by Steve Kennen | Nov 22, 2019 | General
You got an email from Microsoft. It’s assertive. It’s confident. And it’s talking about your business getting something called a Software Asset Management (SAM) engagement. What is a Microsoft SAM engagement? And how should you respond to the...
by Steve Kennen | Oct 29, 2019 | Network Security
71 days. This is the median time that a cybersecurity breach went undetected by organizations in North, Central, and South America according to FireEye. This is known as dwell time, which FireEye defines as the following: Dwell time is calculated as the...
by Steve Kennen | Oct 15, 2019 | Business Continuity, Network Security
It should be surprising, but it’s not. If you haven’t heard yet, the North Carolina State Bar was hit by a ransomware attack. Our State Bar announced on Thursday, October 3 that (on September 30) ransomware had infected the Bar’s servers. According to the...
by Steve Kennen | Oct 4, 2019 | Data Compliance
Every tax preparer needs a data security plan. That isn’t just my opinion. According to a July 2019 IRS announcement, “all ‘professional tax preparers’ must create a written data security plan.” The IRS cites the Safeguards Rule of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
by Steve Kennen | Aug 9, 2019 | General
Ignore the reality of cybercrime at your own risk. This week, one of my team members got an email that announced scammers are exploiting the Equifax breach. Last week, we received an email about what’s going on in Louisiana. If you haven’t heard yet, “Louisiana Gov....
