Is malware dying?
Are we witnessing the death of malware? According to this story at InfoWorld the answer seems to be ... maybe. While it will likely never go away completely, it’s less and less becoming the tool of...
View ArticleLimit the Damage of Ransomware in Two Steps
Unless you make it a habit of reading blogs about bitcoin or spend your spare time on sites dedicated to network security then you may have missed the announcement last week by the FBI on...
View ArticleBYOD: How Secure Are Your Endpoints?
It’s only natural for the growth of certain technologies to slow as they become more and more commonplace. That’s why the headlines talking about the slowing growth of the tablet or smart phone market...
View ArticleGovernment and Education Networks Remain Unsecure
An interesting study just released by the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University on the state of cybersecurity readiness in state governments confirmed...
View ArticleNetwork Security Essentials: Keep Software Updated, Upgraded
We’ve all seen them, whether we are at work or at home, those update boxes that pop up and tell us that there’s a new version of some piece of software that we probably didn’t know we had or didn’t...
View ArticleInfographic: Local and State Government Agencies More Vulnerable To Malware
A dive in to our CINS data revealed some telling numbers with regard to network security in state and local government agencies, including education - the so-called SLED organizations. The bottom line?...
View ArticleIs It Time to Outsource Your Network Security?
We are going to admit right from the outset that this post will seem self-serving. We are a company that provides a managed security service, so when we say what we are going to say you’ll think to...
View ArticleBattling Local Government Security Misconceptions: Our Data is Already Public
Several security misconceptions keep local governments from effective network security. The first misconception is that the data is already public.There’s a saying that we’ve always liked: It’s a poor...
View ArticleBattling Local Government Security Misconceptions: I Know Where My Data Is
Here’s a pretty staggering number: 34,220,504.That’s the number of personal records exposed, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, through November 2015 because of government data...
View ArticleBattling Local Government Security Misconceptions: Last Year’s Training is...
There’s nothing new about social engineering. It’s old-fashioned con artistry with a fancier sounding name. The Trojans had their horse. The schemer on the streets has his game of three-card Monte. And...
View ArticleBattling Local Government Security Misconceptions: Security is a Shared...
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been looking at common security misconceptions that plague state and local governments. There’s one more that we’ll examine on the blog although we identify six in the...
View ArticleWhat Internet Explorer’s retirement means for you
There was a lot of talk last week about Microsoft putting its browser Internet Explorer out to pasture. If you missed the news — hard to do for anyone with even a passing interest in technology, but...
View ArticleLessons from the Annual Worst Passwords List
The annual list of bad passwords was released last week. The list for 2015 looks a lot like the list for the previous years. Still, these are always good for a bewildered chuckle. Password is still an...
View ArticleFour Security Concepts to Know in 2016
Network security can’t be a passive thing. Those who want into your network are constantly figuring out new ways to get there. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, that should be a somewhat...
View ArticleThe Dyre Raids and the Importance of Security Teams
Security headlines over the last week or so have been talking about Russian police raids at the end of November that may have put an end to the Dyre malware variant. The ring of cybercriminals taken...
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