Email security company Mimecast recently released its Email Security Risk Assessment, and found that email account hijacking is the fastest growing threat vector. Also known as impersonation attacks, email account hijacking allows an attacker to impersonate the person whose account has been compromised. This is the vehicle used in wire transfer fraud, invoice fraud, and other financial frauds. Some of the statistics in the report were enlightening. From ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.10/24/2017 07:32 AM EDT Original release date: October 24, 2017
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. The month’s themes educate students and professionals about cybersecurity attack methods, best practices, and preventive measures and ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Tech company Gravity Payments instituted a $70 K minimum wage two years ago. It has long been my personal contention that the drop in real starting wages (against inflation) coupled with crushing ...
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NEW!SIX 60 MINUTE CLASSES
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I know many of the other speakers and this looks like a terrific lineup. Block out the day and get some valuable information you can ...
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SIX 60 MINUTE CLASSES
Learn something new! Attend one, some or all.
I know many of the other speakers and this looks like a terrific lineup. Block out the day and get some valuable information you can ...
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There are four ways that a typical business user on a Microsoft Outlook/Exchange/Office 365 platform can utilize. While these may not be perfect, and all of them have issues, applying these solutions will help prevent your users for falling victim to phishing emails. These solutions are additive, and each additional solution deployed provides a further layer of protection.
Junk Mail Filter – Outlook comes with a built-in Junk Mail filter that, while ...
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Security B-Sides 2017
Sat/Sun, Jun 24-25
Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 Second Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tickets: $20 cash at the door, starting at 8am
Security B-Sides is Minnesota’s grassroots Security and Technology Conference. This popular and economical event is filled with learning opportunities!!
Keynote Talks
I will be the featured speaker at an event sponsored by First State Bank and Trust of Bayport, MN. The date is Tuesday May 23rd, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm. The location is Phipps Center For the Arts,109 Locust Street, Hudson, WI 54016
Here is the EventBrite link
Think you know how to recognize phishing emails? Criminal ...
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There are a number of great frameworks for developing your cybersecurity plan. Two of our favorites are the NIST-CSF and the 20 CIS Controls. We have written about these excellent tools before here (CIS Controls) and here (NIST-CSF).
Back in December we received an email from Pete Herzog of ISECOM about a new, open-source methodology manual for cybersecurity defense. ...
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On of the more hopeful presentations from the Cyber Security Summit was presented by Tony Sager from the Center for Internet Security. Titled “Making Best Practices Common Practices: The CIS Controls,” Tony provided us with a road map for implementing secure practices in our networks.
There are 20 CIS controls. Tony said that implementing the first 5 (20%) would reduce your risk by 80%. You ...
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