When Global News Hits Home When you hear and watch news headlines, you can often tune out. It’s not happening here; it’s not affecting you directly. It’s a global issue right now. You’ll worry about it when things are closer to home. The problem is, by the time it hits home, we may have forgotten...
Sunday funnies Remember the Jetsons? Robots that cleaned, food choices you tapped into a computer for preparation…moving sidewalks? Flying cars aside, we aren’t too far off from the technology that seemed so unlikely and impossible. The future – it’s here. We live in a day and age where these advancements bring forth so many wonderful...
In business, if you can cast a bigger net to reach a larger audience, it’s considered a good idea – a win. Unfortunately, hackers are now taking the same approach. With c-level executives offering a higher payoff when compromised, sending out phishing emails to the general population at a company will likely increase your odds...
And So, It Grows First, it was a widespread, if not generic, notion – you need to protect your personal information. Then we began to call it cybersecurity, and it was applicable to your business as well. It was still a concept that blanketed data generically – the overall message was that you need to...
RobbinHood – the Not so Heroic New Outlaw Stealing from the rich to give to the poor – in theory, the original Robin Hood had good intentions. There’s a new generation of him and his not so merry men and in this adaption, the takeovers are far less charitable. Using malware instead of arrows, this...
Every Cog in the Wheel Matters Whether your name is on the sign out front, or you are in a leadership role, the success of the business is in your hands. In that role, you know that each department feeds into the overall health of the business, and you need to ensure everyone, and everything...
Hot Spots New York and California. The mention of these two locations may have you conjuring up images of entertainment, celebrities, and people living the fancy life. Unfortunately, when we mention New York and California here, we’re not referring to anything glamorous. In fact, these two states are famous for something that they don’t want...
When a breach occurs, after the confusion and panic have passed (or merely settled in), the finger pointing starts. Generally, clients assume that since the anti-virus icon in the corner was there, they were protected. Firewall? Not sure what it is, but I get an alert every now and then about it, so it must...
Missed Opportunities Missed opportunities. They come in many forms, shapes, and sizes. It might be personal, professional, or just for the fun of a moment. We all have them, and it likely still pains us to think about being wrong on any opportunity in life, especially those that would provide you with a way to...
Business email compromises (BEC) scams made a big statement in 2018, seeing a 133% increase over 2017, according to a recent report by Beazley Breach Response Services. The Beazley Breach Briefing looked at information gathered from investigations into more than 3,300 data incidents that were reported to Beazley in 2018. The investigations revealed that nearly...