Literally as I was getting ready to write this newsletter, I got a scheduling request from an organization that noted in the request for the meeting – “We fell victim to a phishing scam and lost $177,000”. The heartbreaking part of the conversation was that the organization had a separate cyber liability insurance policy and […]
Category: cybersecurity
FBI and CISA Warn Of New Cyber Attacks Coming
We all are watching in shock and disgust at the atrocities being committed in Ukraine. Our thoughts, prayers and hopefully soon to be delivered tactical support are with each and every one of the citizens of Ukraine. In conjunction with the physical attack and invasion launched by Russia directly against the Ukraine people, the FBI, […]
Urgent Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability
Urgent Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability Microsoft acknowledged on Tuesday 3/2/2021 that there was a series of significant Zero-Day vulnerabilities related to Microsoft Exchange servers and has released an emergency patch that should be applied immediately to mitigate the risks to all organizations. The vulnerability affects on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, Microsoft Exchange Server 2016, and Microsoft […]
Security Operations Center (SOC) and Security Information and Event Managment (SIEM) – Be careful of the buzzwords
SOC and SIEM… the Latest Buzzwords About 8 years ago when Managed I.T. Services was starting to gain a foothold in the small and medium sized business space, the term “Proactive” was coined as the hot buzzword. Outsourced I.T. services were transitioning from a fully reactionary model in which businesses paid based upon block hours […]
Cyber-Security is a SHARED Responsibility
What kind of process do you have around analyzing your risk and liability as it pertains to cyber-security? That’s one of the questions we ask when we are talking with prospective clients who are curious as to how we can help their organization. 9 times out of 10, the answer that we get to this […]
Why So Many Business Owners and Managers Bury Their Head In The Sand On Security
Recently we had a client of ours get upset with our answer to a simple question. While the question was simple, the answer was not so simple. The client wanted to let a potential new vendor get access to their server to be able to analyze their current data in preparation for what they would […]