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Security: Feds to Toughen Cybersecurity Measures in Response to Recent Hacks

By Dick Weisinger

Last week Wednesday, President Biden signed into law a sweeping order that attempts to combat cyber hacking. The order comes in the wake of numerous hacking cases, like the Colonial Pipeline, Microsoft Exchange, and SolarWinds. In all cases, infrastructure, federal

Security: Ransomware Attacks on US Infrastructure

By Dick Weisinger

5500 miles of the Colonial Pipeline has been shut down due to ransomware. The operation carries refined gasoline and jet fuel along the East Coast up to New York. The pipeline represents 45 percent of the East Coast fuel’s supply.

Security: Businesses Exposed to Insider Risk

By Dick Weisinger

Insider Risk is the general danger of damage or loss occurring to company data. Insider Threat more specifically focuses on users — it is the potential that a user who has authorized access does something either maliciously or unintentionally that

Secure Code Training: Building Security into Apps from the Ground Up

By Dick Weisinger

The increasing number of data breaches is causing businesses to rethink how they secure their networks and software. Security has traditionally been handled by IT systems groups. These groups seldom had insight into how security is handled within the applications

Security: VPNs versus Zero Trust

By Dick Weisinger

VPN (Virtual Private Network) creates an encrypted tunnel between and end user device and the corporate network, allowing the user to access resources as if they were directly connected to the company network. VPN access is often used to allow