CyberGuard360’s trailblazing CyberGlass doesn’t only spot attacks – it fixes them Prevention can win over even the most persistent attacks, thanks to a groundbreaking new weapon in the war on cybercrime: CyberGlass. The latest innovation from leading cybersecurity provider CuberGuard360, CyberGlass is trailblazing a new software category as the world’s first Security Monitoring & Management (SMM) platform. It is the first and only platform to combine all the elements of a complete cybersecurity program into a single actionable interface – enabling MSPs, MSSPs, and enterprise IT teams to
6 Important Lessons Learned from Recent Data Breaches
Spotting the mistakes and vulnerabilities that led to a breach 1. TCM Bank If you applied for a credit card through TCM Bank (a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard) between March 2017 and July 2018, your data may have been exposed. About twenty-five percent of applicants from that timeframe were affected, exposing data including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The fault, though, was not exactly TCM’s, though it is, in the end. The misconfiguration was from a website managed by a third party. This has since been corrected and TCM is now requiring their vendors
What Cybersecurity Issues Keep You Up at Night?
Not enough staff and insecure data top the list As we enter winter 2018, the cybersecurity landscape is decidedly a mixed bag. According to a survey compiled by the Ponemon Institute, 67 percent of companies believe they are more vulnerable than in 2017. The report surveyed 612 chief information officers (CIOs) and IT security experts and found the top five threats facing the industry are lack of competent in-house IT staff (70 percent), data breaches (67 percent), cyberattacks (59 percent), inability to reduce employee negligence (54 percent), and ransomware (48 percent). These threats are
How Hackers Could Make Your Daily Commute A Lot Worse
Black-hatted-extortionists are showing just how vulnerable our traffic control and other public transit systems are to hackers As the world becomes increasingly dependent on Internet-enabled technology, so too do our traffic systems. Unfortunately, security systems have not kept up to date with the problems posted by hackers. The sensors that detect vehicles, the transmitters that carry information to traffic lights, and even the computers housing all of this information are vulnerable to attacks. Take, for example, Cesar Cerrudo, who taught himself how to infiltrate cybernetic systems,
Ransomware is Every Industry’s Problem
City departments, hospitals, and shipping companies learned the hard way that ransomware will hold anyone’s data hostage Shortly after the WannaCry ransomware crypto worm finished swindling Microsoft Windows users out of billions in May 2017, the finger pointing game began. The US blamed North Korea, Twitter exploded with conspiracy theories, and everyone scrambled to secure their precious information using whatever methods seemed feasible. But then an unfamiliar variant of Petya nailed 80 global companies in a politically-motivated attack meant to throttle Ukraine. Analysts speculated this
The Cloud’s Dark Lining
The more users entrust personal and professional data to cyberspace, the more criminals will target the cloud. Their methods evolve as quickly as the technology they seek to exploit. The cloud is a vast virtual data storage platform that has radically changed the economics of computing, but it is not as far out of reach as its name implies. Just like a physical storage medium, the cloud is vulnerable to evermore industrious cybercriminals. Their exploitation of the framework’s weaknesses can spell disaster for unprepared individuals or entire corporations. What are the biggest dangers and
Is Your Industry on The Hacker Hit List?
Cybercriminals are adapting techniques they’ve used successfully against financial service companies to breach other data-rich industries. Here’s a list of who’s on their hit list. It was barely more than a decade ago that data breaches didn’t register as a major concern for companies. But cybercrime is exploding – costing the world an estimated $600 billion in 2017 – and the potential reputational damage and major financial losses that follow a successful attack rank high on every company’s agenda. Cybercrime has become a permanent and alarming risk for organizations of all sizes and
Are Remote Workers A Cybersecurity Risk?
Yes – but these 7 steps can mitigate your risk when employees work remotely For 4.3 million Americans, commuting to work is as simple as strolling over to a home computer. Half of U.S. workers hold jobs that allow them to work remotely at least part of the time, according to a study by GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com. In fact, the number of people who work from home full-time has grown by 140 percent since 2005, the study said – and that’s not counting the self-employed. Remote working is a trend that’s here to stay, as Millennials reshape the modern workplace to achieve work/life balance. It
Small Business Information Security
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Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job
A Publication of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Working Group Sub-Group on Workforce Management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Read More