Each year, Verizon issues a report summarizing the results of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance assessments of Fortune 550 and large multinational firms. According to the 2017 Payment Security Report, 55.4 percent of organizations passed their interim assessment in 2016 compared to only 48.4 percent in 2015. But while those numbers [...]
The Delaware Association for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) has reported a new email scam targeting nonprofit organizations. The email subject reads: “RE: Action Required: Completed: *Foundation(R)#” and the body of the email includes what appears to be a Dropbox link. The organization reports that several nonprofits, including DANA, have received the email, and that it should [...]
The Better Business Bureau reports that as of June 30 there have already been 2,227 data breaches this year resulting in the theft of more than 6 billion records — exceeding the number for all of 2016. In response to the skyrocketing numbers of breaches, state legislatures around the country are amending breach notification statutes. [...]
Faced with increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats, most enterprise organizations have established a senior executive role tasked with creating and steering a comprehensive security framework. There is growing evidence that the chief information security officer (CISO) role could also benefit small to midsized businesses. SMBs have become prime targets for cyberattacks. In the past year, hackers [...]
More and more organizations are taking out cyber insurance policies as a hedge against the threat of a security breach. Insurance companies have reported an uptick in demand for cyber policies after the WannaCry ransomware attack in May. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect in 2018, will also provide a [...]
In the previous post, we discussed IT policies every organization should have. Although most organizations are aware of modern security threats, such as the WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks that affected hundreds of millions of devices around the world in recent days, the failure to implement or update IT policies is causing unnecessary risk. At [...]
The unfortunate truth is that all Internet content you read, send or receive carries some degree of risk. Firewalls, passwords and encryption are essential, but they can’t eliminate every threat to your network resources. That’s why a comprehensive filtering solution that sifts through all Web, email and messaging content should be a part of every [...]
The speed and scale of the recent WannaCry ransomware attack was extraordinary, striking hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 200 countries within a span of 48 hours. It is believed to be the largest cyber extortion scheme in history. But it didn’t have to happen. While security analysts continue to unravel WannaCry’s code [...]
After tepid response to Windows 8, Microsoft took the unusual step of offering Windows 10 as a free upgrade from Windows 7 and 8.1. Nevertheless, there remain a significant number of holdouts as we approach the second anniversary of the operating system’s original release. According to April figures from NetMarketShare, Windows 7 remains the most [...]
From muscle cars to mobile phones and Woodstock to Wi-Fi, technology has been an important part of popular culture for the baby boom generation. They’ve had hands-on experience with everything from the first personal computers to the latest wearable devices, so it’s no real surprise that boomers are embracing emerging healthcare technologies as they move [...]
