Nine Web Server Hardening Actions to Take Now
I don’t care for FUD, I do however support due care and diligence to address an organization’s service and reputational risks. A small...
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Small Town But Not Too Small To Fail
After a chaotic summer of coordinated ransomware attacks against municipal governments, resulting in disruption of critical services to...
60 Minutes on Ransomware
While I’m glad this issue is gaining national attention, this piece was very defeatist. Companies wouldn’t accept a thief walking in and...
Record $2.5MM Ransom Demand for 23 Texas Local Governments
All impacted governments received outsourced IT support from the same provider. #ransomware #Texas #ITSP #MSP https://www.npr.org/2019/08...
Fortnite Cheat Helps Kids With Homework
Love it or hate it, your kids have spent their summer playing Fortnite and perfecting their Floss...not the kind recommended by dentists....
Information Security on the Factory Floor
Information Security is typically associated with the corporate office, with its role in an industrial environment often overlooked. In...
Texas Local Governments Under Siege
At least 20 local governments have been struck with coordinated ransomware attacks. State officials have stood up the Emergency...
Capital One Data Theft Expands to Other Companies
Court documents recently submitted by Federal prosecutors allege the suspect in last month’s Capital One breach may have also obtained...
Lawsuit and Investigations After First American Financial Breach
The data breach we discussed in May originating from First American Financial Corp., a national leader in the real estate title insurance...
New light on the iNSYNQ ransomware attack
It appears the cloud hosting provider of Quickbooks was initially infected through a phishing email received by a member of the sales...
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
On October 23, 2018, America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) was signed into law. The law requires the administrators of Community...
Disaster Recovery Essentials for Hurricane Season
As the east coast enters hurricane season, take time to review your BCDR Plan to ensure a landfall doesn't halt operations.
90 Days to the SC Insurance Data Security Act
What is the SCIDSA? The SCIDSA is a new law that changes the way licensees in South Carolina manage business and consumer data. Much of...
Poor Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Leads to Healthcare Data Breach
2.65 million records of Patient Data belonging to Atrium Health in Charlotte was the bounty of hackers on October 1st. The source of the...
User Response To A(nother) Facebook Breach
In September, Facebook released a statement concerning the breach of over 50 million accounts. Facebook states the vulnerability has...
SC Insurance Data Security Act Primer
Background South Carolina is the first state to implement this law, developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...