We open our discussion today with a scenario of a phishing attack, that has been plaguing a company for weeks now, let’s call them Firetronics. The CISO, CIO, and SOC have had several meetings about this attack, it seems they have an extremely persistent attacker. The...

Ask anyone worth their salt in security and they will tell you passwords are becoming a thing of the past, or rather already have. The number of data breaches grow each year, and yet weak passwords and password policies still remains an issue for security everywhere....

In the cybersecurity world, we all agree that there is a need for cybersecurity professionals with smarts, knowledge, know-how, as well as a willingness to learn. However, it seems the industry is having an increasingly difficult time finding people to fill their...

Your company has an upcoming compliance audit and your security staff is working overtime preparing; every control is put in place and each system is set to the exact specifications of the compliance audit. The day arrives and your company passes with flying colors,...

Distributed Denial of Service Attacks: What are They?Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks occur when multiple systems flood the bandwidth of a company, typically through a web server. These types of attacks are more often than not a result of multiple...

In the past few years, the use of personal cloud storage has been on the rise, from GoogleDrive to Dropbox and even Microsoft Onedrive. These cloud storage options allow users to share data across computer systems, and while this can be seen as a boon in productivity...

Gemalto’s Breach Level Index tracks cybersecurity challenges — and they are massive: Every day, 6.3 million records are hacked. That’s 261,012 stolen every hour. By the minute, it’s more than 4,300. Or, 73 records hacked every second around the world.  Our efforts to...

The world is evolving into a hyper-connected world, where what only a few years ago seemed like science fiction is becoming a reality thanks to IOT devices. These IOT devices range from refrigeration systems, automated manufacturing systems, medical systems and even...