Co-Authors: Keith Rhea and Alex Nanthavong It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of technological advancements, it was the age of attack, it was the epoch of cybercrime, it was the epoch of opportunity, it was the season of Remediation, it was the season of Exploitation,
Firewalls, encryption, antivirus software, armed security guards, dual authentication and every other added security mechanism that exists to secure data, do so to protect data from unauthorized access. Most bugs and viruses exploit weaknesses through a lapse in software or by targeting a specific operating system. However, less than a week into 2018, a different
By: Stephanie Carruthers and Nolan Kennedy “Right now, we’ve got about 300,000 unfilled cybersecurity positions as a nation,” said Rick Driggers, from DHS at the Cyberthreat Intelligence Forum, reported on FedScoop. Driggers goes onto ask “So what are we doing to engage K-12”? As a Cybersecurity consulting firm, MindPoint Group (MPG) deals with this industry
It can be a challenging and overwhelming task to adequately manage the risk associated with outsourcing technology or business processes, no matter the size or sector of the organization. This is supported by a study sponsored by the Ponemon Institute, which gathered responses from hundreds of respondents across both public and private sectors to present
Is your organization taking proactive measures to prevent a data breach? From 2016 to 2017, the number of data breaches in the U.S. increased by 45%. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, more than 1,500 data breach incidents occurred in 2017, of which 53% exposed social security numbers and 19% exposed credit card numbers.