Are You Prepared for Russian Cyber Attacks?
Prepare for Russian Attacks but Increased Attacks are Here to Stay Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA’s), Issued the following assessment of the Russia Cyber Attack Threat. But make no mistake about it, these threats already exist and will continue to exist after any Russia geopolitical tension subsides. The Russian government engages in malicious cyber […]
Does Your Company Qualify for Cyber Insurance?
Cyber Attacks Rising – Companies Using Cyber Insurance to Help Harmful attacks on small/medium and large companies are rising and the costs of those attacks is high. Cybercrime is expected to grow to $10.5 trillion by 2025 up from $3 trillion in 2015. A recent study showed that the average total cost of a […]
3 Reasons you Need Managed Security MONITORING
The goal of strong or compliance level security is nearly unobtainable for small to medium sized businesses. Regulations require 24×7 managed security monitoring as does “best practices”, but who can afford the experts that can staff that level of effort. You cannot have strong security without threat detection and response capabilities. The following are three […]
Why Most Companies Need Managed Security
Can Managed Security Solve Company’s Security Challenges? It has never been more obvious when looking at the increasing requirements to provide adequate cyber security that most companies cannot do it with internal staff alone. It is just too daunting and the requirements are going up every year leading to the need for outsourced managed security. […]
Creating a Zero Trust Security Infrastructure
Creating a Zero Trust Security Infrastructure Zero Trust is a security framework that endeavors to make networks more secure by eliminating the concept of trust from an organization’s network architecture. Zero Trust uses a Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) also known as perimeterless security or Software Defined Perimeter (SDP). This approach to the design and implementation of IT systems and security […]
Ransomware is not the Problem, it’s a Symptom
Ransomware is a symptom of inadequate security Ransomware is definitely a growing problem with ten percent (10%) of all breaches in 2021 involving ransomware according to the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Ransomware has been prominently in the news with recent attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS USA (a major meat producer) leading people to believe that […]
2021 Cyber Security Trends – Top 4 Priorities
2021 Cyber Security Trends in a Post Pandemic World What Changed in 2020 that is Requiring Companies to Relook at their Security? 2020 forced all companies to focus on survival. The first task was to support remote workers and make sure that all servers, applications and data were accessible. Many companies never got beyond that. […]
Zero Trust Security in Software Defined Perimeters
Zero Trust Security in Software Defined Perimeters In the era of work from home, cloud computing, mobile devices and IoT, the network security perimeter is gradually disintegrating, and internal and external threats are intensifying, leading to the failure of the traditional perimeter-based security architecture. Therefore, the need for a Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) is never […]
Are Customers Demanding Compliance Level Security?
Are Your Customers Demanding Compliance Level Security? As scary as this is, more and more of our customers are coming to us telling us that if they can’t prove that they are secure, they will lose business. Both business partners and customers are driving businesses to be compliant with a variety of security standards or […]
Can You Prevent These Email Security Attacks?
Email Attacks are Still the Primary Security Attack Vector 70% of attacks on businesses are from external parties with a financially motivated goal (86% of the time). Social and malware attacks combined account for 39% of all recent attacks on businesses. Social Attacks are the #1 Attack Vector against businesses Fighting Social & Phishing Attacks […]