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Encrypted Email: Businesses Want it, but Users Don’t Know How to Use It, and Some Question if it is Necessary

By Dick Weisinger

Reports find that users are increasingly worried about security and think that email encryption should be used more frequently, but the problem is that most people find email encryption too complicated and cumbersome to actually use. Osterman found that 53

Cyber Security: Free Software Foundation Now Ranks Security as a Top Priority

By Dick Weisinger

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has recently updated a list of priorities of projects that they recommend developers consider. The FSF press release said that “the High Priority Projects initiative, first launched in 2005, draws attention to a relatively small number

Cyber Hacking: Ransomware Hackers Hit Manufacturing Hard

By Dick Weisinger

A report by Fortinet found that over just the seven months between October 2015 and April 2016 that there were 8.63 million hacking attacks made against just 59 manufacturers that were surveyed. Not all of these attacks are ransomware, but

Healthcare and Security: Third-Party Medical Devices Often Provide Point of Entry

By Dick Weisinger

Cyber attacks continue to plague health care organizations. In 2016 there was a 63 percent increase in major attacks against health care providers.  Among all HIPAA data breaches, cyber attacks against health care providers now account for nearly a third

IT Security: Businesses that Spend Big on Security Aren’t Always the Most Secure

By Dick Weisinger

Do you know how much your business spends on IT security?  A lot of businesses don’t have any idea. And when they do know that number they often use it as an estimate for the security of their organization —