Nearly 80 percent of professionals work remotely at least one day a week and 1.55 billion others are expected to work outside the boundaries of the corporate office by 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan research. Employees value flexibility and freedom, often resulting in a happier and motivated workforce. But do IT and security departments see the bright […]
Critical Infrastructure
Website security risks: Stats and solutions [infographic]
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According to a new study of the top 1 million domains, 46% are running vulnerable software, are known phishing sites, or have had a security breach in the past twelve months. Here is a quick breakdown: Which sites are the most vulnerable? News and media sites were most likely to be risky, at 50%, followed […]
U.S. faces a new wave of cyber threats
According to Central Intelligence Director John Brennan, the U.S. could now face an “unprecedented range of threats” in the digital domain. Brennan outlined some of the threats during a recent talk at the Cyber Georgia Conference at Augusta University. Georgia is home to a key facility in the U.S. military’s cyber security efforts. In 2013, military officials announced […]
5 tips for implementing IoT security
The Internet of Things (IoT) is everywhere, linking our homes, offices, cars, personal fitness and coffee machines into one giant connected network. With an estimated 5.5 million new “things” connected each day, and an expected 6.4 billion in circulation by the end of 2016, according to Gartner research, the IoT will increasingly become part of […]
Data breaches and compromised credentials
According to a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) report, data breaches, account hijacking and malicious insiders all rated as top threats for IT professionals. In addition, the report found that these attacks often occur because of a lack of scalable identity access management systems, failure to use multifactor authentication, insufficient password use and a lack of ongoing […]
The effects of cyber attacks on the health care industry
A cyberattack that may have involved ransomware in March on MedStar Health, a 10-hospital system serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C area, forced the hospital to shut down several of its systems to avoid the spread of the malware. This attack followed ransomware attacks on Methodist Hospital in Kentucky, two California hospitals and Ottawa Hospital in […]
Hackers are everywhere…even inside the US government
In April, the US government admitted in an alert that hackers have been inside government systems for years, and it is likely they are still there. This group of malicious cyber hackers is known as APT6 and is believed to be ‘state sponsored,’ but the reality is that the US government has no idea. These expert cyber […]
5 tips to protect your company website from attacks
You likely don’t leave the door to your home unlocked when your family is not there—thieves are more likely to steal from a home that is unlocked. In the same way, leaving your website unlocked and unprotected is like leaving an open door for hackers to steal valuable customer or company data. A breach can […]
Are you getting the most out of your firewall?
According to SearchSecurity, A firewall is “a network security system, either hardware- or software-based, that controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on a set of rules.” While many people have heard the term used often, only 4% of Americans say they understand firewalls “completely,” and more than 44% don’t understand firewalls at all or even know […]
