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IT Governance May not be Sexy or Exciting, but Makes IT Easier Overall

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How IT Governance Enhances Cybersecurity IT governance plays a crucial role in strengthening cybersecurity within organizations by ensuring that cybersecurity strategies are aligned with overall business objectives and risk appetites. This alignment is essential for effectively managing cybersecurity risks and ensuring that security measures support the organization’s goals.   (this IT governance explanation comes from a … Read more

3 Ongoing cybersecurity Issues “Interesting”

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 Ivanti Legacy Cloud appliance has a bad vulnerability (remove/ upgrade ASAP) Scammers are posing as Apple care services in github and Google ads (Malware Bytes article)which are fake. Some windows systems were left dangerously unpatched for some time (krebsonsecurity article) Issue1:   Unfortunately the obsolete Ivanti appliances must be replaced ASAP – as this is the … Read more

After Ransomware Hit Should You Pay Up?

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I found this article at Technewsworld : Experts Weigh In on Refusing or Paying After a Ransomware Attack So Ransomware happened… (let’s not worry how or why for now). Now what do you do?  Contact your lawyer? Cyberinsurance? I supposed you do want to know how it happened to make sure you can at least remove … Read more

Governance and Update Policies

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When an update is necessary (as it is every month) “Patch Tuesday” means Microsoft combines multiple necessary vulnerability updates into one convenient date (2nd Tuesday). For example July it was on the 9th. One of my favorite sites shows the significance of this almost every month: Krebsonsecurity July Edition. What can one do to prevent … Read more

Fake Email? or Phishing Email?

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I got this email from Cathy Clarke… It claimed to be able to help me get a tax refund due to the SETC and ERC federal programs because of the pandemic   Here is text of email: Hi <insert-name>, Just wanted to check if you’ve submitted your tax refund claim yet? SETC and ERC are … Read more