Is Your Vendor a Security Risk? A Look at Vendor Risk Management

What if the biggest security risk your company faced was from an employee at a trusted vendor company?  Third party risk management, or vendor risk management, is an emerging cybersecurity practice that larger companies are using to mitigate the risk that smaller, network connected third party and vendor companies can represent.

The classic example of the dangers a vendor can bring to another ...

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What Security Advice Do The Experts Offer?

I recently read an article from Heimdal Security about online safety.  In this article Heimdal had asked 18 experts in the field of cybersecurity for their top 3 ideas about how to stay secure.  The contributors included top cybersecurity professionals from several anti-malware companies, security bloggers, and cybersecurity industry professionals.  The original article is here.

What I found interesting were ...

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FTC Announces National Consumer Protection Week

Looking to protect yourself from fraud, identity theft, and scams? Maybe you’re wondering about the best way to use credit, how to shop for a used car, or maximize your security online.  Yesterday marked the start of National Consumer Protection Week.

National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is an event to encourage people and businesses to learn more about avoiding ...

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A History of Cyber Warfare – Part 3

Today we finish our story on the history of cyber warfare.

Edward Snowden (May 2013)

Attributed to Edward Snowden.  The target was the National Security Agency of the United States.  Snowden was a former CIA employee, who, while working for Booz Allen Hamilton as a contractor to the NSA, copied and leaked NSA information, particularly the computer exploits that the NSA used abroad and ...

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A History of Cyber Warfare – Part 2

Today we continue our report on the history of cyber warfare.

Stuxnet or Olympic Games (2009-2010)

Cyber attack attributed to the United States, Israel, Germany, and possibly Great Britain.  Confirmed by General James Cartwright in November 2012.  Target was Iran, particularly the Nuclear Program facility at Natanz.  The excellent documentary Zero Days covers this operation in detail.

Since the Natanz facility was not ...

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A History of Cyber Warfare – Part 1

Cyberwarfare is becoming a more prevalent form of cyber-attack, and one that may be hard for an individual or a small business owner to understand or defend against.  Of Friday we took a look at the definition and practice of cyber war.  This week we will review the history cyberwar incidents, the attackers, the targets, and the outcome of the best known ...

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