In today’s digital world, you hear a lot about granting privileges, rights, and accesses to shared resources on the most minimal level possible. Technically, this is known as the concept of “Least Privilege”, and it simply means that you are giving your employees just what they need in terms of access to shared resources in ...
As we start to roll into 2022, the one thing that will be on people’s mind’s is that of Cybersecurity. It is expected that this year could be the same or even worse in terms of the intensity of attacks, especially that of Ransomware. Another area which will get a close watch is software security, ...
There is no doubt that 2021 gave Cybersecurity professionals a run for their money, no matter what their line of expertise is. A lot of this was fueled by the sheer onslaught of Ransomware attacks, which was totally unprecedented. This trend is expected to continue going into 2022, but what are the other Cyber predictions? ...
In one of our previous blogs, we had reviewed the Microsoft XDR in detail. But recently, Microsoft has come out with a recent edition of this platform that’s geared specifically towards the SMB (Small to Medium Sized Business) market. In this blog, we take a look at this newer edition. What Are The Features? With this platform ...
We wanted to bring to your attention a recently reported flaw in Azure Active Directory (AAD) that references the ability for an attacker to 'brute force' passwords. Firstly, what is AAD? AAD is what Microsoft (and your organization) uses to identify your users and allows them to access your company data. Secondly, what does it ...
Yesterday, September 30th, Google released an emergency update to fix two significant security vulnerabilities in the Google Chrome Internet browser. If you use Chrome, or have Chrome installed, we strongly encourage you to verify Chrome is up to date with the most recent version. One of the security vulnerabilities impacts Chrome even if you are ...
The United States Federal Government has in recent years passed parts of key bills that relate to the Cybersecurity of this country. But probably the most comprehensive one was just recently enacted by President Joe Biden, in the Executive Order that he signed on May 12th, 2021, primarily in response to all of the Ransomware ...
With COVID-19 and the mass migration to Work from Home (WFH) from the traditional office model, the focus on protecting company data in-transit and on both corporate and personal devices has increased. The Zero Trust model of Security assumes every attempt to access information is a breach until the user proves who they are, and ...
As a result of more people working from home, many businesses are now migrating their On-Premises IT/Network Infrastructures into the Cloud, namely Microsoft Azure. While this does offer very significant advantages to a company, there can still be inherent security risks. To mitigate them, Microsoft has created a new platform known as the "Azure Security Center" ...
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 ...
