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Data Privacy: Multi-vendor Data Transfer Project Initiative Seeks to Guard User Data

By Dick Weisinger

Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Twitter have teamed up to create an initiative called the Data Transfer Project (DTP).  The goal of DTP is to enable simple transfer of user data between different data sharing services. Some of the objectives of the

Security: Zero Trust Model for Cybersecurity

By Dick Weisinger

The Zero Trust model is just that, no matter where access to a particular system is coming from, whether it is from inside or outside the perimeter of an organization, it should not be automatically trusted until it is verified. 

Security: Small and Medium Sized Businesses Prime Targets for Cyberhackers

By Dick Weisinger

No one and no business is safe from attacks by cyberhackers.  But because of their size and much deeper pockets, big businesses have had more available funds to spend on security.  Small and mid-size businesses are less likely to be

Security: Data is the Best Weapon to Defend Against Data Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

“Companies are LOSING the cyberwar.  And it gets worse every year. Equifax is now in the news where records for 143 million Americans—that’s about half of us—were stolen,” said Larry Ellison, executive chairman of Oracle, in October 2017. Hackers have

Cryptocurrency Malware: Cybercriminals Target IoT Devices for Illicit Mining

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly malware is infecting computers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices for the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies.  IoT devices are particularly vulnerable because, unlike most PCs, they often lack any sort of built-in security to prevent malware.  Often too, IoT