Cyber crime is on the rise. In the U.S. alone, McDonalds, Colonial Pipeline, SolarWinds, and JBS Foods were all recently forced to pay millions due to ransomware attacks that compromised their data. Former Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers predicts an onslaught of up to 100,000 ransomware attacks this year alone, which could cost organizations an […]
In December, news reports revealed that foreign hackers breached the U.S. information technology firm SolarWinds. This allowed them to spy on numerous private and government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, for months. The origin of the attack may have been a weak password—solarwinds123—created by an intern in 2017, which would have been easy […]
While large-scale corporations likely have provisions in place for cyber threats, many smaller enterprises simply believe they’re too small to face cyber attacks, leaving them extremely vulnerable. Under-investment in skills development coupled with a massive spike in outsourcing for more than a decade has left the industry with a growing shortage of skilled cyber security […]
In the absence of comprehensive cyber security training, cyber threats can wreak havoc on businesses in seconds, as the time from knowledge of vulnerability to release of exploit is shrinking. And yet, many organizations remain ill-equipped to handle security attacks as they happen across platforms. It’s been an eye-opening week for cyber security news and numbers […]
