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“Essential 8” IT Security Recommendations When Returning To The Office

The office has been disinfected, work spaces are rearranged, and now we can begin our return to working in the office. But has the company planned for IT security challenges? Tab Bradshaw, Chief Operating Officer at Redpoint Security, has put together…

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Stay Cyber Secure When Connecting Remotely

COVID-19 has forced people from their workplaces and schools. Working from home and homeschooling means that millions of Americans are using video conferencing for the first time. With this surge in new users, there will be many cybersecurity challenges. Here’s…

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Juice Jacking: What You Need to Know

We have probably all been to a public building where there are signs offering a free service to plug in your device at a charging location. Without thinking, we hurriedly plug in our device to the USB, by either using our…

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Teach Your Kids Cyber Hygiene (and Freeze Their Credit)

Just in time for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Identity Theft Resource Center in conjunction with CyberScout has released a survey entitled “Social Media Habits and You.” The survey focuses on how parents and guardians monitor their kids’ online behavior,…

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Backing Up Your Computer is More Important Than You Think

We keep a lot of important information stored safely away on our computers. We trust that the next time we power on the device, it will be there for us to use…until it’s not. For me, the situation became all…

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Does Your Cyber Insurance Have the Right Coverages?

Amanda, only four months on the job as the new risk manager of a large manufacturing company, was walking into a crisis management meeting with the company’s senior leadership. The issue was serious: the company had suffered a data breach.

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Beware The Malice Of Malware Attacks

Amanda, the chief logistics officer of a large wholesaler of office supplies, was excited about the start of Fall. It was getting cooler and the leaves were falling. Halloween was just around the corner, and that would mean the chance…

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