Malware comes in many flavors. I’m focusing now on one of the most pernicious, advanced persistent threats (APTs), because these frequently use the techniques of zero-day attacks to remotely manipulate a system while remaining virtually invisible to standard defenses.
Targeted zero-day attacks are proliferating — and focusing more and more on smaller businesses because these tend to have weaker defenses. Some security experts say that if your security posture can be bypassed with custom malware, you’re probably already compromised.
The ever-richer user information on social media presents an irresistible opportunity for ‘fraudsters.’ Because it’s so easy to research a target online, attackers have developed very effective masquerading and social engineering tactics that can fool even the most sophisticated users.
As this infographic shows, expanding interconnectivity between organizations and the fast-accelerating mobility of your employees means your IT infrastructure vulnerabilities are increasing quickly.
Categories: Cloud Computing | Malware | Managed Services | Mobile Device Management | Security | Vulnerability
These days, your end-users have usually become the weakest link in your data security chain, so attacks are shifting from the server side to the client side, notably to mobile devices like smartphones.
It’s a new year, that moment for both reflection on the year gone by and anticipation of the year just begun. I’m guessing the last thing you want to think about is IT security — but after last year, referred to by some as The Year of the Hack, by others as The Year of the Data Breach, IT security is something you simply can’t afford to ignore.
As more and more of your employees use mobile devices, these machines may start out behind your firewall — but they don’t stay there. They move around, to other networks with different firewall rules. Or no firewall at all.
When that mobile device returns to its trusted place behind your firewall, it may carry a cyber-infection that can attack your network from the inside.
The great firewall challenge lies in balancing the tradeoffs between degree of protection, usability, and cost. That balancing act starts with understanding what your firewall actually does.
Categories: CEO to CEO | Disaster Recovery | Information Security | Intrusion Detection | Malware | Mobile Device Management | Security | Virus Detection | Firewall
I can’t emphasize this enough: All of the technology products and services an organization devotes to securing its data, applications, systems, and networks have but one aim — to protect the value of the business.
Conversely, every data breach reduces the value of the business — and there are more data breaches every year.
Categories: Business Resumption | Business-critical Data | CEO to CEO | Disaster Recovery | General Business | Information Security | Malware | Security | SPAM | Virus Detection
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