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C3 Events Promote Asheville Cybersecurity Awareness
Cyber-attacks are on the rise and increasingly targeting small businesses. To help, the Carolina Cyber Center of Montreat College (C3) launched the Summer Cybersecurity Series. September 6, 2022 – Each Wednesday in August, the greater Asheville area businesses and...
C3 Events Promote Asheville Cybersecurity Awareness
Cyber-attacks are on the rise and increasingly targeting small businesses. To help, the Carolina Cyber Center of Montreat College (C3) launched the Summer Cybersecurity Series. September 6, 2022 – Each Wednesday in August, the greater Asheville area businesses and...
When External Support is Warranted
We strongly believe cybersecurity measures should be reasonable and prudent and that small businesses can do a lot in-house. However, there are areas where your cybersecurity program (again, focusing on small and medium businesses, or SMBs) should likely consider...
This Christmas, Don’t Click
Christmas is supposed to be about peace on earth, but bad news has been everywhere this week in the cybersecurity world, largely because of Log4j. But we’re not going to talk about that. If you are trying to wrap your head around what it is, we like these resources...
It’s Not If, but When: Incident Response and Data Retrieval
Three days ago, the Swiss Government Computer Emergency response team blazed a warning regarding a zero-day exploit: Log4j. It is hard to overstate just how critical this exploit is – arguably the most significant cybersecurity threat ever. On a criticality scale of...
Insider Solutions to Insider Threats
All names have been changed to protect the identities of the people in this real-life example. Here's a true story. Matt, a 'disgruntled employee,' got mad at his employer. Deciding to get even with his organization, he created a script to steal his own credentials,...
Cast Cybersecurity Vision, Not Fear
You must cast vision for effective cybersecurity. The cybersecurity industry thrives off fear. Fear of missing out (FOMO), or fear that something deleterious will happen if you don’t act with haste, etc. Even marketing strategies appeal to a sense of fearful urgency!...
Change is Here, and We’re Thankful for it
We believe that people can change. Ultimately, cybersecurity is a people problem, not a technological problem, so our solutions must address the root issues: behaviors and habits. In the last year, our goal has been to help individuals and small businesses make...
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