Cybersecurity

Imagine this scenario: Your business is growing rapidly, but your IT infrastructure struggles to keep up with increasing demands. Downtime, security vulnerabilities, and budget constraints are holding you back. Sound familiar? If so, it may be time to unlock the efficiency of your hybrid environments. In this guide, we’ll explore the challenges businesses face without…

Conducting a Thorough Compliance Assessment in IT Security Compliance is important for any organization, big or small. As a business leader, it’s crucial for you to understand that it’s about more than just checking off boxes. Although checklists are involved, it’s also about cultivating an environment that values integrity, accountability and the safety and well-being…

It’s just another day in the office. You’re at your desk sending emails containing confidential information or sharing sensitive files over what you believe to be a secure internet connection. But unless you have data encryption, all that data is as safe as an unsealed letter, vulnerable to interception and prying eyes. In an age…

Effectively managing vulnerabilities is a critical component of cybersecurity. It requires continuous attention and various factors involving risk management, asset inventory, budget, time, environmental complexity and automation. The goal of a vulnerability management program is to identify, classify, remediate and maintain mitigations of all vulnerabilities throughout the environment to proactively defend against threats. Developing and…

Safeguarding sensitive information against cyber threats has become a top priority for the Department of Defense (DoD). The defense industry is a prime target for cyberattacks, including espionage, data breaches and sabotage from nation-states and various criminal entities. To tackle this challenge head-on, the DoD introduced a groundbreaking initiative known as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model…

Unfortunately, many businesses face a host of threats that loom just a click away. The good news? You don’t have to fall victim to them. Cybersecurity risks encompass the potential of exposure or loss stemming from a cyberattack or data breach, which can result in financial, operational, legal or reputational setbacks. The key to defending…

Do you have defensive measures in place to shield your assets against cyber threats? Just as open windows can let in unwanted pests, software vulnerabilities can be openings for cyberattacks. Patch management is a proactive security measure that keeps windows closed to potential vulnerabilities in software, drivers and firmware.  Overall, patch management is the linchpin…

In an era where data is the lifeblood of any organization, safeguarding it has never been more critical. One of the most powerful tools at our disposal for ensuring data privacy and integrity is encryption. Data encryption, in the realm of modern cybersecurity, is akin to an impenetrable fortress protecting your sensitive information. What Is…

You may be asking, what are social engineering attacks? Well, they aren’t something you’ll find in the latest thriller film. (Although if they were, we could at least cover our eyes during the scary parts.) Unfortunately, these types of cyber attacks are a reality of the innovative digital era, and that is about as scary…

Thought leader: Josh Boxer When you imagine a world of espionage, clandestine operations and high-stakes warfare, images of a sleek Aston Martin or tuxedo-clad James Bond might come to mind. But welcome to 2023, where secret agents wield a keyboard instead of a weaponized ink pen and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities instead of parachuting into enemy…