Security
Cyber criminals are always trying to be one step ahead. Stay current on security trends, breakthroughs and developments that can help protect your organization from cyber threats.
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Signing Your Life Away – What is in that Privacy Policy You Just Agreed to?
We have updated our privacy policy When you open Twitter, Facebook or some other social media application, and that annoying message comes up “We have updated our privacy policy, continuing to use this site constitutes your acceptance of our policy”, do you ever go and read the policy to see what you are agreeing to?
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The WannaCry Ransomware Attack – What Lessons Can We Learn
Security experts globally are starting to rally following the ransomware attack on corporate and private computers last week. What lessons can we take from this event, and how can we be better prepared for the next attack, which will undoubtedly already be in the planning stages? The WannaCry ransomware that has affected more than 230,000
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Data Security – Healthcare Complacency a Cause for Concern
With the vast amount of highly sensitive data that is held by healthcare institutions, you would assume that the safeguards around how data is secured and accesed in these organizations would be at the highest level. However, research from ABI Research shows that this is not the case. The rapid fire spread of the WannaCry
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Ransomware – How Can You Protect Your Organization?
The ransomware attack that has hit globally this week has sent many organizations scrambling to recover data and protect themselves from the consequences of an attack that they were not prepared for. EY, a leading global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, is urging organizations worldwide to take immediate action to mitigate the effect
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ServiceNow Introduces Trusted Security Circles and Vendor Risk Management
Amongst the product announcements from ServiceNow at Knowledge17 in Orlando this week is Trusted Security Circles, a new cloud-based application giving enterprises the ability to share and receive hyper-relevant threat intelligence in near real-time. Security teams have been fighting threats in isolation, but sharing information would expose to the world that they were under attack. Now, security
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No Longer Any Excuse for Poor Passwords
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with passwords. We love them because they at least give the semblance of security to the data we want to protect, we hate them because, if they are to be secure, they are difficult to create, and even harder to remember. One of the most popular passwords in
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Your Online Security – It is Time to Improve Your Password Habits
Passwords – do you view them as vital protection of your personal data, or just an annoyance, to be made as simple as possible so you don’t forget them? Not protecting your information by using strong passwords is, ultimately, a mistake, and one that could cost you dearly in the future. Today is World Password
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Phishing – Still a Method of Choice for Cyber Criminals
Phishing is a very popular method for cyber criminals to gain access to data that can compromise the security of credit cards, or provide information that opens up unsuspecting consumers to identity theft. Despite constant publicity and warnings, and advice on how to avoid being a victim of these high-tech criminals, people continue to be
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