3 Effective Practices for Remote Work Cybersecurity
3 Effective Practices for Remote Work Cybersecurity If your organization was behind the curve in moving to a remote workforce before March of 2020, it likely moved at warp speed to catch up when the coronavirus pandemic essentially shut down traditional offices and moved employees en masse to their home offices. COVID-19 has proven to […]
OSINT: Not the Cyber Security Silver Bullet
Why You Should Take the Cyber Risk Scoring Challenge
Why You Should Take the Cyber Risk Scoring Challenge Simple, first generation products from cyber risk score vendors have been around for decades. They rely heavily on passive scanning—pulling data from public internet traffic—and suffer in terms of completeness and accuracy. The data from these products is typically captured solely from traffic analysis from various […]
7 Ways COVID-19 Will Permanently Reshape Cyber Security
7 Ways COVID-19 Will Permanently Reshape Cyber Security Many security projects—no matter how important—fade away, either due to budget limitations, scarce resources or lack of prioritization. However, the sudden shift to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many of these initiatives to the forefront, and they are now gaining traction that should […]
Cyber Risk in the Time of COVID-19: An Update
Protecting Your Business from COVID-19-related Phishing Scams
Three Phases of AttacksIn recent weeks, there has been an explosion of COVID-19-themed phishing schemes. The first phase started toward the end of February and into early March. These mainly involved spoofs of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), WHO (World Health Organization), and a few other reputable authorities including HR departments within targeted organizations. […]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the Challenges Facing Cyber Security
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the Challenges Facing Cyber Security By now, many experts agree that repercussions from the coronavirus will hit every organization on some level, no matter how resilient they thought they were. In fact, cyber security author Raef Meeuwisse has said that “no single event to date has changed the tech threat landscape more […]
5 Cyber Security Facts That Make You Think Twice
5 Cyber Security Facts That Make You Think Twice As the world has shifted from the physical to the digital, security threats have also changed from physical to cyber. The cyber risks are numerous, and the landscape evolves quickly. Juniper research states that cyber crimes accounted for $2 trillion in losses in 2019, and with […]