Are you ready for new year surprises? Why is it that 60% of businesses fail after a major Cyber attack? Spam Email – most attacks come in through well crafted emails (spear phishing) Social Engineering – An attacker can use 1 and 4 to call you to craft a sneaky method to get on your … Read more
So that we are all on the same page -Vulnerability Management is when an IT department manages it’s inventory of devices with regard to what vulnerabilities each device could be at risk for. So if every system you own has a vulnerability, and you have 1000 systems it could get a bit challenging to manage. … Read more
Did you think it would never happen? Microsoft and Linux are increasing in their ties to each other. So as we protect systems in our networks, we are increasingly incorporating Linux systems for various reasons, Web servers, specific SQL server database needs or other reasons (file sharing or other support systems). A potential threat vector … Read more
The obvious angle(in 2018) is to applaud Amazon and chide Sears for the massive technological progress and stagnation respectively. Sure Sears did well in it’s day by pioneering catalogs and selling many things one does not think about right out of the catalog(houses and cars). But somehow when the internet technology came into being they … Read more
VISA had a presentation last week online to discuss this very question “PCI DSS Validation Process” We will get into the list shortly… First let’s discuss why one needs a validation process. PCI stands for Payment Card Industry and in fact the PCI standards organization is composed of Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express and JCB(Japan … Read more
