key to being protected starts with understanding the layers that make up the components of their cloud stack. These different layers …
A guide on how to prevent ransomware
Ransomware is fast becoming a major threat to computer systems in many organisations. It is an aggressive form of attack which criminals use to infect computers and block the …
Key to smart cybersecurity spending: Remove redundancies and strive for unification
Over the past two decades, the cybersecurity industry has been completely transformed. For organizations, cybersecurity’s evolution from a cottage industry to an economic …
Privacy awareness checklist for GDPR readiness
A little more than a year out from its effective date of May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is undoubtedly on the minds of many of privacy …
Analysis of 500 million passwords shows what you should avoid
A dump of over 550 million username and password combinations is currently being sold on underground forums, and eager crooks are paying for the privilege to test them out …
What healthcare CISOs should know
“Are we more secure today than yesterday?” is the question every healthcare organization needs to asks itself every day. in order to develop a more effective security posture, …
Spectacular phishing attack pushes Google to improve defenses
The most recent Google-themed phishing attack shouldn’t have come as a surprise, but it did – and has affected around a million Gmail users. As Google succinctly …
Security awareness is good, but good security culture is better
As an efficient mechanism to influence employee behavior, security culture is one of the most important, yet most overlooked, aspects of organizational security. “A …
Three cybersecurity threat trends that organizations should address today
The cybersecurity landscape grows seemingly more complex – and dangerous – by the day: Hackers and other bad actors unleash increasingly intricate and formidable attacks, on …
World Password Day: Make the Internet a more secure place
Identity theft is one of the world’s fastest growing crimes, but adding strong authentication to your password can prevent it. Today is World Password Day, and here are some …
Making security everybody’s business goes beyond strong passwords
One of my colleagues recently shared a story that unfortunately, is not an uncommon happening among line of business application owners. He was monitoring a high value …
Battling cyber security’s human condition
There is no silver bullet when it comes to cyber security. Organizations with multi-million dollar IT budgets still make headlines for being successfully breached, and even …
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