Category: Security

October 15, 2018

Okay, so it’s October and that means it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. And, for the past four years, I have maintained that “cybersecurity is everybody’s business.” I maintain this is, in fact, the case. However, it’s clear that, for many of […]

October 15, 2018

When it comes to protecting yourself and your organization against cyber scams, there’s no “one-size-fits-all” solution. As organizations and people alike continue to adopt new devices and technology, they’re opening themselves up to more opportunities for cyber attacks. In order […]

October 12, 2018

As was noted in a companion blog by my colleague Jen Sanford, the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) covers a wide range of trade issues between these nations. We are particularly excited for the provisions around cybersecurity which address what our customers […]

October 12, 2018

So far, so good. That’s the report from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as it rolled out the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS) […]

October 11, 2018

The AV-TEST Institute recently tested the most popular Windows 10 client antivirus products on three primary criteria: protection, performance, and usability. Only five of the 18 products tested earned a perfect rating of 6 for each of those criteria: Bitdefender […]

October 10, 2018

The main objective of communicating around a cyber incident is to protect the company by protecting its reputation. This means working to preserve trust and credibility by effectively sharing information in a clear, consistent and reliable way across a series […]

October 10, 2018

Well, this is terrifying and something you don’t ever want to hear, but according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, “From 2012 to 2017, DoD testers routinely found mission-critical cyber vulnerabilities in nearly all weapon systems that […]

October 9, 2018

A “significant lack of visibility into [mobile]devices and networks” puts enterprises at risk, according to a new study. The research, commissioned by NetMotion Software and conducted by Enterprise Mobility Exchange, found that almost half of mobile workers spend most of […]

October 9, 2018

Effective CISOs often have to move out of their own comfort zones to become great communicators. The ability to align terms, expectations and separate the “signal” from the “noise” is crucial in dealing with multiple tasks within an enterprise; driving […]

October 5, 2018

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire cloud threat defense firm RedLock for $173 million in cash. Founded in 2015, RedLock is made up of security experts and former entrepreneurs of […]