UPCOMING WEBINAR: Managing the CIS Critical Security Controls within your Enterprise SANS Institute Live Webinar | Thursday, January 25, 2018 1:00 - 2:00 pm Eastern Time Matt Bromiley and Tim McCreight Background In 2008, in response to the SANS Institute developed and published computer security best practice guidelines still in use today. These computer security [...]
Top Cybersecurity Posts from 2017 Staying up-to-date with cybersecurity is imperative in today’s cyber environment. This can be challenging with the plethora of information that is available to technology professionals. Dan Lohrmann, as an internationally recognized cybersecurity leader with more than 30 years of technology experience, frequently discusses cybersecurity issues, news and stories as a [...]
Hardware Flaws Identified On Wednesday, January 3rd, Microsoft published information about two critical security flaws that “could affect nearly every Intel computer released in the past 20 years – and the AMD and Arm chips in laptops, tablets, and phones, too “(Hitachi Security Advisory, 1/5/18). This hardware vulnerability even gives knowledgeable attackers access to virtual machines. [...]
Achieving EU GDPR Compliance Any organization that stores or maintains customer records and personal data of European Union (EU) residents and citizens must comply with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which was approved on 14 April 2016. GDPR compliance will be enforced starting on 25 May 2018 and heavy fines will be levied for [...]
Securing Data Remains A Priority. In January of this year, ChoiceTel provided an analysis of 2016’s cyber environment and delivered a strong recommendation that businesses and organizations make securing their data a priority for 2017. Over this past year, cyber-attacks continued and, in fact, doubled from 2016. This trend was actually predicted by experts [...]
