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is a critical IT security practice for scanning systems, networks and applications for vulnerabilities and security holes that could lead to breaches and exploits. Pen tests are often performed by third parties, but as these outside tests can be expens…
Continue ReadingCourse syllabus and content proprietary to Treadstone 71 This course presents the student with foundational concepts and processes in the discipline of cyber counterintelligence with a focus on cyber counterintelligence missions, defensive counterintel…
Continue ReadingAn uptick of investment adviser cybersecurity exam deficiencies has fueled concerns among U.S. state financial regulators, in the annual report of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). The report offers a look at the state-r…
Continue ReadingThe extraordinary efforts taken by many organizations to ensure business continuity despite remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic have increased their exposure to cyberthreats. For example, Google detected 18 million daily malware and phishing em…
Continue ReadingThe surge in teleworking in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened cyber-risks for organizations across industries especially those with little prior experience dealing with a remote workforce. Indeed, threat actors attempting to take advanta…
Continue ReadingRead the original article: Social engineering: A cheat sheet for business professionals People, like computers, can be hacked using a process called social engineering, and there’s a good chance a cybersecurity attack on your organization could start w…
Continue ReadingAs we’ve mentioned in previous blogs, cybercriminals will often tie their attacks to current events . So, it isn’t surprising that we noticed another one of these, with this particular one using tech events in London as the bait. In February 2020 and M…
Continue ReadingINDUSTRY INSIGHT Social distancing will change elections. Here’s how we can secure them. By Steve Grewal; May 29, 2020. No matter how you slice it, one of the biggest disagreements Americans will have this election won’t be over political platforms, bu…
Continue ReadingAs a result of the ongoing COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the Coronavirus) pandemic, there has been increased interest and demand to secure cyber liability insurance coverage. With the increase of volume of businesses that have switched to some form…
Continue ReadingThe 13th edition of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is now out. You can download it at https://enterprise.verizon.com/resources/reports/dbir/. I thought I would give a quick overview of what I took away from it. First off, here are my qui…
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