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How Will President Trump Deal With Cyber Security?

Now that the presidential election is over, how will President Elect Donald Trump deal with cybersecurity.

November 13, 2016 Keith Lowry and Chris Pogue Leave a Comment

It’s finally over! A long, contentious, and tumultuous Presidential election is finally behind us. While both candidates have, at some point, touched upon the concept of cybersecurity—Mrs. Clinton and the widely publicized email server on one hand, Mr. Trump and his calls for Russian hackers on the other—neither candidate laid out a comprehensive plan for […]

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Everything You Need to Know About the Dyn DDoS Cyberattack

The cyberattack on DNS provider Dyn created outages on sites as massive as Twitter and Amazon. What happened?

November 8, 2016 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve been on the internet in the past few weeks you’ve heard about the large scale cyberattack on DNS provider Dyn. On October 21, major websites including Twitter, Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, PayPal, Airbnb, Wired, Pinterest, and more experienced outages. The common thread? Each of these sites used Dyn as their upstream DNS provider. A […]

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9 Surefire Steps to Lockdown Your Cyber Security

Businesses lose more than $100 billion a year to cyber-attacks and fraud globally.

October 20, 2016 Clinton Henry Leave a Comment

“Dear Client”.  That’s how the letter usually begins. The next few sentences are a little trickier; there is really no good way for someone to hear that their data has been stolen. Unfortunately, getting this letter is becoming an all too common occurrence in business. While a security breach might be one of the last […]

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Interview: AT&T’s John Irwin Talks Cyber Security at Colleges and Universities

Hackers target universities and colleges for a number of reasons, including network security strength and the data of research and students. Learn more about how to keep data safe on campuses.

September 28, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

TechDecisions sat down with John Irwin, Senior Vice President of Government, Education and Healthcare at AT&T, to talk about cyber security considerations for colleges and universities: TD: Why would someone want to steal data from a college or university? JI: If you think about colleges and universities, they host a large amounts of student and […]

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Cybersecurity 101: A Lesson in Securing Your Campus Network

Short of burying your devices in concrete, assuring that your cyber security is strong enough to keep your university's information safe is a hard task. Read on to learn some tips to keep everything secure.

July 18, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Short of burying your devices in concrete, assuring that your cyber security is strong enough to keep your university’s information safe is a hard task. Read on to learn some tips to keep everything secure.

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5 Cyber Security Takeaways from the VTech Data Breach

VTech had information on customers stolen despite being a relatively small company. Here's how you can keep the same from happening to your business – large or small.

December 8, 2015 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

The recent hacking at VTech saw a breach of data on millions of customers, including information on children. Although the company is relatively small, they were still a target. We give advice on how companies large and small can protect data and keep hackers away.

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