Cyber Security
Nine Ways To Avoid Getting Hooked By W-2 Phishing Schemes
Scammers pose via email as a senior company executive and request HR and Finance managers provide them copies of employee tax forms. Once a complete set is obtained, they sell it on the black market. Between $4 to $20 per form can be raked in by selling off the individual pieces of employee identity W-2s contain or using them to file tax returns and taking the refunds. It?s trapped a surprising number of small business managers and the problem?s only escalating.
Arecont Vision Welcomes Allied Telesis To Technology Partner Program
Arecont Vision®, announced that Allied Telesis, Inc. has joined the Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program. Allied Telesis is a leading provider of hardware and software products that build secure, feature-rich, and scalable data exchange solutions. Allied Telesis is universally recognized for innovating the way in which services and applications are delivered and managed, resulting in increased value and lower operating costs. In a world moving toward Smart Cities and the Internet of Things, Allied Telesis pushes networks to the edge to meet new challenges.
PSA Security, ISC Security And SIA To Launch Cyber Secured Forum
PSA Security Network, the world’s largest systems integrator cooperative, ISC Security Events and the Security Industry Association (SIA), the leading trade association for global security solution providers.
Keeping Up With Technology Risk
As consumers, we are technology junkies searching for the next great fix, and companies around the world are racing to deliver the coolest new distraction. Sounds great, right? There?s just one problem: companies are working under relentless pressure and impossibly tight deadlines that are quite literally harmful to us, and lead to greater technology risk. Remember that awesome smartphone with the iris recognition system, the Secure Folder security feature, and the battery that had the unfortunate habit of exploding? What about the time Amazon lost hundreds of millions of dollars over a typo? With this never ending demand for newer, cooler technology, many businesses today find themselves sacrificing security and operation in order to release as quickly as possible.
SecureCircle Now Delivers Ubiquitous Transparent Security To Unstructured Data
SecureCircle has announced the launch of its flagship security product, SecureCircle, which is the first security product designed to meet the challenges of securing and managing unstructured data in a “zero-trust” world. Differing from other data security and access control solutions, SecureCircle automatically detects and transparently protects data no matter the form it takes throughout its lifecycle.
Expert Speaks On Recent ‘Red Disk’ Security Leak
The latest US Department of Defense ?Red Disk? data security leak is yet another indicator of how current cybersecurity thinking is entirely out of sync with the broader changes in IT that have taken place over the last 20 years. The explosion of IT systems, networks, users, clouds, and devices has caused the size of the typical enterprise?s attack surface to expand exponentially. Any user or device can be the weakest link and become the steppingstone to a major data breach.
8 Cyber Insurance Questions Start-Up and Small Business Owners Are Asking
Question and Answer with Michelle Lopilato, the Senior Vice President, Director of Cyber and Technology, Hub International, along with John Farley, Vice President, Cyber Risk, HUB International. Cyber attacks are a reality in today?s age of technology, but that doesn?t mean you have to become a victim when it affects your business. You can stay afloat by arming your start-up/SMB with proactive and reactive cyber security strategies. Tragically, 60 percent of small to midsize companies that suffer a cyber attack are out of business within six months. Don?t make the mistake in assuming that your business is not as susceptible to breaches as large companies. In fact, 55 percent of 600 small and medium sized business (SMB) in a recent survey reported being hacked.
Most Cyber Attacks Are Inside Jobs
According to IBM Security research, 75% of insider cyber attacks involved malicious intent and 25% involved inadvertent actors. It was also found that the top three industries most under attack are healthcare, manufacturing and financial services, due to the large quantity of personal data, intellectual property, and physical inventory available, as well as massive financial assets, respectively.
Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Impacts Security Operations
According to ESG research, 45% of organizations report having a problematic shortage of cybersecurity skills in 2017. Of course, this applies to all areas of cybersecurity but recent ESG research shows that the skills shortage has a direct impact on security analytics and operations. The research also reveals some of the ramifications of these cybersecurity skills shortages.
Cyber Risk Lessons for Boards and Officers
Large enterprises like Equifax, Target, Sony and Home Depot may have grabbed headlines for cyber attacks, but small to mid-size businesses are the most exposed and the easiest prey. That?s because small businesses have fewer resources and may falsely believe that hackers only target large organizations. Last year, small organizations accounted for 85% of data breach claims, and breaches of less than 10,000 records cost on average $4.66 million.
Spohn Security Warns Of Risks With Cloud Computing Still Emerging
More companies are moving towards cloud technologies for lower costs, faster time to market, and increased employee productivity. However, the vulnerability of common cloud servers creates many new security challenges, the full impact of which we are just starting to determine. Spohn Security Solutions offers advice on catching vulnerabilities and proofing your company against cloud attacks.
Expert Breaks Down WPA2 Security Flaw, Explains Solutions
Researchers have discovered a key flaw in the WPA2 Wi-Fi encryption protocol that allows hackers to intercept credit card numbers, passwords, photos and other sensitive information. The new exploit is called KRACK, short for Key Reinstallation Attacks. The research has been kept under wraps for weeks ahead of a coordinated disclosure. The vulnerability affects the core WPA2 protocol itself and is effective against devices running Android, Linux, and OpenBSD, and to a lesser extent macOS and Windows, as well as MediaTek Linksys.
Cyberattacks: 59% Of Survey Respondents Say Laptops Are Most Vulnerable Devices
Following a first survey from December 2016, ReportLinker conducted a new research on cybersecurity to find out if opinions and attitudes towards this threat have shifted since last year. Many Americans don?t feel they personally are at much risk of a cyberattack, they are however a large majority to think cyberattacks are becoming more a threat now.
Corporations Still Unprepared For Emergency Situations
As security and employee safety remain at risk, unpreparedness is still affecting many corporations according to the Trends in Corporate Security survey from Rave Mobile Safety. Rave, provider of critical communication and data platform solutions trusted to save lives, has released the findings of a corporate security survey. Completed anonymously by 150 managers in corporate safety and security, employee safety, physical plant security, IT security and business continuity, respondents identified factors driving corporate safety and security decision making. According to the data, even with growing awareness around risks in the workplace, there is a continued unpreparedness in corporate security.
NTT Security Launches Security Services For Industrial Control Systems
NTT Security Corporation, the specialized security company of NTT Group, has launched ?IT/OT Integrated Security Services.? The new services will be taken to market globally through the NTT Group companies, Dimension Data, NTT Communications, and NTT DATA, forming part of its suite of integrated services to enable successful digital transformation initiatives for its clients.
US Government Bans Agencies From Using Russian Cybersecurity Software Over Spying Fears
The US government has banned federal agencies from using Kaspersky Lab security software, a Russian company, over concerns it may be tied to state-sponsored espionage. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke has issued a directive given at least six federal agencies a timeline to get rid of the software from government networks.
Virginia Adopts Cybersecurity Framework To Get Everyone Speaking Same Language
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared Thursday that Virginia is the first state to adopt the National Initiative for Cyber Security Education (NICE) Framework, developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in an official capacity. The latest version of the framework —also known as NIST Special Publication 800-181— was published earlier this month with the intention of providing a “common, constant lexicon” for a fast-growing industry in which everyone seems to have a different name for the same thing.
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Warns Against Using Kaspersky Lab Software
Rob Joyce, the Trump administration’s cybersecurity coordinator, said Tuesday the U.S. is lacking 300,000 cybersecurity experts needed to defend the country. He also had a warning for the public about using software from Kaspersky Lab. U.S. officials believe the company has ties to the Kremlin – and the federal government has vowed not to use its products. FBI agents have also interviewed Kaspersky employees working in the U.S.
HBO Hacked In Latest Cybersecurity Breach
HBO’s computer network struck by ransomware: hackers leak scripts from popular shows like “Game of Thrones” and demand up to $15 million in ransom. HBO reportedly responded with a $250,000 offer. Timothy Crosby, Senior Security Consultant for Spohn Security Solutions, says this newest hack evidences the growing risk that companies face with cyber intrusions. ?No company —large or small— is immune to being a target; the HBO saga makes it even more apparent that cyber security teams must remain vigilant to detect and prevent attacks before they happen,? stated Crosby.
Cyber Attacks Occurring More Frequently With Greater Sophistication According To NTT Security
The frequency and sophistication of cyber attacks continues to rise globally according to research data from the Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC) 2017 Q2 Threat Intelligence Report released by NTT Security, an NTT Group company. The report, based on events identified across the NTT Security global client base during the second quarter of 2017, identifies trending threats and enables the company to implement IT security assessment and incident response tactics to stay ahead of hackers, and maintain the best protection for their clientele.