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Business Email Compromise (BEC) is one of the most financially damaging online crimes. In 2022, Business Email Compromise (BEC) was the second largest category of losses across all reported cybercrimes, with a collective $2.7 Billion in attributed financial loss. Since its inception, the IC3’s Recovery Asset Team has assisted private financial institutions with freezing more...
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“Seeing Yourself in Cyber”  Since the 2004 declaration by the President of the United States and Congress, we dedicate each October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The annual campaign is sponsored through a conjoined effort between the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) — providing support from both the federal...
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Enforcing best security practices through governance and formal procedures  Similar to how firms use employee handbooks to outline all the requirements and expectations for professionalism in the workplace, businesses should also implement rules for how users of company resources and applications must act and operate as it pertains to the company’s data security. Hence, the...
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On September 22nd, 2022, the Crowdstrike Fal.Con cybersecurity conference concluded — providing numerous seminars and industry updates to security practitioners on solutions to enhance organizational security postures, identify risks, and fully understand some of today’s lingering threats.   Our CEO and founder Delta Munoz attended this conference and came back with tremendous insights to incorporate into...
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Truly popularized in the mid-2000s, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been security practitioners’ go-to response whenever someone asks, “what can I be doing right now to protect my data and accounts?” It’s often listed as a default best practice to defend against many cyber attacks and attack vectors such as phishing, business email compromise (BEC), keystroke...
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Today, many small and mid-sized businesses find themselves in similar situations when it comes to managing cybersecurity risks — they know there are prominent threats to their organization that they need to take seriously, but don’t have the means or knowledge to do so.  The first thought that comes to mind, especially with those firms...
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Heading into mid-to-late Summer, many organizations use this time of year to strategize or restrategize how they’ll prepare for a major crisis. A huge component of this process is planning for business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR). Without a robust system of practices, technology, and strategies dedicated to carrying on with operations and retaining...
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Protecting Backup Solutions From Threats and Vulnerabilities  As we have recently hit the end of the financial tax season and concluded some of the busy periods companies endure for selling their product or service, this is the time of year when many organizations reevaluate their business continuity and disaster recovery plans. While they likely consider...
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Best Practices for Managing Organizational Data Breach Privacy At conferences, networking events, trade shows, or even just at social gatherings, the topic may have come up that put you in a position where someone was telling you about a data breach or other cyber incident their business incurred. While the conversation may have been genuine...
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As we continue our journey on what it means to practice holistic cybersecurity and its comprehensive methodology, we can now go into the process of getting your business to that point. Everything about going holistic and fully implementing a robust security strategy such as Zero Trust starts with “Identity.” Identification is merely the process of...
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