Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans NEWS ANALYSIS: The security industry explains how consumers and businesses can protect themselves from this hack and against future data breaches Over the weekend, Carphone Warehouse admitted the personal details of up to 2.4 million customers could be in the hands…
How AIG Is Using Cyber Intelligence to Protect Property from Cyber Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A three-hour shutdown of the New York Stock Exchange on the same day that a network failure halted all United Airlines flights in the U.S. had people across the country thinking one thing: cyber-attack. It wasn’t, but the July 8 incidents…
Here’s how Pa. is working to protect you from cyber-attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Many of you are reading this on your computer or smart phone right now. That’s because we rely on computers and the Internet for almost everything we do. More than 500 million devices are connected to the Internet. And last week,…
5 tips to protect your business against cyber crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans With 30,000 companies hacked every day, it’s no wonder cyber crime is ranked one of the top five risks facing businesses this year, according to the 2015 Allianz Risk Barometer report. It’s also the top emerging risk for the next five…
Take these 6 security measures to protect your IoT devices from hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans BI Intelligence estimates that by 2020 there will be more than 23 billion IoT devices connected to the internet. One of the biggest challenges in connecting so many devices will be in securing them to prevent hackers from controlling them or…
Low-tech ways you can protect your privacy online
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans espite the seemingly endless hack attacks, and a recent Pew study showing that Americans feel powerless to protect themselves against intrusions on their online privacy, few Americans do much in the way of adopting privacy enhancing measures. But one privacy advocate…
SMB Cyber Defense: The Essential Building Blocks to Protect Infrastructure
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber criminals are becoming far more sophisticated as technology evolves and new and better tools become available. Another disturbing trend is that attacks are increasingly more targeted and aimed specifically at smaller organizations. In fact, the threat landscape changes and evolves…
Local businesses protect others from cyber-security threats
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s usually kidnapped people – not a hijacked computer – that are held for ransom. “Once that machine is encrypted by the malware, the hacker contacts you with a ransom note to your screen: ‘If you want the keys to encrypt…
Consumers tell banks: Protect our data or else!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Consumers have a stern warning for banks: Keep our data safe or we’re through. That’s according to a survey of more than 1,000 Americans conducted for public relations and communications firm Makovsky by market researcher Ebiquity in March. The survey results…
How Will The Next President Protect Our Digital Lives?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As candidates hit the campaign trail, NPR looks at four major issues the next president will face from Day 1 in office. When President Obama took office back in 2009, “cybersecurity” was not a word that everyday people used. It wasn’t…