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The Insider Threat: Protecting Your Company from Itself

May 14, 2019

Imagine losing your car keys. It would be inconvenient, as you could be stranded for a while and you would need to find and obtain a replacement key. Now imagine losing a set of work keys. How much disruption could this cause your company? Remember the 2014 Sony breach? It was perpetrated by a group who claimed that they were able to access the movie studio's computer systems because Sony failed to lock their physical doors.

Year in Review: The SEC and Cybersecurity

In the wake of many cybersecurity breaches, SEC's aggressive agenda demonstrates that cybersecurity management is vital to U.S. public companies and capital markets.

Seth P Berman Ian Roffman Melanie L Todman

May 13, 2019

What can we learn from the SEC and its aggressive agenda?

Physical and Cyber Convergence—At Last?

Bud Broomhead

May 8, 2019

We have been hearing about the “convergence” of physical and cyber security for years, but even today there are still debates about whether it has happened yet (spoiler alert: it hasn’t). Part of the challenge might be that the word convergence itself can apply to more than one kind of activity – for example, some believe it applies to the linkages or integration of IT and security systems, while others believe it applies to IT and security organizational structures and teams.

Social Engineering Simulation Testing Tips

Joe Malec

May 8, 2019

Do you know who is calling you? In many cases, employees rely on caller ID or a familiar name to allow callers to build trust and potentially exploit them. Vishing (or social engineering) is a practice where verbal communication is used to deceive a potential victim.

Tipping the Scale for Effective Cybersecurity

Dustin Hillard

May 8, 2019

New technologies, including cloud computing, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, are constantly bringing new opportunities and challenges to attackers and defenders alike. This is not just the age of machines but of machine-scale. As such, IT security analysts need new tools to defend the network.

Less Than Half of Americans are Prepared for an Emergency

May 7, 2019

Forty-two percent of Americans don't have an evacuation plan in the event of severe weather and only 19 percent have a family meet-up plan, says a new survey.

The Rise of License Plate Reader Technology

How LPR can benefit your security program and potential challenges to consider.

Sarah Ludwig Rausch

May 6, 2019

How can LPR technology secure perimeters and lessen cybersecurity threats?

Bill Would Allow Unlicensed Texans Carry Handguns in Public after Disasters

May 3, 2019

Legislation introduced in Texas would allow unlicensed handgun owners to carry their weapons — openly or concealed — in public for up to a week in any area where a local, state or federal disaster is declared.