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A Brief Look Into the Investment Economics of Cybersecurity
There has been a lot of discussion among chief information security officers (CISOs) about the “right number” to invest in cybersecurity. It’s a hot button topic with few signs of waning....
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ISACA Certifications Deliver Big Returns to Organizations and Individuals
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the ISACA Now blog. One thing is certain: The need for cybersecurity professionals isn’t going away any time in the near future. As our digital footprint...
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No Need to Cry: The Simple Skills Answer to “WannaCry” Fallout, Mitigation...
As many are aware, a recent ransomware attack called “WannaCry” (among other names) was released and began to spread. This is a particularly virulent attack and has affected hundreds of thousands of...
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DDoS Blog Series Part 2: How Do Consumers and Businesses Protect Against...
“This demonstrates the fragility of the network and infrastructure.” — Shawn Henry, chief security officer, Crowdstrike Several spectacular attacks in the past few months have demonstrated the power of...
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7 Obvious Security Precautions Companies Forget to Take
It seems that even with all the examples of breaches and compromises caused by the lack of company security across the last two decades, organizations continue to move forward with a “same as it ever...
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Spotting and Avoiding Government Cyber Warfare Tactical Weapons
According to a June 1, 2012, article in the New York Times, during President Obama’s first months in office, he ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that ran Iran’s main...
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Real-Life IT Horror Stories: The Day the Logic Bomb Went Off
Part 4 of the Real-Life IT Horror Stories Series Editor’s note: In celebration of Halloween, we’ve asked a few of our instructors to share some of the horror stories from their own consulting careers....
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9 Online Security Risks to Avoid and 9 Best Practices for Secure Computing
Today, there are teams of individuals, both state and privately sponsored, whose sole purpose is to break into corporate or government networks to either steal sensitive data, or deploy malware that...
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Rise of the Shadow Hacker: Cisco’s Threat Assessment
Ransomware, domain shadowing and malvertising are just a few of the menacing terms you’ll need to get familiar with in order to protect your network in 2015. Cisco’s 2015 Midyear Security Report is out...
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Preparing for 2015: Lessons Learned from Past Security Compromises
We can prepare for 2015 by learning from past data infringements or compromises that may have affected us personally or professionally. We need to learn from these incidents in order to prevent their...
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The Art of Deception: Stories of How We All Get Phished
Are you like most people who associate cyber, cyber security, data breaches and other similar terms with computers and technology? When you hear about a data breach in the news, do you immediately...
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Top 5 Unfortunately Common Online Attacks
Using the Internet continues to be a risky endeavor as the range of exploits and attacks continues to increase. Even without seeking out questionable content, it is easy to be compromised by a wide...
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How To Protect Yourself from Malware By Using a Non-Privileged Account
Standard security practice for the U.S. federal government and most medium and large enterprises calls for users to run as “Normal User” on the computer at their desk. Also called “Standard User” mode,...
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Top 5 Risky Internet Behaviors
The Internet is not a safe place. We see that more than ever with the security breaches of businesses and individuals in the news on a daily basis. As Internet citizens, we need to take our protection...
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Who’s the Hacker?
FBI Agent George Wigan: He does fit the profile perfectly. He’s intelligent but an underachiever, alienated from his parents, has few friends—classic case for recruitment by the Soviets. Lyle Watson:...
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Security Tips through the Lens of an IP Camera
IP cameras are remote access still and/or video cameras that enable remote monitoring of whatever is in the camera’s view. They have become very popular in recent years as an inexpensive security...
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Social Engineering: How Hackers Hack the Human
According to Donn Parker in Fighting Computer Crime, the weakest link in security is the human. In several presentations and in my writing, I’ve often described the Carbon-Based Problem. With due...
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The Click That Changed Emily’s Business
As you may recall from Part I of this series, Emily is the sole owner of a small business. She works from a home office and has two employees who also work from their homes. She uses a smartphone, a...
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Social Media Users Beware: Two Million Accounts Compromised
A recent CNN headline read, “2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack.” This attack began sometime in October 2013 and was discovered in late November 2013 by Trustwave, a...
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New Year, Simple Advice: Lower Cyber Risk and Reduce Liability
The start of a new year is a good time to reiterate cybersecurity best practices and what can happen when we get careless. If anyone believes he or she is immune, it won’t happen to them, or the...
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