Employee data sharing is still a cybersecurity weak link at small businesses By Carolyn Schrader The statistics from a recent survey tell us businesses still have a challenge with cybersecurity behavior of their employees. The survey revealed that: 54% of employees connected to public Wi-Fi to access confidential work 68% used personal email accounts for confidential work 22% lost a company-issued work device All these behaviors can cause cybersecurity breaches for a small

Ransomware attacking Macs By Carolyn Schrader If your small business uses Macs, you need to be sure you have strong back-up protocols in place. A ransomware, MacRansom, is being used to attach MAC computers. Cyber criminals can get a copy for the asking from the creator, through an email address. The creator is providing the malware to hackers as ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). According to researchers at Fortinet, a cybersecurity software company, the creator is leveraging

3rd Party and Vendor Lack of Security Still is Creating Vulnerabilities By Charles Parker II No business is an island. At times, they require outside services from vendors to complete their mission. An organization, as a rule of thumb, is not able to have every employee available that is a subject matter expert (SME) on everything that affects a business. The networks and systems are simply too complex with too many parts moving in tandem to have a labor force of experts. It

Not Ocean’s 14: Casinos are also an e-Target By Charles Parker II Casinos are no different than an accounting firm, hospital, or manufacturer in at least one sense when cybersecurity is the common thread. These entities hold data that people want to steal. This data is then sold or otherwise leveraged for their own uses to generate revenue or simply sold. One industry not researched at length has been the casinos. These businesses tend to focus more on the physical security a