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Implement These 6 Baseline Security Steps
We often talk about cybersecurity abstractly, but for those who want ‘rubber meets the road’ advice, let’s talk baseline security. Baseline security is the minimum-security controls required for safeguarding an organization’s information systems, ensuring...
Implement These 6 Baseline Security Steps
We often talk about cybersecurity abstractly, but for those who want ‘rubber meets the road’ advice, let’s talk baseline security. Baseline security is the minimum-security controls required for safeguarding an organization’s information systems, ensuring...
Aksoy’s Cisco and 5 Tips to Avoid a Scam
Not all cybersecurity dangers come from hackers. Some come from a man in Florida with fake Cisco network devices. Onur Aksoy, a.k.a. ‘Ron Aksoy’ or ‘Dave Durden,’ has been charged with importing fake networking devices from China and Hong Kong, selling them, according...
Cybersecurity Awareness Resources
We’re passionate about forging a more secure North Carolina, and part of that means helping everyone stay cyber secure. Thankfully, we’re not alone in that—we’ve compiled a brief list of resources produced by others in the cybersecurity industry that not only are safe...
Celebrate Gartner’s Top Eight Predictions–Then Prepare
Gartner’s top eight predictions for the next four years double down on one specific thing: organizations will, and must, adapt to face growing cybersecurity threats. At the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in Australia last week, analysts outlined these...
3 Reasons to Upskill This Year
Recent media buzz about tech layoffs at Coinbase or other tech businesses gives us an excellent opportunity to think about what it will take to stay marketable in the cybersecurity industry. Even though CompTIA reports that the “projected growth rate for tech jobs...
From Dance to Cybersecurity: An Interview with Chelsea McGinnis
“As a naturally inquisitive person, I have always had a dire need to know the ‘why’ and ‘how’ for everything. Computers provide a wonderful outlet for my mindset, a harmonious balance of logical, critical, and creative thinking where there is always something new to...
Cybersecurity and Hacktivism: Where’s the Line?
We train people to hack. Should we? Between hacktivists siding with Ukraine and going rogue against Russia, a single hacker taking down the entirety of North Korea’s internet in retaliation, and the new GoodWill ransomware virus that holds data ransom and demands good...
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