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IT Security in 2016: Phishing and Ransomware Remain Challenges
by Geoff Yeagley on September 1, 2016 at 9:45 AM
If any of you out there like to watch the show "The Profit" on CNBC, you and I would most likely become instant friends. For those of you that have never seen the show, the basic premise is that a billionaire (Marcus Lemonis) helps struggling businesses turn their operations around th …
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 …
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.
IT GRC - Let's Talk About Risk!
by Geoff Yeagley on July 28, 2016 at 10:18 AM
Earlier this week we discussed IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (IT GRC) with a specific focus on IT Governance. To read more of that post, click here. Today we are going to focus on the second component of IT GRC, IT Risk. In keeping with consistency, Gartner defines IT Risk as "t …
IT GRC - What is IT Governance?
by Geoff Yeagley on July 26, 2016 at 10:00 AM
In the world of Information Security, acronyms are a way of life. In fact, we often refer to all these different acronyms as "alphabet soup." Keeping track of what they all mean and what they stand for can be challenging. With that in mind, over the next 3 blog posts, we are going to …