Your TV is not even secure these days! By Charles Parker II There are a few devices that are as well-known and seen virtually everywhere. They are located throughout our bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, and recreation rooms. In a commercial environment, these devices are in conference rooms and hallways on the business or news channels. In retail there may be a bank of them on a wall, all showing the same thing. As time has passed, technology has improved significantly. Th

Churches: Large and Small as Targets By Charles Parker II As with so many other non-profits, churches likewise have been listed as a target for attackers. This issue has been exasperated due to churches, along with other non-profits, having issues with cash flow and budgetary constraints. For the church’s management structure, purchases of tangible assets may be a much less daunting task. With cybersecurity having such a new focus in mainstream IT and industry, describing wha

Self-Signed Certificates: What Makes This an Issue By Charles Parker II We have all come across this message.....ALERT! THE SITE'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRUSTED! For a website to be secure, there needs to be a certificate associated with the website. The user will see this as the locked padlock and https (emphasis on the “s”, referring to website being secure) in the URL area of the browser. This certificate indicates a third party has taken the time and effort to ver

Phishing Continues to be Expensive By Charles Parker II Attackers are often motivated by money. The focus has been the cash flow for their nefarious operation. One area that receives significant attention as an attack method is social engineering or phishing. With either active or passive attacks, the effects can be substantially expensive and costly in terms of expense and hours spent fixing this issue. A sub-attack along this same idea is spear phishing or a targeted phishi