Cybersecurity Awareness – By Ron Frechette, The Cyber Coach If you own or operate a small-midsize business (SMB), chances are you recently received a cybersecurity questionnaire from at least one of your clients asking numerous detailed questions about the security posture of your organization. If you haven’t yet, rest assured you will be receiving one

Security Education – By Dylan “The Magician” Baklor Don’t use long passwords, use short passphrases. Passwords are a frustrating necessity for both users as well as network administrators. Now I imagine the first part of the article title may have caught you off guard so let me elaborate. A password can be many things for

Cybersecurity Awareness – By Ron Frechette, The Cyber Coach If you haven’t heard it in the news, Florida has been a primary target for ransomware attacks over that past month and the trend seems to be increasing.  Several cities, small businesses, and individuals have fallen victim to these attacks which has caused tremendous angst within

Cybersecurity Awareness – By Ron Frechette, The Cyber Coach When most people think about the potential of having their personal, financial, or business information stolen, they rarely consider their smartphone as a threat vector for cyber criminals.  It is estimated that American adults spend an average of 11 hours per day on their phones. The

Security Education – By Dylan “The Magician” Baklor Sharing a link is very often the best way to direct someone to a great article or a funny photograph but could clicking on a link or photograph be dangerous? It might surprise you if I said I could use a link to find your city, learn

Article Published – By Stephan Kaplan Thank you for continuing to learn and understand the threats to the infosec body.  Here are some of the more prevalent threats to your organizations CyberSecurity Wellness: Ransomeware Ransomware: Although there has been a slight downturn in its use overall (especially when large corporations are the intended target), ransomware

Cybersecurity Awareness – By Ron Frechette, The Cyber Coach As the mid-year point approaches in 2019, we are encouraged by the increase in small business owners beginning to take the threat of data breaches, regulatory fines, and potential law suits more seriously. We saw an upturn in this movement beginning in September of 2018 and

Article Published – By Stephan Kaplan Details of data breaches, cyberthugs, and horrors of the “Dark Web” have leapt from Data Security blogs and publications into the mainstream business and news publications.  Much of this has been driven by the “mega-breaches” that have affected hundreds of millions of consumers.  The names are easily recognizable:  Marriott,

Security Education – By Dylan “The Magician” Baklor Consider the following scenario for a moment. You’ve looked forward to a movie during the workday, so you purchase a ticket and use an “email-to-print” feature to print it out. This common feature allows you to send a document to an email address and your printed document will be waiting for you when you return home.  How