By Elissa Berger
(Editor’s Note: This is a little off-topic for our cybersecurity blog, but many of my readers are small business owners, and this topic may be something you have been considering for your business)
Instagram, which is anticipated to have 1.2 billion users by 2023, provides a huge opportunity for small business owners to expand their marketing efforts, ...
Continue Reading →Kelly Bowers from the Internet Advisor sent me this post to share with my readers. This is the second of two parts. Part one published yesterday.
Clearly, the internet is a minefield. But just like any minefield, it can be plenty safe so long as you know where to step.
We can’t tell you how to completely avoid getting into trouble online, but if you follow these steps, you will significantly reduce the number of risks ...
Continue Reading →Kelly Bowers from the Internet Advisor sent me this post to share with my readers. This is the first of two parts. Part two will publish tomorrow
The internet has undoubtedly unlocked a whole new world for us. It’s now possible to shop for goods in global marketplaces, talk to people from other parts of the world, stream videos wherever you are, and share your thoughts and feelings with whoever is willing to listen.
However, while the internet has ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: April 7, 2022
CISA’s Sharing Cyber Event Information Fact Sheet provides our stakeholders with clear guidance and information about what to share, who should share, and how to share information about unusual cyber incidents or activity.
CISA uses this information from partners to build a common understanding ...
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By Carla Lopez
Are you keeping your customer information as secure as possible? If your answer is ‘I’m not sure,’ it’s time to prioritize this critical practice. Data breaches, leaked information, and insecure websites can take down a company, especially small businesses. This, in turn, can eat into your profits and business dreams! If you want to ...
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An interview with Morten Kjærsgaard, CEO of Heimdal SecurityMorten Kjaersgaard is the CEO of Heimdal Security, a leading European provider of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has a degree in Corporate Marketing and prior to Heimdal, he spent his years at the top of the IT industry as ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.If you try to hide that your business has been hacked or you’ve paid ransomware, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would like a word with you.
One of the dirty little secrets of many businesses, perhaps even most, is that far more of them than ever admit to it ...
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As many of you know, I teach a number of information security certification classes, especially the (ISC)2 CISSP certification. Almost a year ago the (ISC)2 update the course content and questions for the CISSP. Students that I have taught since then have started taking and passing the new exam, and here are some of their comments.
This is a ...
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By Bob Weiss
CISA issued a bulletin last week (see below) about Russian capabilities to attack the US energy sector. I have been warning about this danger since 2016, when I read Ted Koppel’s book Lights Out. The timeframe of the current alert (2011 to 2018) coincides with the Obama/Biden Administration, interestingly enough. Not the Trump administration though ...
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Editor’s note: I received this as an email from Capital One, and thought I would share it with my readers.
Many of our customers use payment apps, like Zelle®, to send money to friends and family. With the rise of digital payments and third-party payment apps, there’s also an increasing number of scammers trying to take advantage. We want you to be empowered ...
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