by Christopher Wright | May 15, 2020 | Compliance, Security
Once again, it’s time to analyze the multitude of reports and surveys on data breaches and hacks from 2018. And, unfortunately, the trend for costs continues upward. According to the IBM/Ponemon Institute’s 2018 Cost of a Data Breach study, the cost of loss for an... 
by Michael Sullivan | Apr 15, 2020 | Security
It feels like every day there is some new email scam making the rounds. It’s difficult to keep up. The latest scam going around is the Impersonation Scam. While this isn’t technically a new scam, there has been a major uptick in scam attempts in the past... 
by Michael Sullivan | Mar 15, 2020 | IT, Security
It feels like every day there is some new email scam making the rounds. It’s difficult to keep up. The latest scam going around is the Email Spoofing Scam. While this isn’t technically a new scam, there has been a major uptick in scam attempts. ... 
by Michael Sullivan | Feb 22, 2020 | IT, Security
Most jobs come with an email address. Usually it’s your name + the website domain address of your company. But just because it has your name on it, that doesn’t mean it’s yours. It’s tempting to start using this convenient new address everywhere. Need to... 
by Michael Sullivan | Feb 15, 2020 | IT, Security
My high school English teacher would break my legs if she knew I was going to start a blog post with a “The dictionary defines…” statement, but in this case I feel that I must. ‘Pwn’ is an internet slang term that refers to winning or... 
by Michael Sullivan | Jan 22, 2020 | IT, Security
Scammers pretending to be from Microsoft are using fake virus warnings to gain access to user’s computers to steal credit cards and private information. This scam has existed for many, many years, but it seems to be gaining popularity, again. This is a variation...