Workplace Tips

Are you worried about a data breach at your organization? You should be. But you should also be able to rest easy knowing you put your organization in the best position to keep sensitive company and customer information protected. One of the core components to a role in IT or Security is the ability to […]

Data breach! The phrase itself is enough to make even the most seasoned IT or security professional cringe. Hackers who exploit weaknesses in your security represent one of the most nefarious dangers to your business, employees, and clients. These aren’t over-exaggerated claims, either.  World famous businessman, Warren Buffet, stated that cyber crimes were the number one problem with […]

Data breaches and malware attacks make headlines every day – and huge, household names are no longer the sole target. Small and mid-sized businesses are increasingly being targeted by cyber criminals and hackers who seek to exploit the brand for their own purposes. Tracking down and eliminating sources of risk can help prevent data theft […]

Artificial Intelligence, in all of its forms, is here to stay. Any process a machine takes over can be considered AI. In this case, we’ll talk largely about the personal assistant functions which users activate using voice commands. Things like Siri and Alexa offer their users the chance to have a personal assistant perform the tedious jobs of looking […]

Phishing attacks are difficult threats for IT and Security professionals to eliminate because existing methods continue to evolve in order to disrupt businesses of every size. Attacks typically don’t target seasoned security professionals — instead, criminals are focusing their efforts on the largely negligent employee base, or on specific individuals within a business who tend […]

Shadow IT is inevitable. With the consumerization of IT and the proliferation of cloud applications, maintaining control over your organization’s security is becoming increasingly difficult. Unless you’re willing to slow employee productivity to a halt by demanding IT approval of every software and cloud application used for work, as well as all personal devices used […]

Phishing attacks are on the rise, and they’re more sophisticated than ever. The reason these types of attacks are on the rise is because they’re extremely profitable for perpetrators. And with the average cost of a phishing attack costing a mid-size company $1.6 million, it can be a death blow for businesses that don’t put […]

A business password manager is the best first line of defense against a data breach. By encouraging and enabling employees to change their poor security and password behavior, a password manager minimizes your organization’s attack surface and strengthens one of your biggest vulnerabilities. After all, your security is only as strong as your employee’s weakest […]

A cyber security researcher on a jet hacks into flight controls via its in-flight information system. A practical joker cracks the code for programming electronic highway road signs. An organized crime group hides drugs in an ocean shipper’s legitimate cargo and uses hackers to gain data needed to steal the cargo containers in port.   […]

When it comes to passwords, most of your employees believe they are protected by storing countless iterations of username and password combinations in their heads—but with password rules becoming increasingly complex, it’s becoming nearly impossible to rely on memory these days. Faced with multiple complex passwords to remember, employees resort to pen and paper—or worse, […]

If you’re a CEO or IT administrator, you’ll need to spruce up on cyber security training before indoctrinating new hires. If the latest Yahoo data breach proved anything, it’s that today’s cyber threats are terrifyingly real. That said, 2016 has come with a slew of new cyber threats and surprising avenues of danger. If there’s […]

This summer, IBM and Ponemon Institute published a startling global study on how much data breaches cost businesses per year. With approximately 90 percent of cybersecurity incidents affecting small businesses and 1 in 5 companies having experienced a security breach thus far this year, this study illustrates how three major security vulnerabilities lead data breaches […]