When, not if... By Charles Parker The number of businesses through the nation is rather large. Many of these know they are regularly targeted. Too many of the remainder businesses are hoping that security by obscurity works. It does not. Small- and medium-businesses (SMB) are actively targeted by the attackers due to this lack of sufficient focus on Infosec. One symptom of this is a lack of a security policy, or one in place on the shelf with a large amount of dust due to a l

The Generic Blanket Training is not Appropriate or Effective By Charles Parker II Every year corporations and businesses go through the annual, employee dreaded security training. Their eyes become glazed over and the staff’s mouths slowly begin to open even so slightly as the physical manifestations of the apathy being to appear.   To simply check the box that the training had been without usability focus is a fallacy of actual security. The training needs to be different fr

Cell Phone Towers Are Also Vulnerable By Charles Parker The typical cell phone towers are omnipresent through the countryside and in the cities. In the cities they may be located on parking structures, buildings, in vacant lots, or near buildings. These cell phone towers or base transceiver stations (BST) function to facilitate the communications between the user’s equipment and the network. This communication is the transmitting and receiving of signals.   Issue This equipme

Tax time frauds can harm small businesses By Carolyn Schrader Tax filing due date for individuals is April 18th this year, which is soon approaching. The IRS recently alerted taxpayers to be watchful for last-minute phishing email scams. Cybercriminals continue to send phishing emails requesting employee W2 information. They are also sending scam emails to tax preparers asking for a change of disbursement of refunds to a prepaid debit card or to a different bank account.   Sc