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Your People Are At Risk from Cyberattacks Today: You’ll Be Surprised Who
The Who, How, and Why of Cyber Crime Today, some of the most heinous cyberattacks originate in the digital space but are committed in the ‘real world.’ We’ve all heard of high-level kidnappings and senior executives and CEO extortion. How do these criminals know of your senior leaders’ addresses, movements, friendships, etc.? By tapping into…
Read MoreCybersecurity Employee Retention Strategies
Tips to Help You Retain Cybersecurity Professionals in Your Business Addressing the cybersecurity skills gap is a crucial factor you must plan for to help your organization to expand in a candidate-driven market. But it would help if you also faced another challenge head-on – employee retention. Getting talent through your doors is one thing;…
Read MoreWhat Should I Look For in a Reputable Cybersecurity Firm?
10 Factors to Assess Before Choosing a Cybersecurity Partner If you’re reading this, you already know how crucial it is to protect your networks, systems, hardware, software, and data from cybercriminals and data breaches. Adequate security provided by a reputable cybersecurity firm will help to: Protect sensitive data Keep employees, customers, and other connected parties…
Read MoreHow Can I Find Cybersecurity Staff?
3 Steps to Hiring Cybersecurity Talent and Protecting Your Business It’s getting tougher to hire experienced and qualified cybersecurity staff. It’s a candidate market as organizations try to gear up against increasingly sophisticated and active cybercriminals and internal threats. A survey by the Information Systems Security Association and Enterprise Strategy Group found that 57% of…
Read MoreTop Cybersecurity Trends for 2022
9 Cybersecurity Forecasts You Must Not Ignore Cybersecurity is likely to be elevated in 2022, with a more strategic focus by organizations in response to heightened threats caused by organizational responses to the pandemic. Vulnerabilities have been targeted, and cybercriminals are becoming more innovative in their approach. Many challenges lie ahead for companies to improve…
Read MoreAm I Underpaid? And What’s My Next Step If I Am?
How to Make Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars More in Your Career Do you feel like you are being underpaid? If so, you are becoming frustrated with your work, and demoralized with your boss and your employer. But it gets worse. According to a Gallup poll, four in 10 workers think they are underpaid, though…
Read MoreWhat Cybersecurity Framework Should We Use?
SOC 2 vs ISO 27001: Which Is Best For Your Business? Your business needs a cybersecurity framework. In fact, with cyber threats and attacks escalating across every industry and irrespective of company size, every business needs a cybersecurity plan. There are many cybersecurity frameworks, but the two most widely recognized are SOC 2 and ISO…
Read MoreHow Can We Have Better Cybersecurity For Less?
Earlier Detection Leads to Improved Security and Less Costly Mitigation Measures Does cybersecurity have to be expensive? In the age of cyber warfare and digital intelligence, it is more important than ever for businesses to make cybersecurity a top concern. Not only does it protect against cybercrime, but it also makes sure that companies can…
Read MoreThird-Party Risk Assessments as Business Development Tools
Why Third-Party Security Protection Is a Critical Business Strategy Many organizations think of third-party risk assessments as something that must be done to tick a box. Progressive organizations understand that third-party risk assessments can be used strategically, to help develop their businesses. Here’s why. What Is a Third-Party Risk Assessment? A third-party risk assessment is…
Read MoreAn Introduction to PCI-DSS Penetration Testing
All You Need to Know to Get Started and Avoid Non-Compliance PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) is a set of standards that you’ll need to comply with if you accept payments by card. You’ll need to demonstrate that you maintain a secure network and that you manage vulnerabilities to protect cardholder data. This…
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