2019

texas cybersecurity certification

Did you know that government employees in the State of Texas are now required to participate in cybersecurity training? As part of recent House Bill 3834–enacted to help protect governing […]

psychological manipulation of phishing

In the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, there is a pair of statistics that caught my eye. Phishing was the fifth most reported type of security incident, trailing behind Denial

Sea of hands

Most of us know that Security Awareness Training is important to maintain organizational safety. But how sure are you that employees are truly taking preventative measures or recognizing and responding

bitcoinransomware

I opened my email to find a rather nasty surprise, I received a Bitcoin ransom email. Although “sextortion” bitcoin ransom emails had been around for several years, I have never

Ransomware news

Ransomware is an ongoing threat to organizations and their data around the world. It can strike at multiple points in an organization – network, equipment, and employees. It targets industries,

CCPA.2020

In our previous blog post on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), we compared this new data protection law to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).   In this

gdpr-vs-ccpa-alt

We are now less than 150 days from January 1, 2020, the effective date of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). It is a leap forward in data protection in

Security-Awareness

It is a question that is often asked: Should organizations build their own Security Awareness and Compliance Training programs in-house, or should they outsource this service to a provider? In

What is Spear Phishing?

How would you react if you received an email message asking you to read a specific article, link included? If it looked like advertising, you would probably ignore and delete

cybersecurityculture a group sitting around a table with a great white security lock on it.

In today’s business environment, the culture of an organization is a known driver of a company’s success. A well-known study from Deloitte looked at the impact of core beliefs and culture on

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