Cyber Risk Assessments Risk assessments are crucial to any organization’s risk management strategy. A cyber risk assessment functions to identify information assets that could be impacted by a cyberattack and what risks are possible for each asset identified. These assessments are necessary for staff to be...
What are Denial of Service Attacks? Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks are meant to shut down a network, making it inaccessible to intended users. Often, systems are shut down due to malicious traffic meant to overload and cause congestion. This creates a large window for attack...
What is a Man-in-the Middle Attack? A man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack is a type of cyberattack in which a cybercriminal secretly intercepts communication between two parties, therefore being “in the middle” of their messages. In this attack, the interceptor often will relay the messages to their intended...
What is Fileless Malware? Fileless malware is a type of malicious software that utilizes legitimate programs, rather than virus-laden files, to infect a host. These legitimate programs are used to execute malicious code in resident memory. Resident memory means stored in a computer's random access memory...
What is Spear Phishing? Spear phishing is a means of electronic communication, most commonly via email, that is targeted to a specific individual or business in an attempt to steal private information from the party, such as login credentials or financial information. The goal of...
McDonald's has just recently suffered a data breach, proving once again that gaps in security can exist for companies of any size. This incident is a great reminder to reassess your company’s cybersecurity efforts and check compliance against all relevant industry standards and regulations. The Data...
In May of 2021, the United States experienced what many are referring to as the largest cyberattack to ever take place on an American energy system. The cyberattack left a major US oil pipeline offline for several days, causing a period of mild panic as...
Earlier this month, a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida experienced a cyber breach that threatened the lives of thousands of residents. A program that was designed to help the water treatment operators with treatment systems provided a point of entry for a hacker. The...
Securing your data center requires a lot more than some locks and cameras. This is because a data center hosts business-critical data and assets, such as customer information, financial documents, intellectual property, and more. In this blog, we break away from the physical security aspect...
Last week, a massive cyberattack on the United States was announced, triggering U.S. national security meetings and mild panic among citizens. Experts are calling this one of the most sophisticated and large scale attacks seen in years. More details have come to light, but much...