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We Just Gave Away Our Cyber Security Intellectual Property. It was the right thing to do.

Why a Chicago-Based Cyber Security Firm (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2026-01-16T22:03:57+00:00Tags: Center for Internet Security, CIS, CIS Controls, CIS RAM, Critical Security Controls, Cyber security, DoCRA, due care, duty of care, duty of care risk analysis, intellectual property, multi-factor balancing test, negligent, reasonable security, SANS top twenty|

SIX THINGS TECH START-UPS CAN DO TO IMPROVE THEIR SECURITY POSTURE

The Internet of Things (IOT) and Cloud (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-06-17T21:56:50+00:00Tags: Cyber security, intellectual property, security review|

Universities Remain a Rich Target for Hackers

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Cindy Kaplan2025-12-23T18:14:12+00:00Tags: breaches, Hackers, intellectual property, personal information, PII, W-2|

Expecting the Unexpected, Removing Fear From a Security Incident

Once again another (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-11-20T15:33:51+00:00Tags: Breach, HIPAA, incident management, Incident response, incident response process, intellectual property, NIST 800-61, PCI DSS, PII, security breach|

NEXT-GEN MALWARE DEFENSE

‘Malware’ has come a long way – next-gen malware. From (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-11-20T15:42:30+00:00Tags: Advanced Malware, Advanced Persistent Threats, Antivirus, APT, forensics, IDS, Incident response, intellectual property, IPS, malware, Malware defense strategy, modern malware, PA-DSS, Payment Application, plan, risk, stealth applications|

Insecurity – Et Tu Brute?

The death of Caesar at the hands of the (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-02T18:39:28+00:00Tags: Breach, cloud services, data breach, incident response readiness, intellectual property|

Summary of the 2013 IP Commission Report

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Cindy Kaplan2025-05-20T16:35:02+00:00Tags: China, hacking, intellectual property, IP Commission|

HALOCK INVESTIGATES: Over My Dead Body

Social engineering is the art of manipulating people into performing (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-08-01T18:24:03+00:00Tags: computer forensics, corporate espionage, intellectual property, security awareness training, Social Engineering|

HALOCK INVESTIGATES: Network Chatter from China

 

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Cindy Kaplan2024-08-01T18:25:06+00:00Tags: Advanced Packet Capture, Advanced Persistent Threats, APT, China, computer forensics, forensics, hacking, intellectual property, Malware defense, Malware defense strategy, malware detection, modern malware, SIEM, WAF, Web application firewall|