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  Reworked November 24, 2020 - Now Is the Time to Replace VPN With Zero Trust ... What Is Wrong With VPN? The perimeter methodology that VPN relies on makes it particularly vulnerable to attackers, said Steve Tcherchian, chief information security officer at XYPRO, a cybersecurity analytics company, by giving users and devices unfettered access to the…

      Medium October 6, 2020 -- Steve Tcherchian of XYPRO: 5 Things You Need To Know To Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Don’t open emails from unknown senders — This applies more than ever. There is a rapidly growing number of fake Coronavirus-themed emails going around from criminals looking…

    Washington Examiner October 2, 2020 -- Ransomware Attack on Election Software Vendor Raises Alarms in Cybersecurity Community ... It’s unclear if the attack on Tyler Technologies was part of the campaign by Russia, China, and other countries to influence the U.S. election. Still, some security experts said the attack fits in with the broader…

    Lifewire October 15, 2020 – Google's New Thermostat: Same Look, New Privacy Concerns ... Information Vacuum The Nest is likely to be collecting more data than many users realize, experts say. One of NEST’s big selling points is its learning ability. "For it to properly learn habits and behaviors, we have to share…

  Chicago Tribune October 21, 2020 - Medical ID theft: Prescription for fraud Living through a pandemic can be a frightening experience. But years before the outbreak of COVID-19, another scary health-related scourge was steadily gathering steam. That worrisome phenomenon is the onslaught of medical identity theft. Scam artists are increasingly turning their attention to…

All it takes is one compromised account to one legacy application to cause a data breach! According to Microsoft, 81% of data breaches occur because of weak, default, or stolen credentials and 99% of those attacks can be blocked by implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). MFA is an authentication…

Businesses are managing more data than ever—and spending more money, year after year, to protect that data. Yet spending more money on security doesn’t equate to actually being secure. A significant amount of software is purchased and never property implemented - leading to a problem called “shelfware”. To put into context how prevalent the “shelfware”…

TechTarget.com September 23, 2020 -- 7 remote onboarding tips to improve the new-hire experience Onboarding new hires is one of the trickier aspects HR teams must face when using a work-from-home model. These seven tips on remote onboarding provide guidance. "Due to , many employees may be starting jobs in a remote environment for the…

CMSWire.com September 14, 2020 - Looking at What AI Can Bring to Your Organization's Cybersecurity Strategy Data Drives Cyber Responses However, an AI system is only as good as the data being fed into it. Just like a child, if you teach a child bad behaviors, those behaviors will be carried on with them as…