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How to Develop an Effective Incident Response Plan for Educational Institutions

Critical need for Educational Institutions Creating an effective incident response plan is a critical exercise for educational institutions given the increasing risk and sophistication of cyber threats. This plan will become a cornerstone in ensuring the cyber resilience of your digital environment and help protect it from potential security threats.

Deepfakes And Even The Tools Used To Detect Them Can Be Dangerous

Artificial Intelligence

Deepfakes And Even The Tools Used To Detect Them Can Be Dangerous

As technology continues to evolve rapidly in today's digital world; so have concerns around the use of deepfakes. Utilizing AI-generated videos, images, or text content; these fake representations can be both convincing and false when it comes down to people themselves or even events taking place around them. However, worrying

Ransomware in 2023: A Look at the Growing Sophistication and Dangers

Ransomware in 2023: A Look at the Growing Sophistication and Dangers

While rapid advances in technology have resulted in corresponding improvements in cybersecurity measures; sadly, this progress has not deterred cybercriminals from increasing their arsenal of tricks that leverage new more sophisticated capabilities. As we continue to move through 2023 one particular threat continues to loom large: ransomware. Ransomware presents a

Article: 7 Urgent Reasons Why Teens Need to Cultivate Cybersecurity Skills

7 Urgent Reasons Why Teens Need to Cultivate Cybersecurity Skills

The online world has lots of risks for teens Smartphones and the Internet have become an integral part of our lives, offering innumerable opportunities for learning, socializing, and entertainment. Yet, they also harbor many risks, especially for teenagers who may not fully grasp the potential dangers. The importance of cybersecurity

Article: 7 Metrics to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Cybersecurity Strategy

7 Metrics to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Cybersecurity Strategy

Do you ask yourself is our cybersecurity strategy working? Is it cost-effective? Are we getting real value for what we are paying for? Is our leadership confident in our efforts? In today's chaotic world where the number and sophistication of threats are rising, it is very challenging. It seems every

Zero Trust Demystified: 5 Essential and Elusive Questions Answered

Zero Trust Demystified: 5 Essential and Elusive Questions Answered

In the ever-shifting landscape of cybersecurity, organizations must constantly adapt and innovate and fortify their defenses to protect their valuable assets from sophisticated and evolving threats. One approach that has gained prominence in recent years is the Zero Trust Framework. It is a security approach predicated on the notion of

Discover how one organization's incident response plan saved them millions of dollars.

Incident Response

How One Organization's Incident Response Plan Saved Them Millions

When it comes to information security, it's not a question of if an incident will occur, but when. One organization (their name is intentionally withheld for security reasons. Strong security practice for all.) learned this recently when they experienced a data breach that could have cost them millions of dollars

Incident Response in the Public Sector: From Preparation to Recovery, What You Need to Know

Incident Response

Incident Response in the Public Sector: From Preparation to Recovery, What You Need to Know

Incident response is a crucial aspect of any organization’s strategy to mitigate the impact of a security incident that may affect its assets, reputation, and customers. This is especially true for organizations in the public sector responsible for protecting sensitive data and providing essential services to the public. The

5 Valuable Benefits of Zero Trust

5 Valuable Benefits of Zero Trust

Every day more organizations of all sizes are realizing that security needs to be a top priority. The traditional security model, which relies on perimeter defenses, is no longer effective in today's world. Zero Trust offers a new way to secure your business, providing several benefits over the traditional security

Original Mark Lynd article - 5 Brilliant Ways to Use Identity Management and Governance

5 Brilliant Ways to Use Identity Management and Governance

A CIO recently came to me with a question about how their peers were effectively managing organizational identity and identity governance, wanting to improve their organization’s security and productivity. Utilizing the Zero Trust security framework to improve their security posture and identity was a priority to consider as well.

Article by Mark Lynd: A Leader’s Guide to Incident Response

Incident Response

A Leader’s Guide to Incident Response

Incident response is an important part of protecting an organization from security incidents. It involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating the impact of a security incident. Cybersecurity incidents can cause significant damage to the organization's operations, reputation, and finances. But, by ensuring an incident response plan is in place will help

Article by Mark Lynd: The Cybersecurity Secret in K12 that Nobody Talks About. Hint: It’s Incident Response

The Cybersecurity Secret in K12 that Nobody Talks About. Hint: It’s Incident Response

Too Many K12s Have No Incident Response Effective incident response is essential for K-12 schools in order to improve their cybersecurity posture and prepare for cyber threats. These threats can range from simple phishing attacks to more sophisticated breaches of networks, applications and systems, and they can have serious consequences

5 Reasons Zero Trust is Increasingly Important for Protecting Public Sector Organizations

5 Reasons Zero Trust is Increasingly Important for Protecting Public Sector Organizations

In recent years, the adoption of zero-trust security framework has become increasingly important for public sector organizations, which face an increasing number of cyber threats, a trend toward remote work, and the need to comply with a variety of regulations. Government agencies, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations handle a large

Why Effective Cybersecurity Leadership Is Key To Success For Public Sector Organizations

Why Effective Cybersecurity Leadership Is Key To Success For Public Sector Organizations

In order to ensure that cybersecurity is given the proper level of attention and resources inside a public sector organization, strong leadership is first and foremost required. To properly manage cybersecurity, which is a complicated and ever-evolving topic, it takes devoted time, resources, and staff. Without solid leadership, cybersecurity is

23 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023

23 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023

It is hard to stress how important cybersecurity is to businesses heading into 2023 because it can help protect them against financial losses, damage to their reputation and disruptions to their operations.

5 Reasons You Should Use Cyber Risk Quantification in 2023

Risk Management

5 Reasons You Should Use Cyber Risk Quantification in 2023

Does your organization have too much money for cybersecurity? Are you over-flowing with cybersecurity resources? Literally, you don't need anything else?

5 Top Benefits of Threat Intelligence in 2023

5 Top Benefits of Threat Intelligence in 2023

It is concerning to see how many businesses out here are not making use of threat intelligence or threat hunting to ensure they have identified and understand the truly relevant threats they need to plan, protect and be ready to respond too. It is literally the best way to ensure

Interactive Question: Battling Ransomware

Interactive Question: Battling Ransomware

2021 was a record breaking year for #ransomware and 2022 looks to be worse. Bad actors are emboldened and it is scary! Cybersecurity and guarding against ransomware is everyone’s responsibility as bad actors to not delineate whom or how they compromise their targets, only that that get in and

What is doxing and how to protect yourself

What is doxing and how to protect yourself

Doxing can occur to anybody– here’s how you can lower the chances that your individual info will be weaponized versus you How damaging can it be to have your social networks accounts set to public? Or to tag the dining establishment where you’re having that scrumptious meal? Practically

How to take control over your digital legacy

How to take control over your digital legacy

Do you have a plan for what will happen to your digital self when you pass away? Here’s how to put your digital affairs in order on Facebook, Google, Twitter and other major online services. There’s no easy way to put it: We’re all going to die.

Tips For a Stronger Zero Trust Posture

9 Tips For a Stronger Zero Trust Posture

Zero trust is a term that is being thrown around a lot in the security industry and has gained a great deal of traction in recent years.

Incident Response Planning Is An Effective Way To Reduce Risk

Incident Response

Incident Response Planning Is An Effective Way To Reduce Risk

Having an effective incident response plan is crucial to mitigating the damages of an attack and getting your business back up and running as quickly as possible.

Article from Mark Lynd: How to Use Threat Intelligence to Optimize Your Cybersecurity Spend

How to Use Threat Intelligence to Optimize Your Cybersecurity Spend

Threat intelligence provides organizations with the information they need to understand the threats they face and identify the best way to protect.