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Your Employees Can Take Steps to Beef Up Their Home Network Security — Here’s How

There are several things end users can do to shore up their home network security as they work from home during COVID-19.

March 31, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Your office is closed and your entire staff is working remotely due to COVID-19. Every morning, your employees access their home networks to log into their work applications to carry out their duties. Since every employee is connecting via their home networks, you don’t have to worry so much about your organization’s cybersecurity defenses, right? […]

Cybersecurity Incidents at K-12 Schools Nearly Tripled in 2019, Report Says

For the first time since the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center began collecting data, schools have canceled classes or closed due to cybersecurity attacks.

March 25, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

As schools become increasingly reliant on technology for teaching and learning, it is putting them at greater risk for cybersecurity incidents, which is apparent in the findings of a new cybersecurity report. “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2019 Year in Review,” released by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, found there were 348 cybersecurity incidents reported at 336 K-12 […]

Ping Identity Announces New Workforce and Customer Authentication Solutions for Digital Enterprises

Workforce360 & Customer 360 Ping Identity packages aimed at accelerating transformation, improving UX, & enabling zero trust & passwordless authentication.

March 10, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Ping Identity announces two new solution packages for enabling centralized authentication services which can span an entire enterprise. The new solutions include single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), user directory, and Ping Professional Services that enable customer and workforce digital experiences. Customer360 and Workforce360 are now available with flexible cloud options. Customer 360 Ping’s new […]

A Defense Manufacturer Allegedly Running Windows XP on 150 Machines Has Been Hit With Ransomware

A company that makes components for defense and communications industries was allegedly using Windows XP on 150 machines when it was hit with ransomware.

March 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Ransomware can impact the most secure organizations, even those making the machines that help keep the U.S. and its allies safe. According to Tech Crunch, California-based Communications & Power Industries (CPI), a major electronics manufacturer for the defense and communications industries, was knocked offline after a ransomware attack. The company confirmed the attack, Tech Crunch […]

WhatsApp Ending Support For Older Devices, Platforms

Encrypted messaging app WhatsApp says it is ending support for Windows Phones and devices running Android 2.3.7 and older and iOS 8 and older.

December 30, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Popular encrypted messaging app WhatsApp will no longer provide support for Windows phones and other older operating systems, the company said in an FAQ posted to its website. Beginning Feb. 1, Android versions 2.3.7 and older and iOS 8 and older will no longer create new accounts or reverify existing accounts. Further, the app can’t […]

Popular Encrypted Messaging App WhatsApp Has A History of Security Flaws

If your business uses WhatsApp to communicate with team members or customers, you should at least be aware of the app's history of security flaws.

December 27, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If your company uses WhatsApp to communicate among its team or with customers, you might want to evaluate your other options as the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging service has endured some security issues this year. Most recently is a vulnerability that could allow a hacker to deliver a malicious message to a group chat that […]

The Cyber Security Checklist: Make Sure Employees Follow These 4 Cyber Security Best Practices

Show this cyber security checklist of best practices to your employees: it is the bare minimum of what they need to do to keep your company or org safe!

November 14, 2019 Susan Alexandra Leave a Comment

Cyber security is a major concern for all businesses and organizations. Despite having secured infrastructure, tools, and teams; companies and organizations can face a great loss with the small mistake of its employees. Employees are the working body of any organization and must be well aware of cyber security threats. Whether you are working in […]

The World Needs 4 Million More Cybersecurity Workers

A new study finds that the global cybersecurity workforce needs to grow its workforce by 145% to meet the security needs of an increasingly connected world.

November 12, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The cybersecurity workforce needs to grow — by a lot, according to industry experts. (ISC)2 — the world’s largest nonprofit association of cybersecurity professionals —said last week the 2019 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study that the industry needs to grow its workforce by 145% to close the cybersecurity workforce gap and better defend businesses and governments from […]

New Trustwave Service Adds Advanced Threat Protection and Response for Azure

Trustwave's Threat Detection and Response services for Microsoft Azure helps businesses stay secure as cloud security becomes more complex.

November 8, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Information security firm Trustwave has bolstered its threat monitoring, detection and response in Microsoft Azure has launched an advanced threat detection and response service for the cloud computing service. Trustwave said in an announcement earlier this week that its Threat Detection and Response services for Azure integrates with Microsoft Azure Sentinel — a cloud-native security […]

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‘Alarming’ Prevalence of IoT and Industrial Control System Vulnerabilities in Real-World Network Study

Control system vulnerabilities study explains why orgs are susceptible to downtime, safety incidents & theft of intellectual property.

October 25, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

IoT and industrial control system vulnerabilities are “alarming” in their rampant state, says a report by CyberX called “2020 Global IoT/ICS Risk Report.” The data illustrates that IoT/ICS networks and unmanaged devices are soft targets for adversaries, increasing the risk of costly downtime, catastrophic safety and environmental incidents, and theft of sensitive intellectual property, the […]