Penetration testing is arguably one of the most necessary operations within cybersecurity and its importance is becoming more relevant to C-level executives. It is estimated that almost 70% of business leaders believe that their cybersecurity … Read more
Ransomware is a form of malware that utilizes a number of vectors to access computers. With the rise of cloud, mobile, and remote work, ransomware attacks have significantly increased as have ransom demands. An example … Read more
Data – Promise and Peril According to Cisco, global internet traffic will grow from 0.001 petabytes (or PB, where each PB equals 10005 bytes) in 1990, to an estimated 273 exabytes (or EB, where each … Read more
Privacy initiatives are gaining traction across the country. The problem is that the states’ laws are inconsistent, leaving small and mid-sized businesses, in particular, struggling to understand by which laws they are bound and which … Read more
Introduction Ransomware is one of the most prolific cybersecurity threats that businesses face. A combination of a virus and a worm, combined with numerous social engineering techniques, have made it a billion-dollar industry for criminals … Read more
If you needed a microcosm of the challenges currently facing the cybersecurity world, three events in the summer of 2021 summed it up well: Oracle and Microsoft (and others) issued patch updates to fix the … Read more
Executive Summary Very little software is entirely original. Software developers use existing, open-source, and commercially available software components to create new products. On average, 75 percent of a software product is open-source code, according to … Read more
As the country is still reeling from the onslaught of ransomware attacks throughout 2021, there have been a series of new developments relating to the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) of these cybercriminal groups carrying … Read more
Cyber malfeasance and what most people call “hacking” has increased against critical services providers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The insecurity of critical systems and victimization of people who use them is growing … Read more
President Biden signed an Executive Order in May 2021 to improve the Nation’s cybersecurity. It claims the United States “faces persistent and increasingly sophisticated malicious cyber campaigns that threaten the public sector [and] the private … Read more
