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.

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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.

Cyber Insurance

Cyber Insurance Is Important: Why Being Unprepared Can Cost You Dearly

Did you know that 59 percent of businesses don’t have cyber insurance? That’s a startling statistic, especially considering the number of data breaches.

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How to stay safe from cybercriminals and avoid data breaches

A data breach is any person’s nightmare. It can affect you mentally and financially, and an 100% unhackable device or account necessitates taking precautionary measures.   Hackers target small and medium businesses as they don’t have the resources to pay for cybersecurity tools and network upgrades to protect their

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How CISOs Can Pitch ZTNA to Their Board and Leadership and Get a Yes, Every Time

CISOs are always looking for ways to improve their business’s cybersecurity posture. Especially as the cybersecurity landscape continues to shift.

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5 Powerful Tips for Securing Cloud Infrastructure and Data

Cloud security is becoming a top priority for many organizations. While the cloud offers many benefits, it also introduces additional security risks.

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Interview with Joab Paiva from Intel®

Looking for business value and security? Check out my interview with Joab Pavia, an Intel vPro® expert from Intel Business. He talks about modernizing and improving your security and automation with the IntelvPro platform.

Cybersecurity Leadership

How An Identity Platform Drives Real Business Value in Thwarting Cyber Threats

A trustworthy cloud-based identity platform like SailPoint can drive real value to an organization and help ensure a safe and secure environment to transact business.

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Interview with Enric Cuixeres Saez, the CIO for Leng-d'Or

Here’s is my thought provoking interview with special guest. Enric Cuixeres Saez, the CIO for    Leng-d’Or, a 55-year old multinational company based in Spain and the world’s leading manufacturer of snack pellets for third parties. In the interview Enric talks about Leng-dOr’s security journey and his

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Protecting Our Children and Their Privacy is Critical

Our Child’s Privacy Is At Risk Cybersecurity is more than stopping malware, ransomware and breaches and impacts so many across the globe including seniors, children and those at risk! I am a seasoned cybersecurity professional and thought leader with three daughters and it scares me. In a crazy and

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Zero Trust Rising

Zero Trust is being counted on more than ever for cybersecurity and now the NSA has issued Zero Trust guidance for Department of Defense (“DOD”) to protect their critical networks and data. However, it is not only for highly secretive environments like NSA and DOD, but also a great idea

Zero Trust

Zero Trust is a Strong Security Strategy

Zero Trust is not a tool or a security solution. It’s a strategy that is effective against ransomware, breaches and insider threats.

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Recognizing The "Women of Cyber"

We will be recognizing the amazing #WomeninCyber. More progress in diversity is needed now! Please help support their efforts.

Public Sector

7 Reasons People Matter in Cybersecurity

People are an essential element in cybersecurity. If properly trained, positioned and prepared can have a very positive impact on an organization’s security posture.

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Cities Are Under Constant Cyber attack

Our cities are under cyber attack everyday and our civic leaders are facing budget shortfalls due to pandemic. It is a dangerous time for many cities and more needs to be done. The recent 2021 cyber attack where hackers attempted to poison Oldsmar’s (outside of Tampa, FL) water system

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Insider Threat is Real & Growing Rapidly

There are many reasons and scenarios that describe the potential risk of insider threats, but it is the latest research from Forrester shown in the video that truly describes the growing concern. Expect to see additional focus on insider threats by CISOs throughout 2021 and into the future. It is

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7 Reasons To Have Tested Incident Response Plan Ready

7 Reasons To Have a Tested Incident Response Plan Ready Incident response plans are not voluntary any longer given the rising risk of being hit by a cyberattack, ransomware or suffering a breach.⠀ ⠀ When a cyber incident happens having an organized actionable approach with a step by step guide to

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Best Way To Stop A Cyber Attack

It Sounds So Obvious, But Reality Paints a Different Picture!⠀ ⠀ The Number one question I get asked each day as a daily practicing cybersecurity professional is: “What can we do to stop these attacks?” or worse: “How fast can we recover from an attack?”⠀ ⠀ As the post title says, it

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SD-WAN For Greater Security & Optimization

SD-WAN is a great option for nearly any organization given the diverse remote work and scary ransomware world we live in. I listed four reasons you should utilize an SD-WAN, but below are some others: * Greater Network Agility * Superior Application Experience * Reduced Connectivity and Equipment Costs * Stronger Security * Optimized Cloud

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7 Steps To Be More Secure Online

Staying secure online during these turbulent times is not to be taken lightly. The bad actors are more prevalent and sophisticated and EVERYONE is a potential target. The tools and approaches they utilize make it much  easier and likely for you to become compromised. Fortunately, there are some steps that

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Beware: Ransomware Is Shaping Up To Be Worse in 2021

By all reports, organizations around the world are seeing more ransomware than ever. Additionally, it has become more scary and sophisticated, as extortion now acts as a backup in case the ransom isn’t paid. By all reports, organizations around the world are seeing more ransomware than ever. Additionally, it

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More Than 50% of Organizations Can’t Fully Utilize Cloud Security Solutions Due To Understaffing

The cybersecurity talent shortage is impacting so many businesses globally. More than 50% of IT & #Cybersecurity teams can’t fully utilize cloud security solutions due to understaffing. As this excerpt from a recent HelpNet Security Article highlights: There are unrealized gaps between the rate of implementation or operation and the

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Technology Leadership Academy Presentation

Video presentation from Technology Leadership Academy Conference on Infrastructure Readiness and Security given to 30+ K12 CIOs and education Technology Executives. 0:00/1×

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A Security-first Mindset In Your Organization Is Critical

It is so critical to create a security-first mindset in your organization. Too many organizations treat security as something they must tolerate or work around. Out in the field, For example, I have heard several executives say that they can’t implement a simple and standard security policy because the

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Ransomware Gangs Are Targeting Executives

In the field, we are seeing a great deal of extortion, as a backup to the ransom not being paid by organizations hit by ransomware. Once they have the proper access internally, they are often able to pipe out some of the data before encrypting, thereby giving them a backup