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Cybersecurity Spending is on the Rise in 2018 – Invest in Peace of Mind

It seems a full week can’t go by without another headline about an organization getting breached. Whether it’s a new phishing scheme, a major malware attack on a city municipality or a strategic ransomware threat, the dangers are real, and the costs can be extraordinary. The cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve and as modern technology advances, security threats do as well. What protections do you need in place for you to sleep better at night?

Cloud Services, Cybercrimes, Dark Web Services, Disaster Recovery, Network Security|
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The Year of Crypto Currency Hackers

In 2017, the world saw the rise of ransomware as the names of famous ransomware attacks permeated the news such as Petya, Goldeneye and more.  According to Secplicity, “…malware is at an all-time high, global ransomware damages are predicted to exceed $5 billion, and data records are being stolen by hackers at a rate of more than 5 million a day.”

Cloud Services, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrimes, Dark Web Services|
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The Future of Law Enforcement: AI and Robots

Two scenarios:

  1. A cyber-attack launched on government sites throws mission-critical systems into disarray and affects public safety.
  2. A hostage situation gets out of hand and law enforcement wants to get up close to the suspect without risking the lives of the hostages or officers.

In both scenarios, government and law enforcement organizations are looking at artificial intelligence or AI as means to solve critical issues.

AI, Cybercrimes|
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Welcome WPA3 – WiFi Gets an Upgrade

It’s been nearly 14 years since WiFi (or WPA2) as we know it got a security upgrade.  But now the WiFi Alliance, a standards organization that includes Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft and others, is recommending a badly-needed make-over that will be dubbed WPA3, according to reports.  The new upgrades to WiFi were announced at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) the week of January 7, 2018.

Network Security, Remote Monitoring, Small and Medium Businesses|
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Losing Net Neutrality and How the New Ruling Could Affect Schools

On December 14, 2017, the FCC voted to repeal net neutrality rules in a 3-2 vote along party lines and signaling a victory for telecommunications companies, according to the Los Angeles Times.  Now lawmakers are fighting back and in mid-January, CNET reported that Democrats announced all 49 of their senators, and one Republican, Susan Collins of Maine, will vote on a bill that uses the Congressional Review Act to reinstate the regulation.

Education, Net Neutrality, Network|
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Meltdown and Spectre Patching – What You Need to Know

Image result for meltdown spectreRecent complex vulnerabilities in top-tier computer devices, iPhones, Windows PCs, Android devices and other gadgets have sent companies and individuals alike in a tailspin. A critical security flaw has been detected in processor chips that allow bottom barrel IT processes to have access to memory in the computer’s kernel – aka the most privileged IT process of the device.

Not good.

Hackers could potentially exploit this issue giving them a clear path for installing malicious software to read memory through this new group of side-channel attacks and putting data, hardware and software at serious risk.

Here are the immediate steps you need to take to make sure your data and infrastructure are protected:

Cybercrimes, Dark Web Services, Malware, Network Security|
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The Worst Cyber Attacks in History (So Far) and What We Can Learn

In 2017, the world experienced some of the largest and most dangerous cyber attacks in recent history.

The numbers are staggering: 

  • 143,000 million: the number of consumers affected by Equifax breach.
  • 3 billion: the number of people whose Yahoo email accounts were reportedly compromised. While the Yahoo! breaches occurred in 2013 and 2014, Yahoo! only disclosed the 3 billion number in October of 2017.
Cybercrimes, Disaster Recovery, Professional Services|
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Russian Hacking Election Scandal Puts the Voting Process Back to the Basics:  Paper Ballots

The Russian hacking scandal of the 2016 presidential election may put the entire voting process “back in time.” States from Virginia to Arizona are looking to retire touch-screen voting machines in favor of paper ballots, according to a recent article in Government Computer News (GCN).

“…States and counties were already moving toward paper ballots before 2016,” said Katy Owens Hubler, a consultant to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) as reported in GCN. “But the Russian hacking incident has brought the spotlight to this issue.”

Cybercrimes|
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Shadow IT and Shadow Data: How Organizations Can Protect Against the Use of Unsanctioned Applications

When we think of cybercrimes we often think of criminals hacking into a network to retrieve sensitive corporate information.  But cyberattacks and the leaking of information can also occur from within an organization in the form of Shadow IT and Shadow Data.

Cybercrimes, Dark Web Services, Shadow IT|
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Extra-Terrestrial IT Protocols:  What Happens if Aliens Land on Earth?

For those of us who work in the technology industry, it’s important to dream.  We tend to focus on issues that are “down to earth” – such as ensuring our children in schools have access to the latest technologies, or that businesses have the right IT infrastructure to protect their data. But then there are times when we want to go galactic, like pondering what would happen if extra-terrestrials (ET) landed on Earth or sent us a message from outer space?

Do we have IT protocols in place for handling such an extraordinary, out of this world event?

Innovation|
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