Penetration Testing Basics: Why Your Business Needs It

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What is Penetration Testing, and Why Does My Business Need It? Penetration testing, or pen testing, is a simulated cyberattack designed to identify security weaknesses in an organization’s systems, applications, and networks. It’s a proactive way to for your business to uncover and fix vulnerabilities before cybercriminals can take advantage, reducing the chances of data…

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How Your Business Can Identify and Avoid Phishing Attempts

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AI has propelled the digital world forward by optimizing workflows and increasing productivity, but access to new technologies has also improved the work of cybercriminals. In a recent ICS2 webinar, they found that AI was being utilized to make more convincing phishing scams by addressing common issues like grammar and spelling mistakes. Even though the…

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Addressing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

The cybersecurity skills gap remains a constant issue year after year. Check out how our CEO Kris Rides and Sandy Silk Director of IT Security Education & Consulting at Harvard University tackle the challenge in an ISACA exclusive. Click here to learn more.

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The Significance of October

  Coming up half-way through the month of October, there is a sense of growing anticipation with the holiday season almost upon us. While it is easy to neglect October as simply the bridge month for our turkey dinners or creamy eggnogs, it has more significance than most would think. And no, I am not…

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Cybersecurity in the New Administration

2016 has been a year, to say the least. With the loss of legends like David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman and Mohammad Alli, and of course a tumultuous presidential election leaving much of the nation divided, we’re just about ready to put this year to bed. However, we still have the better half of December…

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Hackers Release Peoples Credit Histories

A statement released by Team GhostShell a group affiliated to Hacktivists Anonymous , claimed they have hacked into over 100 websites over the weekend.   They gained access to passwords, documents and some data that even included credit histories.  The hackers claim over 1 Million records have been leaked on the web. Analysis of the attack…

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