by Pete Slade | Sep 3, 2019 | Breaches
Prep your systems and local governments. 2019 is the year of government-targeted ransomware. At least 22 Texas towns were recently hit by a malicious, coordinated ransomware attack – the first of its kind to hit the public sector. It’s unclear at this time how the...
by Pete Slade | Jul 30, 2019 | Breaches
Small and midsized business owners are obviously aware of the threat of cyber attacks. You read about them in newspapers or hear about them on news reports. Everyone knows about the attacks on big companies including Yahoo, eBay, Equifax, Target Stores, JP Morgan...
by Pete Slade | Dec 13, 2018 | Best Practices
There are numerous challenges to building and managing an information security program. Organizations need to comply with industry regulations, state directives and even international statutes in some cases. Cybersecurity frameworks offer a way to address your cyber...
by Pete Slade | Nov 28, 2018 | Threats
Zero-day attacks… an almost-menacing, militant-sounding term. Zero-day attacks (or zero-day exploits) are actually cyberattacks that take advantage of previously-unknown vulnerabilities in software. Zero-days are called so because the vulnerabilities are exploited...
by Pete Slade | Nov 7, 2018 | Threats
The Russian cyber attack on the 2016 Presidential Election has brought cybersecurity to the forefront. Regardless of which industry you’re in, that attack made it abundantly clear we’re all at risk of cyber breaches. But don’t kid yourself – it isn’t just foreign...