Hackers can exploit vulnerabilities in unpatched software. When new software updates come out, it allows everyone, especially hackers, to learn about those weaknesses and take advantage of anyone who hasn’t updated yet. Public knowledge of those holes leaves you and your organization easy prey.

To guard data and protect against password exploitation, many organizations and commonly used applications are implementing MFA, or multi-factor authentication.

In computer security, an authentication factor is anything that you use to authenticate yourself with a system.

The key to a successful password is creating something easy to remember but hard to guess. Incorporate a favorite quote, a song title or a favorite sports player into your password, and it becomes more complex.

A password manager app provides a secure vault for all your passwords.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Private companies and government agencies unite to raise awareness on cybersecurity topics critical to protecting your safety online.

This year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month focuses on four topics to create the best recipe for cybersecurity success: recognizing and reporting phishing, using strong passwords and a password manager, updating software and enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Before we get into these in details, check out this video with my pal Ketron at Infosec on how you can have a Recipe for Cybersecurity!

Cybercrime is on the rise and becoming increasingly advanced. This month’s newsletter highlights some of the major security threats and habits you can form (and stick to!) to stay cyber-safe.

Malware and phishing threats and how to avoid them

Malware is short for “malicious software.

Our job is to help you stay cyber-safe any time! This month’s newsletter will highlight some of the cybersecurity dangers that come along with the holiday season.

Don’t get hacked this holiday season!

Phishing and shipping scams

We hear a lot about phishing scams in our work emails, but it can also happen in our personal emails.

Common phishing tactics

Phishing emails are one of the most common cybersecurity threats. With about 319 billion emails sent and received each day, users need to be on high alert for phishing attacks.

According to Proofpoint’s 2021 State of the Phish report, 75% of organizations around the world experienced a phishing attack in 2020, and 74% of those attacks targeting US businesses were successful.

Cyberattacks are speeding up

Organizations have been a driving force behind cybersecurity awareness and training. It’s more important than ever to be up to date with cybersecurity knowledge so attacks don’t happen on your watch. For Cybersecurity Awareness Month you’ll read about damaging attacks that occurred in 2021 — and how employee actions changed the outcome.

Our phones are our lifelines. They store everything from our most precious pictures to our sensitive, private credit card information. Though our phones have fingerprint readers and facial recognition, is that enough to keep all our information secure? In this month's newsletter, you’ll learn about three different apps that add layers of security to your devices.