Article A guide to installing and using the Nessus vulnerability scanner Nessus is an automatic vulnerability scanner that can detect most known vulnerabilities, such as misconfiguration, default passwords, unpatched…
Article The security awareness hazards of removable media What is removable media? Removable media can be thought of as a portable storage medium that allows users to copy data to it and then take it…
Article Top 10 Threats from Unprotected Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) 1. Introduction Intelligence personal assistants (IPA), also known as virtual personal assistant (VPA), is the rising star in the high technology…
Article Security Awareness for Sales Representatives The performance of salespersons is usually measured in terms of revenue, not in terms of security awareness. As a result, most of their efforts are…
Article Managing Wireless Network Security Why Is Network Security Important? Keeping your network secure is vitally important. Your network is the lifeblood of your company and it is…
Article PCI Security Awareness: Who Needs Training and Compliance? With financial reward being one of the main motives behind online frauds, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) is constantly under cyber-attack by…
Article What Kind of Security Training Does HIPAA Say I Need to Provide? Patient health records are highly sought after by cyber-criminals because they can exploit them in a multitude of ways. On the “dark web,” stolen…
Article Security Awareness Statistics Security breaches have grave consequences for organizations. In 2015, the average cost of corporate data breaches increased by 15% compared to the…
Article Top 5 Questions to Ask Your Vendors about Their Security Policies Cyber security is one of the most critical issues the U.S. faces today. The threats are real, and the need is pressing. The cyber security status is…
Article Anti-Phishing Hardware & Software Phishing is one of the most potent and most commonly tried internet scams of recent times. In phishing, the attackers attempt to trick a potential…
Article Anti-Phishing Services: Pros and Cons What Is Anti-Phishing? Anti-phishing includes the number of techniques used to prevent phishing attacks against the individual’s machine or…
Article Anti-Phishing Laws & Regulations Information security has never been more important. New threats are rising and old threats still lurk. Data has become the new currency and hackers…
Article OWASP Top 10 #9: Using Components With Known Vulnerabilities It does not take a rocket scientist to understand that using components with known vulnerabilities a very poor choice for protecting your web…
Article Intelligent Personal Assistant (IPA) Sample Security Policy One of the earliest (a little bit intelligent) digital personal assistants was the annoying Microsoft Clippit, circa 1997. The animated MS Office…
Article Top 10 Anti-Phishing Best Practices Emails are one of the major modes of communication today. Companies rely heavily on emails when conducting their day-to-day operations. Management…
Article Average Network Security Administrator Salary Network administrators work on all aspects of IT infrastructure. As a network administrator, you must support desktops and interconnectivity within…
Article Acid Server: CTF Walkthrough In this article, we will learn to solve another Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge which was posted on VulnHub by Avinash Kumar Thapa. The author of…
Article Russian APT Groups Continue Their Stealthy Operations Russian APT groups continue their cyber espionage activities against governments and organizations worldwide, in this post I have grouped the…
Article DragonFly 2.0: The Alleged Nation-State Actor Hits the Energy Sector Again Security experts at Symantec have uncovered a hacking campaign against companies in the energy industry that appears to be an activity linked to the…
Article Equifax Breach Exposes Personal Information of 44% of U.S. Consumers Last week, Equifax announced a data breach impacting 143 million U.S. consumers. According to the company’s release, information accessed includes…
Article 8 tips for IT certification success Are you ready to ace your next IT certification exam? Here are some tips to ensure you have a smooth exam day.
Article Innovative Methods of Information Security Training Section 1. Introduction More and more organizations providing information security training apply integrative training, i.e., designing training…
Article How to draft an incident response policy Simultaneously with their growing online presence, companies and individuals become increasingly susceptible to cyber-security attacks. Most…
Article German Intelligence First Developed Attacks Against Tor Online anonymity represents a serious problem for government and law enforcement agencies; it has been debated a long about the difficulties to…
