How Do You Secure New Technology?
Hackers are relentless adversaries who incessantly create new tools and methodologies to take advantage of known exploitable vulnerabilities within networks. (more…)
Category Archives: Security Awareness
Hackers are relentless adversaries who incessantly create new tools and methodologies to take advantage of known exploitable vulnerabilities within networks. (more…)
Cyber Security Case Study: Ransomware at a Manufacturing Company
HALOCK contained and eradicated a ransomware attack on a manufacturing company’s internal assets and set a wholistic plan to mitigate future risk through enhanced MFA, policies, and training. (more…)
May the Fourth Be with You
Happy Star Wars Day – May the fourth be with you. Celebrate by protecting your data, terminals, code, and technology from bad slicers (hackers). Get your security awareness reminders for your team, especially now when it seems you are galaxies away. (more…)
Taking Care with Telehealth: Health Care. Cyber Care. Duty of Care.
Social distancing and stay-at-home orders are designed to protect us from the spread of COVID-19, but what about patients that still require check-ups, post-hospitalization follow-ups, continued monitoring due to other conditions – Telehealth is a convenient solution. (more…)
Social Distancing. Social Engineering.
COVID-19 – Social distancing, remote working, telecommuting, staying-at-home – changes to our working environment can expose security vulnerabilities, especially social engineering. Bad actors view our increased digital activities as an opportunity to attack. Remind your teams of your cyber security policies and procedures. (more…)
Covid-19 Does Not Exempt Compliance nor Security Obligations
While companies are consumed with the task of implementing remote work strategies in response to the COVID-19 crisis, it is critical to remember one thing: No matter how chaotic things get, Coronavirus does not exempt you from your industry or government compliancy obligations such as HIPAA, CCPA and PCI DSS. It also does not release you from your responsibility of employing Duty of Care when it comes to protecting third party personal data. (more…)
COVID-19 and Staying Cyber Secure
As news of Covid-19 grows in the news, so do cyber attacks, taking advantage of newly-remote workers and the population wanting to learn more of our evolving landscape. Be alert and cautious of unfamiliar emails or calls that disguise themselves as official health organizations you receive or promises of the stimulus package payout. Here are a few recent nefarious cyber security scams that our fellow industry professionals have discovered.
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Meet the Best of Breed Cyber Security Awareness Dog Models
From the Cyber Security Awareness Poster Best of Breed series, meet the inspirations behind the Cyber Tips. (more…)