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Time to Dust Off that Disaster Recovery Document

How long has it been since you have revisited or reviewed your company disaster recovery document? Have you conducted any table-top exercises this year or have any lined up on the company schedule of events? Odds are, depending on when you are reading this article, you may be in a real scenario, not an exercise, as part of the COVID-19 pandemic. You may even be asking, “what is a disaster recovery document?” Considering the impact of COVID-19, there is probably no better time create or review those incident, continuity, disaster and recovery documents for your cybersecurity library. You will want to make sure they include all your business needs to be successful when the worst of times are upon you, including a pandemic.

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Benefits and Cybersecurity Tips for Your Remote Workforce

In a previous article, we highlighted the tactics scam artists are exploiting from COVID-19. Unfortunately, technologically savvy criminals are also exploiting the virus by taking advantage of the rapid Work from Home (WFH) adoption. Most organizations were not prepared for this overnight adoption and consequently cut corners during the implementation. We have compiled a list of key elements every organization employing WFH should consider.

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Social Media Scam and Bank Fraud

How my daughter got catfished and almost took down the entire family finances.

A tale of near misses by Lauro Chavez.

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RobbinHood Ransomware Assaulting Cities and Businesses

Ransomware is perhaps one of the most tossed around buzzwords today. In reality, ransomware is simply the word used to describe malicious software that scrambles the data of a system and renders it completely inaccessible until the ransom is paid. In recent years, the ransomware variant titled ‘RobbinHood’ has seen a major uptick in infecting public municipalities.

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Severe BlueKeep flaw still plaguing outdated connected medical devices

Despite Microsoft releasing a patch for the 2019 BlueKeep Vulnerability, CyberMDX dicovered, 22% of hospital Windows devices are still exposed to BlueKeep. This puts medical devices at a much higher risk for BlueKeep and ultimately ransomware.

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Researchers at MIT Identify Security Vulnerabilities in Voting App

The expansion of mobile technology in recent years has come with several amenities. It has also generated popular slogans like “there is an app for that.” These two notions have produced the idea of using mobile applications to complete practical activities such as voting.

Anything that can get hacked, will get hacked. This is why voting security experts have warned that paper ballots are the only secure method to vote.

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Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act, What does it mean?

The want and need to keep a company's data private is universal, but cyber criminals are constantly trying to gain access to that data. To better protect our nation from malicious hackers, government representatives have proposed offensive measures that companies can take in the case that a hacker steals private information.

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Say "Farewell" to Windows 7

With major support having ended for Windows 7, companies and end/home users who continue to rely on Windows 7 may be at risk. Microsoft announced that as of January 14th of 2020, they will no longer be pushing security updates for Windows 7, which are meant to cover new and existing vulnerabilities. With these updates no longer being pushed out for that operating system, there is an increased risk that some new vulnerabilities will be found and exploited. These vulnerabilities may cause loss of data or even allow for the creation of back doors for hackers to leave malicious malware on existing systems.

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How to Hire and Retain Qualified Cybersecurity Professionals - Part 3

The below commentary is an excerpt from a longer white paper being produced by the Silent Sector team on how to hire and retain quality security, and by extension, IT resources.  This excerpt addresses retaining the professionals you’ve hired.

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LA Cyber Lab - 2019 Security Summit

The Department of Homeland Security and City of Los Angeles formed the LA Cyber Lab, a joint initiative to help protect Los Angeles based companies from cyber attack.  Last week, the LA Cyber Lab hosted Security Summit 2019 to spread awareness of cyber threats and share information within the business community.  This two-day event had over 500 registered participants and covered a wide range of cybersecurity and threat intelligence topics.  Silent Sector Partners, Michael Rotondo and Zach Fuller, presented in a panel forum focused on the idea that cybersecurity expertise is far more important for preventing cyber attacks than security tools.
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