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Why Your Staff Needs Security Awareness Training Now!
by Geoff Yeagley on August 24, 2016 at 11:15 AM
We have all been there. We are sitting at our desks, doing our work and the email pops up. Usually from our IT Department or our boss, the email tells us that we need to complete our annual Security Awareness Training within the next 2 weeks. What's the first thought that goes through …
What is Phishing? Attack Techniques & Examples
by Geoff Yeagley on August 17, 2016 at 9:38 AM
Ransomware has dominated the news recently when it comes to IT Security. In fact, it was recently reported that 1 out of 5 companies that suffers a Ransomware attack ends up going out of business at least temporarily and 30% of affected companies lost revenue. Now we turn to the quest …
Moving From SSAE 16 to SSAE 18....
by Mike Mellor on August 11, 2016 at 11:35 AM
This is a guest post that was co-written by Mike Mellor, CPA and Nina Drury from DiSanto, Priest, & Co. in Warwick, RI. DiSanto, Priest, & Co. is a professional advisory firm that has been in business for over 50 years providing a range of services to their clients. These serv …
IT GRC - Compliance
by Geoff Yeagley on August 2, 2016 at 11:34 AM
Over the past week we have been discussing an overview of IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance as well as diving into each of the components that make up this program. Today we are going to talk about the final piece of the IT GRC puzzle: Compliance.