Plain and simple. We all (as humans) want to understand about things we do not know. Ferdinand Magellan, Lewis and Clark, even Neil Armstrong getting to the moon.
In security—especially cybersecurity—we have that same desire.
You see, the Dark Web—that mysterious part of the web that was designed to be completely anonymous—is the part of the web that most of us know nothing about and is where most of the threats on your business originate in one form or another. In security, we see all of the threats that either originate from discussions on the Dark Web or the aftermath (the loot from breaches and attacks) that ends up on sites within the Dark Web. But what we do not understand is what threats are coming.
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Are Your User’s Passwords On The Dark Web?
An anonymous hacking ring just released nearly 890 million credentials last week on the Dark Web.
True story. Cybersecurity experts were able to find pages on the nefarious Dark Web—the places on the web where people are anonymously selling and trading elicit materials and information.
Many of the websites and companies where the credentials originate—32 that we know of—have recently released press releases of cyberattacks and data breaches on their systems.
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Let’s face it—policies matter.
We all need—especially in organizations like yours—a good way to track our policies back to compliance standards and enforce them through various procedures
The problem we’ve seen is that many organizations are often managing these policies and procedures in Word documents, Sharepoint files, or even in Excel spreadsheets, making the task of enforcing compliance—ensuring that procedures and policies match up with changes in compliance—a real heck of a task.
How are policies and procedures getting misplaced, outdated, unseen, or even lost?
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“Talking about this service issue reminds me why I love working with your company”.
That was a comment that come up in a conversation I had with one of my clients last week.
What we were discussing was an issue that had arisen during the week, leaving some concern that we might not be doing everything the way it should be done.
Instead of simply giving lip service to our clients, we listen to problems they have with our service. In fact, we treat service issues very seriously.
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Microsoft announced that it will terminate support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. While January 2020 seems a faraway date, the clock is ticking—and security experts warn that 11 months is not a very long time to plan and implement a strategy to transition from the Windows 7 operating system.
With that announcement came a LOT of confusion about what exactly that means. Will you be able to run Windows 7 going forward? And what exactly does it mean that support is terminated?
Generally, Microsoft promises 10 years of support for business and enterprise software. This support period is split up into two periods: Mainstream Support and Extended Support.
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They might be giving away more than they’d bargained to.
Hackers have actually come up with quite a devious way to get information from your users. In effect, by asking them to verify their identity through logging into their Facebook or other social media account—they are on their way to steal your user’s identity.
What are these scams called?
It’s actually another kind of phishing attack.
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