October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but its also well known, among the vernacular of the younger generation, as Spooky Season. Most people are more concerned with ghosts, ghouls, and goblins than they are with the dangers lurking in the dark corners of the Internet. Which is understandable, it’s more fun to think about the fake […]
If you’ve watched any sci-fi movie, you probably understand the perceived dangers of the digital world. Primarily the unrealistic dangers of artificial intelligence. Now, I’m not saying that AI won’t be a threat in the future but it’s important to note that right now the most dangerous threat is people using the Internet. They pose […]
Have you ever wondered where all those weird holidays come from? Like, who got to decide that April 23rd was National Talk Like Shakespeare Day? Or that Squirrel Appreciation Day would fall on January 21st? Or that the last Friday of every April would be National Hairball Awareness Day? An entire day to make sure […]
We were was recently asked about the threat to privacy and businesses based on online behavioral tracking technology. While this has been around for many years, the sophistication of targeted advertising online has grown, yet, it is still not at a “Minority Report” level. The first step in understanding the threat is to understand the […]
VICTOR IS A SYSTEMS ENGINEER AT THE AME GROUP, MANAGING BACKUPS FOR OUR CLIENTS AND OUR OWN! WE ASKED HIM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT BACKUPS AND RECOVERY? Backups are something everyone wishes they had when technology goes south. Like the insurance policy, you didn’t size right or bother to purchase. The need for […]
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month To reduce your risk of falling for a phishing scam, Think Before You Click! Start to look at emails from a new perspective Look at the email address Even if it is from a name you recognize, Think Before You Click! <somelongname8825@gmail.com> – Most business emails do not come from a […]
Sites are hacked every day. [su_list icon=”icon: check”] There is an attack every 39 seconds (Security Magazine) Hackers steal 75 records every second (Breach Level Index) More than 23 million people use the password ‘123456’ (National Cyber Security Centre) Traditional firewall and antivirus security is irrelevant and obsolete (Thycotic.com) Hackers create 300,000 new pieces of […]
STEP 1: Make sure to click on every link, and download every attachment sent to you via email. On mobile, feel free to trust links sent to you in random text messages. STEP 2: Disable antivirus and other security apps on every device, especially your work computer. STEP 3: Ignore security policies. They’re more like […]
2FA, or two-factor authentication is a form of MFA (Multifactor Authentication), that requires a second layer of security for your application and online access. Take advantage of this option and set it up wherever it is offered. Double-up your login protection. Many technology companies and app-makers provide two-factor authentication that requires users to authenticate their […]
There have been a lot of interesting developments in Password Management since NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology (a division of US Dept. of Commerce), revised the 14-year-old guidelines last November with final updates issued in June 2017. The now-retired 72-year-old author of the original 2003 NIST, Bill Burr, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal as saying “Much […]
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