October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and it’s a reminder that we need to be vigilant about protecting our privacy and our business from possible cyber attacks. This initiative is a joint effort between the US government and the technology industry to spread cybersecurity awareness. This year’s theme is “Own it, secure it, protect it” …
Any for-profit company that does business or has customers in California should prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Here’s why they should. The CCPA applies to businesses that are collecting data and personal information of residents in California, who meet one of the following conditions: Has an annual gross revenue of $25 million …
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Like my high school coach always said, “Stick to your basics”. The Equifax and CapitalOne breaches reminds us that cyber-attacks don’t always come from sophisticated hacking groups. I’m sure these companies were using the best cybersecurity software that money could buy. They probably had good internal and external IT support. However, the data breaches they …
FaceApp, the AI-powered picture-editing program, is trending in social media. We’ve all seen the pictures of celebrities using FaceApp to make themselves look older or younger. However, security experts are concerned about the possibility that the app could access more than pictures. Many users don’t realize that the app, owned by an overseas company, doesn’t …
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Companies of all sizes are doing a good job beefing up their cybersecurity and that’s great. But… many are forgetting an often overlooked target – their third party service providers. Any company that uses a third-party CRM software or an outside a server with access to sensitive or confidential data, could be risking a data-leak. …
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