Written by Charlie Osborne – Zero Day – January 4th, 2021 2020 was a year many of us would like to forget, and as 2021 entered with little of the fanfare usually associated with New Year's Eve celebrations, the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, still, is far from over. Despite surging infection rates worldwide and fresh outbreaks, ...
As we roll into 2021, the Remote Workforce will continue for the near future. Because of this, many businesses are trying to find ways in which they can leverage the power of the M365 Office Suite to meet the needs of the company and those employees working from home (WFH). We believe that Compliance will take ...
Written by Dawn Blizard – December 26th, 2020 The period between Christmas and New Year’s Day has long been the time people give to charities the most, making the charities themselves attractive targets for cyber criminals. Because the events of 2020 will likely boost existing trends, nonprofit cybersecurity challenges may be greater than ever this year ...
With the bulk of the workforce now using M365 to do their daily job tasks, the most often heard about tools are those of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Microsoft Teams. While these are crucial components to use, there is also one other piece of the puzzle which is just as much, if not equally ...
Written by Krebs On Security - December 20th, 2020 A key malicious domain name used to control potentially thousands of computer systems compromised via the months-long breach at network monitoring software vendor SolarWinds was commandeered by security experts and used as a “killswitch” designed to turn the sprawling cybercrime operation against itself. Austin, Texas-based SolarWinds disclosed this ...
Written by Brad Smith, President – December 18th, 2020 There’s no doubt that most of us across the Puget Sound region are anxious to put the difficulties of 2020 behind us. As we approach the end of December, we look forward to the new year with a mixture of optimism and concern – optimism about spreading ...
It is hard to believe that we are about to roll into 2021. It genuinely has been a year that nobody ever dreamt of, including from the Cybersecurity standpoint. So, given all that has happened, what is predicted for next year? Here are some of what we believe will happen: Botnets will continue to grow ...
Written by Dr. David Rhew - Chief Medical Officer & VP Healthcare, Worldwide Commercial Business, Microsoft – December 11th, 2020 As a society, we continue through the journey of this global pandemic, but there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. There are currently two COVID-19 vaccines under accelerated review by the U.S. Food ...
Written by Karen Walsh, CEO, Allegro Solutions – December 11th, 2020 One of the most notable ballot propositions impacting the privacy and cybersecurity world during the US 2020 election was the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Predominantly considered an updated version of 2018’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the CPRA incorporates several changes other ...
In the early fog of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity took a back seat to keeping patients alive. Lost in the chaos was IT security. When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the U.S. hard in March, the Elmhurst Hospital was forced into a logistical nightmare. It was a grim sign of the times, as the Queens, N.Y. hospital ...
